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Ons Jabeur Ons Jabeur in 2014
Country (sports) Tunisia Residence Tunis , TunisiaBorn (1994-08-28 ) 28 August 1994 (age 30) Ksar Hellal , TunisiaHeight 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Turned pro 2010 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $253,936 Career record 148–73 Career titles 10 ITF Highest ranking 118 (23 March 2015) Current ranking 189 (29 August 2016) Australian Open 1R (2015 ) French Open Q2 (2012 ) Wimbledon Q3 (2014 ) US Open 1R (2014 ) Olympic Games 1R (2012 , 2016 ) Career record 12–9 Career titles 1 ITF Highest ranking 698 (13 September 2010) Last updated on: 3 August 2015.
Ons Jabeur (Arabic : أُنْس جابر Uns Jābir ; born 28 August 1994 in Ksar Hellal ) is a Tunisian tennis player.
Jabeur has won seven singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 25 November 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 135. On 13 September 2010, she peaked at world number 698 in the doubles rankings.
Jabeur's greatest success has come as a junior, when she won the Girls' Singles title at the 2011 French Open, having also reached the final of the same event just one year prior.
Career
2010
Jabeur participated in the US Open for the first time in 2010. In the girls' doubles , she and her partner Yulia Putintseva reached the quarter final after defeating Miyu Kato and Brooke Austin , Emi Mutaguchi and Risa Ozaki , but lost to Daria Gavrilova and Irina Khromacheva . She reached the semifinal in the girls' singles after defeating the Japanese Risa Ozaki , the Russian Irina Khromacheva , the Canadian Eugenie Bouchard and the Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia . She lost to top-ranked Russian girl Yulia Putintseva . Later that year, she reached the final of the French Open Roland-Garros . She was defeated by the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina .
2011
Reaching the second final in row at the French Open Roland-Garros . She succeeded this time defeating the Puerto Rican Mónica Puig in two straight sets (7–6, 6–1).
She became the first North African Woman to win a Grand Slam Tournament at any category.
Career statistics
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' Singles (1–1)
Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Opponent in the final
Score in the final
Runner-up
2010
French Open
Clay
Elina Svitolina
2–6, 5–7
Winner
2011
French Open
Clay
Mónica Puig
7–6(10–8) , 6–1
ITF circuit finals
Singles: 14 (10–4)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Runner-up
1.
30 October 2009
Monastir, Tunisia
Hard
Elise Tamaëla
2–6, 2–6
Winner
1.
26 April 2010
Antalya , Turkey
Clay
Sandra Zaniewska
2–1 ret.
Winner
2.
19 July 2010
Casablanca , Morocco
Clay
Anna Morgina
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up
2.
23 April 2012
Tunis , Tunisia
Clay
Sandra Zaniewska
4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner
3.
22 April 2013
Tunis , Tunisia
Clay
Sara Sorribes Tormo
6–3, 6–2
Winner
4.
12 May 2013
Fukuoka , Japan
Grass
An-Sophie Mestach
7–6(7–2) , 6–2
Winner
5.
19 May 2013
Kurume , Japan
Grass
An-Sophie Mestach
6–0, 6–2
Winner
6.
27 October 2013
Saguenay , Canada
Hard (i)
Coco Vandeweghe
6–7(0–7) , 6–0, 6-3
Winner
7.
10 May 2014
Tunis , Tunisia
Clay
Valeria Savinykh
6-3 7-6(4)
Runner-up
3.
10 August 2014
Landisville , United States
Hard
Paula Kania
7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up
4.
27 October 2014
Nantes , France
Hard (i)
Kateřina Siniaková
5–7, 2–6
Winner
8.
17 January 2016
Daytona Beach , United States
Clay
Olga Fridman
0–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner
9.
31 January 2016
Sunrise , United States
Clay
Anna Tatishvili
3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner
10.
8 May 2016
Tunis , Tunisia
Clay
Romina Oprandi
1–6, 6–2, 6-2
Doubles: 2 (1–1)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
References
External links