Marta Kostyuk vs Varvara Gracheva at the WTA 250 ATX Open final

Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) and Varvara Gracheva (Russia) will play in the final of the WTA 250 ATX Open tennis tournament in Austin (USA) with a prize fund of 259,303 USD. For both, this will be their first career title match.

The 8th-seeded Marta Kostyuk defeated fourth-seeded and 2022 Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins (USA) by 2-0 (6:4, 6:3) in 84 minutes of play in the semifinals. The 20-year-old Ukrainian has four semi-finals at the WTA Tour, but has never played in a final.

“A special moment for me, very emotional. I lost four semi-finals before this match and I didn’t know what to expect. Danielle is a great tennis player and a great champion. I’m very happy that the match went this way”, said the world’s No 52 Marta Kostyuk.

The 22-year-old Varvara Gracheva defeated Katie Volynets (USA) by 2-1 (6:4, 5:7, 6:4) in a clash between two tennis players looking for their first career final. The Russian was trailing 2:4 in the third set, but won four straight games and closed the match after 2:24 hours of play. Her only other semifinal so far was at a tournament in Chicago in 2021.