“Two statistical facts about Elina’s debut semi-final at a major in Melbourne”, — write: sport.ua
Svitolina is the tennis player with the most main draw appearances (13) needed to reach the Australian Open women’s singles semifinals for the first time in her career.
Elina (31 years and 128 days) is also the second-oldest tennis player in the Open Era to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Slam for the first time, second only to Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (2017, 34 years and 313 days).
On January 27, Svitolina dealt with Coco Goff in two sets in the quarterfinals of the AO-2026. In the semi-finals of the major, Elina will meet with the world number one Arina Sobolenko.
Tennis players with the most appearances in the core of the Aus Open before the debut semi-final:
The oldest tennis players in the Aus Open debut semi-final:
