Ivanna Yastremska is a Ukrainian

junior tennis Junior tennis refers to tennis matches where the participants are aged 18 and under. Eligibility to compete in International Tennis Federation Junior tournaments is not based on age, but year of birth: as a result, some players must move out of ju ...

player. She is the younger sister of professional player

Dayana Yastremska Dayana Oleksandrivna Yastremska (; born 15 May 2000) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 21 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, and No. 82 in doubles, both achieved in January 2020. ...

Career

Ivanna won two singles matches in 2021; against Yelyzaveta Sylka at the Ukrainian Junior Open (in June), and against Alina Kornieieva at the Aizenshtadt Memorial tournament in August. She is yet to win a match on the ITF Junior Circuit,

ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmenta ...

, or the

WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ...

. Yastremska made her WTA main draw debut at the

2022 WTA Lyon Open The 2022 WTA Lyon Open (also known as the Open 6ème Sens — Métropole de Lyon for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Lyon Open (WTA) and an International tourname ...

in the doubles draw partnering her sister

Dayana Dayana is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Dayana Cadeau (born 1966), Haitian-born Canadian American professional bodybuilder * Dayana Cázares (born 1999), Mexican football midfielder * Dayana Colmenares (born 1984), Miss Ve ...

. They also featured in the

Indian Wells Masters The BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California, United States. It is played on outdoor hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, and is held in March. The tournament is pa ...

later in the year.

Personal life

Yastremska is the younger sister of fellow tennis player

. During the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, the Yastremska sisters fled the country through Romania and escaped to

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, sheltering in a hotel in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

. The sisters were awarded a main draw wildcard into the doubles draw at the

. Their parents and other family members stayed behind in Ukraine.

References

External links

* *
Ivanna Yastremska profile on CoreTennis
Living people Ukrainian female tennis players Tennis players from Odesa 2007 births Ukrainian refugees 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen {{Ukraine-tennis-bio-stub