Yelyzaveta Kotliar (born 1 February 2007) is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 498 by the WTA, achieved on 20 October 2025.
Early and personal life She started playing tennis at the age of 8 years-old. Her father Konstantin was a competitive swimmer but a tennis enthusiast and encouraged her play. From the age of 11 years-old she was coached by Yuriy Chornyy and his wife Anastasiya Vasylyeva. She trained at the Maximus Tennis Club in her home city of Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, after which she based herself in Poland and trained at the Olimpia Tennis Park in Poznań.
Career Juniors In December 2019, as a 12 year-old, she reached the final of the U.S. Junior Orange Bowl in the United States, after she defeated Alina Korneeva from Russia in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-final before facing another Russian, Mirra Andreeva in the final.
In October 2023, she won the J200 event in Vigo, defeating Dutchwoman Joy de Zeeuw in the final. She played in the junior event at the 2024 Australian Open and apologised after receiving criticism from the Ukrainian Tennis Federation for shaking hands after her first-round match in the girls' singles against her Russian opponent Vlada Minchev in which she lost in straight sets, despite Ukrainian players almost uniformly refusing to shake hands of Russian or Belarusian players following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Professional At an ITF tournament in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at the end of August 2022, she advanced from the qualifiers stage to the semifinals.
In May 2025, she was awarded a wildcard into the main singles draw of the Morocco Open in Rabat. Kotliar lost to Jaqueline Cristian in the first round.
Ranked No. 528 and once again benefitting from a wildcard entry, Kotliar defeated Francesca Jones in three sets at the 2026 Morocco Open to record her first WTA Tour main-draw win. She lost to sixth seed Petra Marčinko in the second round.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW35 tournamentsW15 tournaments Finals by surfaceClay (3–3) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2024ITF Varna, BulgariaW15 Clay Georgia Crăciun 5–7, 0–6Win 1–1 Mar 2025ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Ilay Yoruk 3–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss 1–2 Mar 2025ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Arina Bulatova 3–6, 4–6Win 2–2 Sep 2025ITF Cap d'Agde, FranceW15 Clay Fiona Ganz 6–2, 6–2Win 3–2 Mar 2026ITF Le Havre, FranceW15 Clay (i) Nina Radovanović 6–3, 7–5Loss 3–3 Aug 2026ITF Bydgoszcz, PolandW35 Clay Daria Kuczer 7–6(6), 6–7(5) 1–6
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-ups) LegendW15 tournaments Finals by surfaceClay (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Mar 2024ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Antonina Sushkova Tyra Caterina Grant Aurora Zantedeschi 2–6, 2–6
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