{"id":1394531,"date":"2026-05-18T14:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/svitolina-returns-to-the-wta-top-10-ten-ukrainians-among-the-worlds-best-tennis-players\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T05:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T02:19:49","slug":"svitolina-returns-to-the-wta-top-10-ten-ukrainians-among-the-worlds-best-tennis-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/svitolina-returns-to-the-wta-top-10-ten-ukrainians-among-the-worlds-best-tennis-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Ukrainians Among the World\u2019s Best as Svitolina Reclaims Top-10 Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"239\"><strong>Ukrainian tennis star <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Elina Svitolina<\/span><\/span> climbed to seventh place in the WTA rankings as of May 18, 2026, marking her return to the world\u2019s top 10 and confirming one of the strongest comeback runs in women\u2019s tennis this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"352\">According to the updated rankings, Svitolina moved up three positions and returned to the top 10 of the world&#8217;s best tennis players.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"354\" data-end=\"453\">Ukraine&#8217;s second-ranked player remains <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Marta Kostyuk<\/span><\/span>, who ranks 15th.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"599\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Dayana Yastremska<\/span><\/span>\u00a0also showed significant progress\u2014she moved up seven positions and is now in 45th place in the ranking.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"645\">The top 100 in the world ranking also include the following:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"880\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"880\">\n<li data-section-id=\"6obksg\" data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"705\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Yulia Starodubtseva<\/span><\/span> &#8211; 54th place (+3);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"880\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"880\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1sr0q8w\" data-start=\"706\" data-end=\"765\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Olexandra Oleynykova<\/span><\/span>\u201466th place (+2);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"880\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"880\">\n<li data-section-id=\"ok0sg7\" data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"825\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Angelina Kalinina<\/span><\/span> &#8211; 84th place (+9);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"880\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"880\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1h4mmo1\" data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"880\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Darya Snegir<\/span><\/span> &#8211; 95th place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"882\" data-end=\"1003\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Veronika Podrez<\/span><\/span> set a personal best, moving up to 142nd place, gaining ten positions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1005\" data-end=\"1037\">Also improved their results:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1160\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1160\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1gy9m34\" data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1099\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Kateryna Zavatska<\/span><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; 268th place (+11);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1160\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1160\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<li data-section-id=\"y3c2g1\" data-start=\"1100\" data-end=\"1160\" data-is-last-node=\"\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Anastasia Soboleva<\/span><\/span> &#8211; 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