Jeļena Ostapenko

Jeļena Ostapenko

Ostapenko at the 2015 Fed Cup
Full name Jeļena Ostapenko
Country (sports)  Latvia
Born (1997-06-08) 8 June 1997
Riga, Latvia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Prize money $ 555,456
Singles
Career record 122–53
Career titles 0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking 37 (11 April 2016)
Current ranking 37 (11 April 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2016)
French Open Q1 (2015)
Wimbledon 2R (2015)
US Open 2R (2015)
Doubles
Career record 47–27
Career titles 0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking 152 (9 November 2015)
Current ranking 201 (4 April 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 13–9
Last updated on: 4 April 2016.

Jeļena Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997 in Riga) is a Latvian tennis player.

Ostapenko has won seven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 9 November 2015, she peaked at world number 152 in the doubles rankings. On 4 April 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 38.

She is coached by Vera Dushevina. Father Jevgeņijs Ostapenko is her fitness coach.

Playing for Latvia at the Fed Cup, Ostapenko has a win–loss record of 13–9.[1]

Career

2014: Wimbledon Junior Champion and WTA Main Draw debut

Ostapenko won the singles event at the junior 2014 Wimbledon Championships[2] and was ranked the number 2 junior tennis player in the world in September 2014.[3] She made her WTA tour main draw debut at the 2014 Tashkent Open. Having been awarded a wild card, she played Israeli Shahar Pe'er in the first round, defeating the former world number 11 in straight sets. In round two, she lost to Russian Ksenia Pervak.

2015: Grand Slam Main Draw Debut, Breakthrough

At the Ladies Neva Cup, Ostapenko went through qualifying and won the biggest title of her career. During the process, she managed to cause upsets over Olga Govortsova and Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

At the Prague Open, Ostapenko lost in the final round of qualifying to Olga Govortsova, before heading to Slovakia for the Empire Slovak Open. There, she upset World No. 82 Yanina Wickmayer and World No. 63 Tereza Smitková before losing to World No. 95 Danka Kovinić.

At the French Open, Ostapenko lost in the first round of qualifying to Russian Vera Dushevina in 3 sets, and this ended her clay court season.

Ostapenko began her grass court season at the Topshelf Open, where she surprisingly fell in the final round of qualifying to Jessica Pegula. Ostapenko then participated in Aegon Ilkley Trophy, but lost in the second round to Anett Kontaveit.

At Wimbledon, Ostapenko defeated the ninth seed Carla Suárez Navarro 6–2, 6–0, which is her first Top 10 win in her career, in the first round before losing 4–6, 5–7 to Kristina Mladenovic in the second.[4][5]

The only WTA event Ostapenko played before the US Open was the İstanbul Cup. She managed to get past qualifying but fell in the 1st round of the main draw to Kirsten Flipkens, only able to win 2 games in the whole match.

At the US Open the same year, she beat Annika Beck in the first round, but lost her second-round match to Sara Errani.[6][7]

In September she reached her career first WTA final at the Coupe Banque Nationals, where she lost to Annika Beck. In the process, she upset No.3 seed Mona Barthel.

Seeded for the first time at a WTA event, Ostapenko lost in the first round of the Tashkent Open to Serbian Bojana Jovanovski. She then lost in the qualifying rounds of the Generali Ladies Linz and the Kremlin Cup.

She ended the season as the World No. 79, her first top 100 season, reaching her 1st WTA final, and having her first Top 10 win.

2016: First Premier 5 Final

In her 1st WTA event of 2016, she fell in the second round of the ASB Classic to Naomi Broady in a match full of drama and controversies, in which Broady demanded for Ostapenko to be disqualified after Ostapenko threw her racquet at a ball boy. [8][9][10][11] Ostapenko then lost to Daniela Hantuchová in the first round of qualifying in Sydney and then lost to Hsieh Su-wei in the first round of the Australian Open despite winning the first set.

Ostapenko then lost her third match in a row against Yanina Wickmayer in the first round of the inaugural St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy.

She then won her first qualifying match in the Dubai Tennis Championships against Nao Hibino, but fell in the second round of qualifying to Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Ostapenko then reached the final of the 2016 Qatar Total Open, a Premier 5 tournament, in Doha in February 2016, beating world no. 8 Petra Kvitova on the way.[12] She was beaten by Carla Suarez Navarro in the final, but still went from no. 88 to no. 41 in the world rankings.[13] Ostapenko was in the qualifying draw at first, but was promoted to the main draw after a few players withdrew before the tournament.[14]

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 20 September 2015 Coupe Banque Nationale, Quebec City, Canada Carpet (i) Germany Annika Beck 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 27 February 2016 Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar Hard Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 6–1, 4–6, 4–6

Performance Timeline

Singles

Grand Slam tournaments
Tournament20152016W–L
Australian Open A 1R 0–1
French Open Q1 0–1
Wimbledon 2R 1–1
US Open 2R 1–1
Win–Loss 2–3 0–1 2–4

Top 10 wins per season

Season20152016Total
Wins112
# Player Rank Event Surface Round Score
2015
1. Spain Carla Suárez Navarro No. 9 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass 1st Round 6–2, 6–0
2016
2. Czech Republic Petra Kvitová No. 8 Doha, Qatar Hard 3rd Round 5–7, 6–2, 6–1

Head-to-head statistics

Head-to-head record against top 20 players

Ostapenko win–loss record against players who have been ranked world No. 20 or higher is as follows:

* Statistics correct as of February 27, 2016.

ITF finals (15–4)

Singles (7–3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 29 October 2012 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Sweden Ellen Allgurin 6–1, 6–3
Winner 2. 18 February 2013 Helsingborg, Sweden Carpet (i) Sweden Ellen Allgurin 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 3. 11 November 2013 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i) Sweden Susanne Celik 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Winner 4. 7 April 2014 Pula, Italy Clay France Jade Suvrijn 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Winner 5. 21 April 2014 Pula, Italy Clay Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers 6–2, 7–5
Winner 6. 28 April 2014 Pula, Italy Clay Italy Alice Balducci 4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3
Runner-up 1. 17 November 2014 Zawada, Poland Carpet (i) France Océane Dodin 5–7, 4–6
Winner 7. 23 February 2015 Saint Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Romania Patricia Maria Țig 3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 23 March 2015 Quanzhou, China Hard Russia Elizaveta Kulichkova 1–6, 7–5, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 27 July 2015 Sobota, Poland Clay Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská 6–3, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles (8–1)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 22 October 2012 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Sweden Donika Bashota Russia Maria Mokh
Estonia Eva Paalma
7–6(7–4), 6–1
Winner 2. 18 February 2013 Helsingborg, Sweden Carpet (i) Sweden Ellen Allgurin Sweden Cornelia Lister
Netherlands Lisanne van Riet
6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
Winner 3. 25 March 2013 Tallinn, Estonia Hard (i) Estonia Anett Kontaveit Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
2–6, 7–5, [10–0]
Winner 4. 15 July 2013 Imola, Italy Carpet Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok Philippines Katharina Lehnert
Italy Alice Matteucci
6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Winner 5. 11 November 2013 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i) Estonia Eva Paalma Netherlands Quirine Lemoine
Czech Republic Martina Přádová
6–2, 5–7, [11–9]
Winner 6. 7 April 2014 Pula, Italy Clay Japan Mana Ayukawa Italy Alice Balducci
Romania Diana Buzean
7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
Winner 7. 21 April 2014 Pula, Italy Clay Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Spain Olga Sáez Larra
6–1, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner 8. 26 January 2015 Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France Hard (i) Italy Gioia Barbieri Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove
Croatia Ana Vrljić
2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–3]
Runner-up 1. 27 July 2015 Sobota, Poland Clay Sweden Cornelia Lister Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp
6–7(2–7), 4–6

Fed Cup participation

Singles

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2013 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
R/R 17 April 2013 Ulcinj, Montenegro Finland Finland Clay Finland Ella Leivo W 6–0, 6–1
18 April 2013 Estonia Estonia Estonia Julia Matojan W 6–1, 6–1
19 April 2013 Tunisia Tunisia Tunisia Nour Abbès W 6–1, 6–1
P/O 20 April 2013 Montenegro Montenegro Montenegro Ana Veselinović W 7–5, 6–2
2014 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I
R/R 5 February 2014 Budapest, Hungary United Kingdom Great Britain Hard (i) United Kingdom Heather Watson L 5–7, 1–6
7 February 2014 Hungary Hungary Hungary Réka-Luca Jani L 0–6, 4–6
8 February 2014 Romania Romania Romania Irina-Camelia Begu L 3–6, 3–6
P/O 9 February 2014 Slovenia Slovenia Slovenia Dalila Jakupović W 6–3, 7–6(11–9)
2015 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I
R/R 4 February 2015 Budapest, Hungary Belgium Belgium Hard (i) Belgium Kirsten Flipkens L 2–6, 6–4, 3–6
5 February 2015 Croatia Croatia Croatia Donna Vekić W 6–3, 6–1
6 February 2015 Israel Israel Israel Julia Glushko L 5–7, 3–6
P/O 7 February 2015 Austria Austria Austria Julia Grabher W 6–2, 6–1

Doubles

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2013 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
R/R 17 April 2013 Ulcinj, Montenegro Finland Finland Clay Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča Finland Ella Leivo
Finland Tanja Tuomi
W 6–0, 6–3
19 April 2013 Tunisia Tunisia Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča Tunisia Nour Abbès
Tunisia Ons Jabeur
L 3–6, 4–6
P/O 20 April 2013 Montenegro Montenegro Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča Montenegro Danka Kovinić
Montenegro Danica Krstajić
W 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2014 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I
R/R 5 February 2014 Budapest, Hungary United Kingdom Great Britain Hard (i) Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča United Kingdom Jocelyn Rae
United Kingdom Heather Watson
W 1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
7 February 2014 Hungary Hungary Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča Hungary Tímea Babos
Hungary Réka-Luca Jani
L 5–7, 6–3, 1–6
8 February 2014 Romania Romania Latvia Dārta Elizabete Emuliņa Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Romania Simona Halep
W 2–3, ret.
2015 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I
R/R 4 February 2015 Budapest, Hungary Belgium Belgium Hard (i) Latvia Dārta Elizabete Emuliņa Belgium An-Sophie Mestach
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck
L 0–6, 5–7
5 February 2015 Croatia Croatia Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča Croatia Darija Jurak
Croatia Ana Konjuh
L 4–6, 3–6
6 February 2015 Israel Israel Latvia Dārta Elizabete Emuliņa Israel Alona Pushkarevsky
Israel Keren Shlomo
W 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
P/O 7 February 2015 Austria Austria Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča Austria Julia Grabher
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
W 7–5, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2014 Wimbledon Grass Slovakia Kristína Schmiedlová 2–6, 6–3, 6–0

Awards

See also: WTA Awards
2014
2016

References

  1. Jeļena Ostapenko at the Fed Cup
  2. Harwitt, Sandra (6 July 2014). "Rubin and Ostapenko score Wimbledon silver". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. Jeļena Ostapenko at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
  4. Foley, Marcus (29 June 2015). "Round-up: Jelena Ostapenko shocks Carla Suarez Navarro". Eurosport. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  5. "Wimbledon Day 5, 3rd Round Previews: Azarenka v Mladenovic, Stephens v Safarova". Moo's Tennis Blog. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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  13. Ranking Watch: Ostapenko New Teen Titan, World Tennis Association, 29 February 2016
  14. Perkins, Adam. "Jelena Ostapenko: The latest 18 year old sensation on the WTA Tour". VAVEL. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
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Awards
Preceded by
Zemgus Girgensons
Latvian Rising Sports Personality of the Year
2014
Succeeded by
Kristaps Porziņģis
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