Eva Lys
German tennis player (born 2002)
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- Eva Lys ( German pronunciation: [ˈeːfa ˈlyːs] ; born 12 January 2002) is a Ukrainian-born German professional tennis player.
- 39 on 5 January 2026.
- Personal life She was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and moved to Germany at the age of 2.
- Lys' older sister Lisa Matviyenko is also a tennis player.
- She still has family in Ukraine, and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine she criticized some Russian players' "disrespectful" behaviour.
Eva Lys (German pronunciation: [ˈeːfa ˈlyːs]; born 12 January 2002) is a Ukrainian-born German professional tennis player. Lys reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 39 on 5 January 2026. She has won 3 ITF singles titles.
Personal life
She was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and moved to Germany at the age of 2. Her father Vladimir is a former tennis player who was a member of the Ukraine Davis Cup team, and currently is a coach in Hamburg. Lys' older sister Lisa Matviyenko is also a tennis player. She went to school at the Sportgymnasium Alter Teichweg in Hamburg, from where Marvin Möller and Carina Witthöft also graduated. She still has family in Ukraine, and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine she criticized some Russian players' "disrespectful" behaviour. She lives with a rheumatic autoimmune disease (spondylarthritis) and manages her schedule to accommodate its effects.
Career
2021–2022: WTA Tour debut
Lys made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Hamburg European Open when she received a wildcard into the doubles draw, partnering Noma Noha Akugue. They lost to Mona Barthel and Mandy Minella in the first round.
Lys made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2022 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, coming through the qualifying. She beat Viktorija Golubic in the first round, before losing to world No. 1, Iga Świątek, in the second.
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