Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska, 18, became the youngest athlete to be ranked among the world’s 100 best female tennis players. Yastremska has been ranked the 100th best female tennis player in the world by the Women’s Tennis Association.
Yastremska also became the first athlete in the WTA ranking born in the 2000s with such an honor making the Odesa native the best female player of her age.
This triumph became possible due to outstanding summer performances.
Yastremska won the International Tennis Federation tournament in Rome on July 8. Just a few weeks before, on June 24, she became a runner-up in the ITF competition in Ilkley.
With these results, Yastremska gained 643 points two points short of the 99th WTA place. The 101st athlete has 633 points.
This is a huge breakthrough for Yastremska, who was ranked 342nd in 2016.
The WTA has updated its ranking of female athletes after the Wimbledon – the most prestigious tennis tournament, held from June 25 through July 15.
Yastremska is the fifth Ukrainian on the WTA ranking.
Elina Svitolina still remains the best Ukrainian tennis player at fifth place in the WTA ranking. Ukrainian tennis players Lesia Tsurenko, Kateryna Bondarenko, and Kateryna Kozlova occupy 39th, 81st and 86th places, respectively.
Yastremska’s success helped Ukraine rise to the fifth place worldwide among other national teams according to the number of players ranked in the WTA’s top 100.
Yastremska refused to comment for this story, citing her agent’s policy.
