Ons Jabeur

Ons Jabeur

Ons Jabeur in 2014
Country (sports)	Tunisia
Residence	Tunis, Tunisia
Born	28 August 1994 Ksar Hellal, Tunisia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$253,936
Singles
Career record	148–73
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	118 (23 March 2015)
Current ranking	189 (29 August 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2015)
French Open	Q2 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2014)
US Open	1R (2014)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012, 2016)
Doubles
Career record	12–9
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	698 (13 September 2010)
Medal record Representing  Tunisia Women's Tennis All-Africa Games 2011 Maputo Singles 2011 Maputo Team Event 2011 Maputo Doubles Pan Arab Games 2011 Doha Team Event 2011 Doha Doubles
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 Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Runner-up 1. 3 October 2009 Monastir, Tunisia Hard Nour Abbès Elise Tamaëla Nicole Thijssen 1–6, 7–5, [4–10] Winner 1. 19 July 2010 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Katarína Baranová Galina Fokina Anna Morgina 6–3, 6–3

References

External links

• Ons Jabeur at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ons Jabeur at the International Tennis Federation
• Ons Jabeur at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile