About Eva Lys

Eva Lys (German pronunciation: ; born 12 January 2002) is a German professional tennis player. Lys reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 44 on 13 October 2025.

Personal life
She was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and moved to Germany at the age of 2. Her father Vladimir is a former tennis player who was a member of the Ukraine Davis Cup team, and currently is a coach in Hamburg. Lys' older sister Lisa Matviyenko is also a tennis player. She went to school at the Sportgymnasium Alter Teichweg in Hamburg, from where Marvin Möller and Carina Witthöft also graduated. She still has family in Ukraine, and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine she criticized some Russian players' "disrespectful" behaviour. She lives with a rheumatic autoimmune disease (spondylarthritis) and manages her schedule to accommodate its effects.