On Tuesday, ahead of the expected announcement from tennis authorities, Svitolina told ITV News that she would compete against Potapova while wearing Ukraine’s national colors, yellow and blue.
The WTA, the women’s professional tour, has three players from Russia and Belarus in the top 20, Azarenka, who is a player representative to its board.
The announcement came after several days of discussions with the WTA and ATP and leaders of the major tournaments. The I.T.F., which organizes competitions between nations — including the Olympic tournament, the Davis Cup for men and the Billie Jean King Cup for women — excluded Russia and Belarus from those events at least through this year.
The I.T.F. immediately forfeited Belarus from its Davis Cup tie against Mexico scheduled for this weekend.
Also included were the organizations behind the four Grand Slam tournaments: the French Tennis Federation; the United States Tennis Association; Tennis Australia; and the Lawn Tennis Association, which organizes Wimbledon. Those events will allow players from Belarus and Russia to participate but their presence will come without any mention or identification of their nationalities.