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!text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Yuliia Starodubtseva celebrates                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Yuliia Starodubtseva started the 2026 WTA Tour season at No 113 in the rankings, but four months later she finds herself on the cusp of the top 50 following an incredible run at the Charleston Open.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian was due to play in the qualifiers of the WTA 500 event, but a late withdrawal from the tournament pushed her into the main draw and she has made the most of her opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Starodubtseva started her tournament with a win over Zhang Shuai and then defeated Ekaterine Gorgodze, Renata Zarazua and McCartney Kessler to secure a semi-final match against fifth seed Madison Keys.<\/p>\n<p>And she pulled off a brilliant 6-1, 6-4 win over the 2025 Australian Open winner as she produced a dominant display on serve, winning 70.5% of points on her first serve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a big moment for me,\u201d Starodubtseva said after reaching her maiden WTA Tour final. \u201cI just appreciate every second here right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>WTA News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/iva-jovic-madison-keys-prize-money-ranking-points-charleston-open\">Iva Jovic and Madison Keys\u2019 prize money and ranking points from Charleston Open<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-seven-top-50-players-impressive-wta-125-tournament\">Alex Eala among seven top-50 players in impressive WTA 125 tournament field in Spain<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She added during her on-court interview: \u201cMaddie is a great opponent. I\u2019ve watched a lot of her matches. It\u2019s not easy to take on someone like that. Staying solid, staying aggressive is the key.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know I had a shaky moment at (5-3) where I didn\u2019t hold, but I had to get through it and play aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Up next is defending champion Jessica Pegula in the final and she is a big fan of the American\u2019s style of play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s funny,\u201d the 26-year-old said. \u201cRecently someone told me that I should watch a bit more Jessie Pegula and try to play like her. She plays great tennis. I like how she plays, and I think she\u2019s a great fighter, and this tournament kind of shows it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Rankings Surge<\/h2>\n<p>Having started the year outside the top 100, Starodubtseva cracked the top 100 for the first time at the end of March after reaching the third round of the Miami Open.<\/p>\n<p>She started the Charleston Open at a career-high No 89 and is now set for a massive jump as she is at No 53 up 36 places in the Live Rankings after reaching the final.<\/p>\n<p>A win against Pegula could see her rise to as high as No 42.<\/p>\n<p>And she is also assured of going home with a healthy prize cheque as she started the tournament with her 2026 earnings at $202,798 while her career prize money was $1,790,066.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian is guaranteed to earn at least $218,225 while victory in Sunday\u2019s final will be worth $354,345.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTA Rankings: Yuliia Starodubtseva set for a new milestone after reaching maiden WTA Tour final Shahida Jacobs 05 Apr 2026 8:30 AM Yuliia Starodubtseva celebrates Yuliia Starodubtseva started the 2026 WTA Tour season at No 113 in the rankings, but four months later she finds herself on the cusp of the top 50 following an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1866700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1866700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1866700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1866700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1866700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}