Overview

• Svitolina, ranked No. 13, said she is not in the right emotional space to compete and will step away for the rest of the year.
• She finished 2025 with a 35–14 record, winning the Rouen title and reaching the Australian Open and French Open quarterfinals.
• Her late-season dip included a Montreal quarterfinal followed by an opening loss in Cincinnati and a first-round U.S. Open defeat to Anna Bondar, her final match of the year.
• She previously reported a wave of online abuse, including death threats, after the Canadian Open, which she attributed to disgruntled bettors.
• Last week she helped Ukraine reach the Billie Jean King Cup semifinals before losing to Jasmine Paolini, and on the same day Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia also announced an early end to her season to rest.