Eva Lys says she has been silent for too long and that's why she is often exposing the verbal abuse she receives on social media.
This year has been a breakout for Lys, who sensationally made her first Grand Slam round-of-16 at the Australian Open and also broke into the top-100 for the first time in her career with that run. Since then, the 23-year-old German has been steadily improving and now she regularly participates in the main-level tournaments and also sits at a career-high ranking of No. 40 in the world.
On paper, it was a great for the rising German star – exactly the one she was looking for. But still, she is all but immune to being insulted in the worst way possible after defeats.
In an interview with Jannik Schneider of Die Zeit, Lys said that when she first started to deal with angry bettors, she was simply advised to ignore them.
"But it was hushed up for a long time. If you don't talk about it, nothing will ever change," the world No. 40 told Jannik Schneider of Die Zeit.
Lys receives rape threats from angry bettors
In the same interview, the 23-year-old also claimed that bettors go as far as to threaten to rape her and her mother.
"After every defeat. A thousand hate messages sent directly to my inbox. Unfortunately, that's everyday life," the rising star said.
In our interview for @zeitonline with Eva Lys – 🇩🇪 new tennis no.1 spoke for the first time about stalker that follow her until the hotel room during WTA events. After Raducanu and Swiatek the next case. I translated the agency news for the Interview for english readers below pic.twitter.com/l2TbNgCwWC
— Jannik Schneider (@schnejan) November 14, 2025
After losing to Victoria Mboko in Tokyo on October 22nd, Lys shared a screenshot of her Instagram DM, which was filled with vile messages.
La violence des commentaires que reçoit Eva Lys, c'est affligeant.
J'imagine que ce sont pour la plupart des parieurs: vous êtes de véritables merdes, sachez le. pic.twitter.com/bwky4yw41C— Vinsy Gaming (@VinsyGaming) October 22, 2025
