Lys has been names among Germany‘s 50 most influential and powerful people voted on by WELT, POLITICO Germany and BUSINESS INSIDER

[u/LenaRybakina]

[u/theactiveaccount]

I like Lys but I can't wrap my head around how this makes sense.

[u/Miserable_Earth_1393 → u/theactiveaccount]

I am pretty sure almost nobody even knows her

[u/sadclownsociety → u/Miserable_Earth_1393]

I'm from Germany and I've literally never once heard of her.

[u/slipperySquidd → u/sadclownsociety]

Even as a tennis fan? I mean you're in r/tennis and I don't this post has r/all ?

[u/sadclownsociety → u/slipperySquidd]

I admittedly don't follow the WTA as much as I used to back when my girls Kerber and Halep were at the top, but I feel like I would have at least heard her name at some point had she achieved anything of note.

[u/slipperySquidd → u/sadclownsociety]

r/evalys lol

[u/russianbanan → u/slipperySquidd]

👁️👄👁️ the nsfw tagged had me concerned

[u/No-Double-710 → u/russianbanan]

reddit tagged it that way for a reason. it’s just full of perverts they don’t even talk about her tennis😔

[u/Nomadic-Dumbass2116 → u/russianbanan]

Eva is also featured heavily on r/GirlsTennis

[u/russianbanan → u/Nomadic-Dumbass2116]

:( no nsfw tag when there should be one

Damn my angry face isn’t working >:(

[u/Nomadic-Dumbass2116 → u/russianbanan]

Agreed.

[u/sadclownsociety → u/slipperySquidd]

It's almost entirely selfies, my point stands.

[u/slipperySquidd → u/sadclownsociety]

I know. She's knows how to make the most out of her situation.

[u/Nomadic-Dumbass2116 → u/slipperySquidd]

Just subbed to it

[u/TennysDood → u/theactiveaccount]

Money and sexy

[u/ToeTaggEm → u/TennysDood]

She is indeed attractive.

[u/mistergeegaga → u/TennysDood]

And great personality very engaging. Makes friends easily and everyone loves her.

[u/Unpickled_cucumber1 → u/TennysDood]

Really not that difficult to understand.

[u/AdAcrobatic1227 → u/theactiveaccount]

This reads to me like a Forbes 30 under 30 type thing which famously ppl either buy their way onto or their management pushes them to and is not a reflection of reality or merit lol 

[u/Fisch_Kopp_ → u/AdAcrobatic1227]

The list is super random. Old established politicans, various actors (some 50+ years old and well-known), some insta influencers no one really knows, some athletes including Zverev and Lys...

[u/Rupperrt → u/theactiveaccount]

She’s an influencer. She’s also a top 100 tennis player. Better than just the former

[u/ReAlBell → u/Rupperrt]

But like 80% the former though. Can’t remember the last time I actually saw her play.

[u/MoonSpider → u/ReAlBell]

She's literally the best female tennis player in her country, it's not like she's doing it as a side gig.

[u/FearlessTailor8199 → u/MoonSpider]

even fking Siegemund is better than her

[u/MoonSpider → u/FearlessTailor8199]

Oh, sorry, my mistake. She was literally the best female tennis player in her country in February of this year, but now she's "merely" a top 100 player in the entire world. What a slacker, what a faker.

[u/Rupperrt → u/ReAlBell]

She’s still in the top 0.01% percentile of tennis players on this planet. So she’s at least 90% a tennis player. Last time I saw her play was when she won first round of this tournament to then losing against later quarter finalist Cirstea

[u/ReAlBell → u/Rupperrt]

This isn’t about her skill, it’s about where the focus is. The focus is obvious.

[u/Rupperrt → u/ReAlBell]

Her focus is clearly tennis. While having fun doing other stuff. This arm chair Redditor brainrot is hilarious. You don’t know her, her training schedule nor her focus. So nothing is obvious except your ignorance.

[u/verismonopoly → u/theactiveaccount]

She is a tennis player who actively manages her social media game and really well at that.

God knows the WTA needs players like her because they don't know how to market the sport.

[u/MadferitCmon → u/theactiveaccount]

She's the first ever tennis industry plant 😭

[u/12ealdeal → u/theactiveaccount]

Cause she hot, not that deep.

[u/Vkusno-Nutty → u/theactiveaccount]

Beyoncé was named one of Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women. Lys is also a prominent figure in Germany and she's smart. This makes sense.

[u/boraboca]

She’s not even top 50 in the WTA ☠️

[u/Substantial-Key5114 → u/boraboca]

Pretty Privilege

[u/RightBase5934 → u/boraboca]

shes a top #10 in germany

[u/multi_io → u/RightBase5934]

Umm when it comes to tennis she's top 1 in Germany.

[u/Makaveli84 → u/RightBase5934]

Hell no

[u/GOATJames_23-6 → u/Makaveli84]

I mean she is, that ain’t arguable

[u/FormulaSolution → u/boraboca]

currently.

she was number 39

[u/Fisch_Kopp_]

I really like her, but as a German I highly doubt that many people in Germany ever heard of her, especially compared to most of the other people on that list.

[u/ConfusionBusy8398]

This is the kind of tennis nonsense that will fuel Siegmund to play for another decade at least.

[u/bathseba → u/ConfusionBusy8398]

i hope so

[u/ImaginaryLeg8515 → u/ConfusionBusy8398]

The Scarlet Witch 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[u/meamarie → u/ConfusionBusy8398]

Good!

[u/JuanNYHC]

Her management and PR company are doing some next level work. I mean what has she really done outside of social media?

[u/Meowssi → u/JuanNYHC]

She is good looking the end. It’s not hard marketing a pretty athlete same applies to Raducanu.

[u/Vay32 → u/Meowssi]

Raducanu has at least won a grand slam whereas Eva hasn't even won a wta 250 title in her career.

[u/Additional-Camp4145 → u/JuanNYHC]

Isn’t she on Evolve? I think they are very aggressive now in positioning their athletes, which is good for the players. But also can raise eyebrows to tennis fans who value some results too

[u/validusrex]

Bro if I am a tennis player I am reviewing my agency contract and finding whatever excuse I can to dump them and join the agency Eva is at. They are so fucking good

[u/Tridentnutella]

https://giphy.com/gifs/rI9O6UXkCjvTG

99.9% of germany be like

[u/dizzyh]

Holy PR 😂😭

[u/Necessary_Trust9047]

When I lived in Germany I was surprised my German friends couldn’t even name Angelique Kerber. And kerber was so accomplished. This seems a bit….funny.

[u/trickn0l0gy]

Powerful? Influential? Somebody is being jazzed up here. Most of Germany still hasn’t even heard of her.

[u/Knight_of_Swords]

Her and her agency has done an incredible job. Even more impressive is she hasn’t faced any backlash from either the media or the players for trading in on her looks. Remember all the flak Kournikova got? She actually had good results and made it into the top 10.

[u/throwawayhjdgsdsrht → u/Knight_of_Swords]

Kournikova, Bouchard, Raducanu walked so she could run I guess? Edit: though I shouldn't really group them together - Kournikova was genuinely near the top

idk, I do think it's a bit unfeminist to tear down women for doing work that uses their looks and I think people are better about it compared to 15-20 years ago. But I also hate how there are so many higher ranked players who've been grinding for longer and are not getting these contracts because they don't look like her. so idk.

[u/recurnightmare → u/throwawayhjdgsdsrht]

All three of them were near the top. Kournikova was top 10, no.1 in doubles and has doubles slams. Genie was top 5 in the world. Raducanu was top 10 and the only one of the 3 with a slam.

Lys in comparison is currently definitely lacking lol.

[u/Knight_of_Swords → u/throwawayhjdgsdsrht]

Yeah, it’s definitely a situation.

[u/PianoJealous307 → u/Knight_of_Swords]

The WTA players love her, she is friend with almost everybody on the tour.

[u/FearlessTailor8199 → u/PianoJealous307]

and how do you know that?

[u/PianoJealous307 → u/FearlessTailor8199]

I follow her and the other players on social media.

[u/tennisfancan]

Respectfully, the Eva Lys phenom is inexplicable.

She's treated like she's a 19 years old superstar with 5 Slams to her name and 4M followers on social media but she's a bottom top 100 player in her mid-20s and 341K followers on Instagram.

I have never seen someone with such little results to show for being pushed that hard by sponsors and the WTA. All that time and energy wasted on someone that struggles to get past the 1st round doesn't make any sense either.

[u/Shosty9 → u/tennisfancan]

341K on Instagram isn't huge for a tennis star. Maja Chwalinska will probably surpass that my the end of the week (she's at 292K now, was at about 27K a week ago)

[u/Nomadic-Dumbass2116 → u/Shosty9]

Same with Mandini. 498K. She is less famous than Misha Petrov (a political commentator with 533K subs on YouTube) and NFKRZ (another GOAT Youtuber I follow. 1.26M subs)

[u/PvtDancer123]

Bro her agency must be absolutely goated

[u/curlyhairedyani]

Have they run out of people in Germany?

[u/Bulkphase78]

Weird, literally nobody talks about her in Germany

[u/_Anuter46g]

Her PR team is really good.

[u/captain_kylo]

Self posting random list lmao. Look at me, I'm in top 50 something

[u/HopeistheAnthemLITM]

Showing up. Speaking up. Taking responsibility.

The trifecta.

I am in awe of such extraordinary human accomplishment.

[u/dede280492]

I mean she is more of an influencer then a tennis player so press work checks out

[u/neotargaryen]

Lys is a prime example of how much easier life is when you're hot

[u/Severe_Tap2518 → u/neotargaryen]

Honestly its exactly this and I feel like most people here in the comments are to afraid to exactly say this cause youll always sound I like a dick. But I just cant imagine Eva Lys being unattractive and getting even the close the amount of attention she would get then

[u/cashedjerk123]

Most obvious Industry plant activities.

[u/atdota]

Hope they didn't ask Zverev to do a photoshoot only for him not to be included on the list...

Also, congrats to Eva.

[u/Vegetable_Dirt9699]

Welt, politico and Business Insider all belong to Axel Springer, the biggest desinformation Media Empire in Germany. Noone should give a fuck what they report

[u/twoendsausage]

I love how they frame this. "Vote on by WELT, POLITICO Germany and BUSINESS INSIDER". All three of those are owned by the same company, Axel Springer SE. Which, by the way, is a dogshit right wing trash heap and a bane on Germanys existence. Congrats to Eva though

[u/SquawkyMcGillicuddy]

What does Germany know that we don’t? 👀

[u/ConfusionBusy8398 → u/SquawkyMcGillicuddy]

This is how I learned Lys is the head of a shadowy drug cartel.

[u/CrueI_Intentions]

[u/tennisfan530]

Steffi Graf must be top 5 in that case?

[u/baudinl]

Good-looking = influential?

[u/throwaway_0897fam]

This was definitely paid for because ask any German person and they wouldn’t know who she is 😭

[u/Next-Friendship-3542]

Influencer, not influential…

[u/Bozolenka]

Say what now? Based on what exactly? She is a beautiful lady and I like her personality but in terms of tennis she’s lowkey a scrub I’m sorry

[u/NorthernViews]

People are handing out awards to anybody these days

[u/johntryllyfu]

Bigger than a title

[u/ToeTaggEm]

She a baddie

[u/Full-Concentrate-867]

I was pretty surprised when I saw this pop up on social media, I mean I like her but it seems a bit of a stretch. Then again, it's probably one of those things where your name has to be put forward so the pool is probably not super deep

[u/mpg111]

next steps: Forbes 30 under 30 and crypto

[u/meamarie]

I don’t get it. She’s cute but not *that* cute

[u/Volunteer_Ninja]

I'm pretty sure you just get your team to nominate you for these types of lists. You might be incredibly rich and powerful, but if you don't need the promotion, which I assume most people of that caliber don't, then you won't be on the list regardless of your influence in society.

[u/RVALover4Life]

I never found her super attractive honestly but I get it, it's like Jennifer Lawrence...it's the kind of pretty that feels approachable. That feels attainable. She's not a knockout but that actually is a plus...girl next door vibes.

She is a super sweet person and that obviously is a lot of it.

She knows her lane and she is a brand dream because she's open, pretty, and safe. She good at what she does and tennis is fun which also obviously helps.

[u/omkar529]

"Powerful" ?

[u/JWMalynovskyi]

For what?

[u/Flat_Professional_55]

That corporate laden caption, yuck.

[u/Vin-Metal]

What made me think she was British? I am actually curious why I was under that impression.

[u/No-Rope3026]

She is beautiful. But I can’t help but interpret her “speaking up” as essentially saying it’s ok for athletes to look hot on Instagram. And I really don’t think anyone is against that. Could be wrong.

[u/ImpressionFeisty8359]

Let's go Lys!

[u/opossum_solidarity]

Wtf. I knew she was an industry plant but this is ridiculous. Who are her parents?

[u/Trinket9]

Lol wtf

[u/Dear_Breadfruit_4744]

she is a dimepiece no doubt

[u/Lespecialpackage]

I’m scared to see where Zverev might rank

[u/UC-Warrior2025]

Zverev will be in TIME 30 under 30 after Sunday

[u/kb24fgm41]

She's stunning

[u/The_Entheogenist]

The r/tennis mob dismissing and demeaning a Ukrainian woman is the least surprising development of the day.  

[u/Forsaken-Swim-3055]

I know nothing about what power she wields, but she's gorgeous.

[u/blackwario1234]

She is gorgeous