Marta Kostyuk first picked up a tennis racquet at age 5 although her initial childhood years saw Kostyuk pursuing acrobatics as a first love. She won fourth place in the Ukrainian national championships as a child. Wanting to spend more time with her mother, Kostyuk gave up acrobatics to focus on tennis at age 11…....

Marta Kostyuk kisses the ITF Women’s Circuit trophy on February 3 in Burnie, Australia.