Women's Tennis: 4 Young players who could win a Grand Slam in 2019

#3 Elina Svitolina

Elina Svitolina with the 2018 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore trophy

24-year old Ukranian Elina Svitolina had the best year of her tennis career so far notching up the biggest tournament win of her career at the 2018 WTA Finals held in Singapore in October.

Fresh from winning the Brisbane International, Svitolina enjoyed her highest ever seeding at a Grand Slam at the Australian Open early this year. She made the quarter-finals losing to Elise Mertens. She successfully defended her crown at Dubai and Rome with the latter coming after a victory over World # 1 Simona Halep.

Just when everyone thought that her form was on the dip going into the Asian Leg of the WTA Tour, she qualified for the WTA Finals albeit aided by other results going her way. She reserved her best for last going unbeaten at the WTA Finals beating the likes of Karolina Pliskova, Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitova and Kiki Bertens en-route to her path to the finals. In the finals having come back from a set down, she beat Sloane Stephens to claim the biggest cheque of her career so far.

The Ukranian is poised to be a strong contender to win the Australian Open where she is guaranteed to be seeded in the Top-5.