Elina Svitolina wins anniversary trophy in Rome

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina, a native of Odesa, became the champion of the prestigious WTA 1000 grass court tournament in Rome, thus winning the 20th trophy in her career and the second in 2026.

According to Sport.ua, in the final, the Ukrainian defeated world number four Coco Goff from the United States in three sets.

Svitolina had her sixth head-to-head confrontation with Goffe and won her fourth victory against the athlete, and in particular, her third in 2026. This season, Elina beat Coco in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and the semifinals of the WTA 1000 in Dubai.

In addition to Goffe, Elina also defeated Noemi Basiletti, Haley Baptiste, Nicola Bartunkova, Elena Rybakina and Iga Svontek on her way to the crown in Rome.

Svitolina won her fifth title at the Grand Slam and her third in Rome. In addition to Italy (2017, 2018, 2026), the Ukrainian also won trophies in Dubai 2017 and Toronto 2017. Elina will rise to eighth place in the updated WTA rankings. A week later, Svitolina will play at Roland Garros, where she will defend her last year's quarterfinal.

In February, Elina Svitolina returned to the top ten in the WTA rankings after reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open, where she earned an additional 349 points to the world ranking.

In October 2025, Elina Svitolina won the Heart Award for her performance in the final of the Billie Jean King Cup 2025. It was the second time in 2025 that Svitolina won the Heart Award. In April, she won the award following the results of the Unofficial World Tennis Championships. Svitolina became the third Ukrainian woman to receive the award since its inception in 2009. Previously, it was won by Angelina Kalinina (2023) and Kateryna Bondarenko (2016).

Кирило Бойко