Jeļena Ostapenko

Jeļena Ostapenko

Ostapenko at the 2016 US Open
Full name	Jeļena Aļona Ostapenko
Country (sports)	Latvia
Born	8 June 1997 Riga, Latvia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 555,456
Singles
Career record	135–69 (66.18%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	34 (27 June 2016)
Current ranking	34 (27 June 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2016)
French Open	1R (2016)
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)
French Open	1R (2016)
Wimbledon	3R (2016)
US Open	1R (2016)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	SF (2016)
US Open	1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	13–9
Medal record Representing a mixed-NOCs team Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing girls' doubles
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 16 May 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 36.

She is coached by her mother Jeļena Jakovļeva. In early 2016 she has been consulted also by Vera Dushevina. Father Jevgeņijs Ostapenko is her fitness coach. In early 2016 Ostapenko announced that she would have a new coach that would replace her mother by autumn 2016.

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, Top 40 ranking, Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Semifinalist

In her first 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 qualifying round 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 Kvitová 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]

Ostapenko competed as the number one seed in the qualifying draw at the Miami Open, but lost in the first round. Her next tournament was the Katowice Open. She easily beat Daniela Hantuchová and Kristýna Plíšková in the first two rounds. She won her quarterfinals match against Tímea Babos in three sets, but lost to Camila Giorgi in the semifinals.

She opened the clay court season with a first round loss to Ana Konjuh at the Prague Open. She would also lose in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open to Elena Vesnina. One week later at the Italian Open she beat Kristina Mladenovic and Mónica Puig in the first two rounds, but lost to Garbiñe Muguruza in the third round.

At the 2016 French Open Ostapenko was seeded in the singles for the first time in her Grand Slam career. In the first round of the singles tournament she failed to beat Naomi Osaka, though.

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)	Annika Beck	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	27 February 2016	Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Carla Suárez Navarro	6–1, 4–6, 4–6

Performance Timeline

Singles

Grand Slam tournaments
Tournament	2015	2016	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	0–1
French Open	Q1	1R	0–1
Wimbledon	2R	1R	1–2
US Open	2R	1R	1–2
Win–Loss	2–2	0–4	2–6

Top 10 wins per season

Season	2015	2016	Total
Wins	1	1	2

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2015
1.	Carla Suárez Navarro	No. 9	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	1st Round	6–2, 6–0
2016
2.	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:

• Petra Kvitová 2–1
• Andrea Petkovic 1–0
• Carla Suárez Navarro 1–1
• Agnieszka Radwańska 0–1
• Sara Errani 0–1
• Madison Keys 0–1
• Garbiñe Muguruza 0–1
• Samantha Stosur 0–1

* Statistics correct as of August 31, 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)	Ellen Allgurin	6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	18 February 2013	Helsingborg, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Ellen Allgurin	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
Winner	3.	11 November 2013	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Susanne Celik	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	4.	7 April 2014	Pula, Italy	Clay	Jade Suvrijn	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
Winner	5.	21 April 2014	Pula, Italy	Clay	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	6–2, 7–5
Winner	6.	28 April 2014	Pula, Italy	Clay	Alice Balducci	4–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–3
Runner-up	1.	17 November 2014	Zawada, Poland	Carpet (i)	Océane Dodin	5–7, 4–6
Winner	7.	23 February 2015	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Patricia Maria Țig	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	23 March 2015	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Elizaveta Kulichkova	1–6, 7–5, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	27 July 2015	Sobota, Poland	Clay	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)	Donika Bashota	Maria Mokh Eva Paalma	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
Winner	2.	18 February 2013	Helsingborg, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Ellen Allgurin	Cornelia Lister Lisanne van Riet	6–2, 6–7^(4–7), [10–7]
Winner	3.	25 March 2013	Tallinn, Estonia	Hard (i)	Anett Kontaveit	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	2–6, 7–5, [10–0]
Winner	4.	15 July 2013	Imola, Italy	Carpet	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Katharina Lehnert Alice Matteucci	6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Winner	5.	11 November 2013	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Eva Paalma	Quirine Lemoine Martina Přádová	6–2, 5–7, [11–9]
Winner	6.	7 April 2014	Pula, Italy	Clay	Mana Ayukawa	Alice Balducci Diana Buzean	7–5, 3–6, [10–5]
Winner	7.	21 April 2014	Pula, Italy	Clay	Rosalie van der Hoek	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Olga Sáez Larra	6–1, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner	8.	26 January 2015	Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	Hard (i)	Gioia Barbieri	Lesley Kerkhove Ana Vrljić	2–6, 7–6^(7–4), [10–3]
Runner-up	1.	27 July 2015	Sobota, Poland	Clay	Cornelia Lister	Kiki Bertens 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	Clay	Ella Leivo	W	6–0, 6–1
		18 April 2013		Estonia		Julia Matojan	W	6–1, 6–1
		19 April 2013		Tunisia		Nour Abbès	W	6–1, 6–1
	P/O	20 April 2013		Montenegro		Ana Veselinović	W	7–5, 6–2
2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	R/R	5 February 2014	Budapest, Hungary	Great Britain	Hard (i)	Heather Watson	L	5–7, 1–6
		7 February 2014		Hungary		Réka-Luca Jani	L	0–6, 4–6
		8 February 2014		Romania		Irina-Camelia Begu	L	3–6, 3–6
	P/O	9 February 2014		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	Hard (i)	Kirsten Flipkens	L	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
		5 February 2015		Croatia		Donna Vekić	W	6–3, 6–1
		6 February 2015		Israel		Julia Glushko	L	5–7, 3–6
	P/O	7 February 2015		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	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Ella Leivo Tanja Tuomi	W	6–0, 6–3
		19 April 2013		Tunisia		Diāna Marcinkēviča	Nour Abbès Ons Jabeur	L	3–6, 4–6
	P/O	20 April 2013		Montenegro		Diāna Marcinkēviča	Danka Kovinić Danica Krstajić	W	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	R/R	5 February 2014	Budapest, Hungary	Great Britain	Hard (i)	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Jocelyn Rae Heather Watson	W	1–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
		7 February 2014		Hungary		Diāna Marcinkēviča	Tímea Babos Réka-Luca Jani	L	5–7, 6–3, 1–6
		8 February 2014		Romania		Dārta Elizabete Emuliņa	Sorana Cîrstea Simona Halep	W	2–3, ret.
2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	R/R	4 February 2015	Budapest, Hungary	Belgium	Hard (i)	Dārta Elizabete Emuliņa	An-Sophie Mestach Alison Van Uytvanck	L	0–6, 5–7
		5 February 2015		Croatia		Diāna Marcinkēviča	Darija Jurak Ana Konjuh	L	4–6, 3–6
		6 February 2015		Israel		Dārta Elizabete Emuliņa	Alona Pushkarevsky Keren Shlomo	W	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
	P/O	7 February 2015		Austria		Diāna Marcinkēviča	Julia Grabher Sandra Klemenschits	W	7–5, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles

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

Awards

2014

• Latvian Sports Rising Star of the Year^[15]

2016

• WTA Tour Breakthrough of the Month (February)

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.
6. "Latest on US Open: Errani overcomes dizziness to win in 3". U.S. News & World Report. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
7. "Ostapenko wins her first ever U.S Open match and advances 2nd round". The Baltic Course. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
8. Reuters (2016-01-06). "Naomi Broady beats Jelena Ostapenko to reach last eight at ASB Classic". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
9. "Broady: Ostapenko should have been disqualified". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
10. "British tennis player close to tears after opponent 'throws racket' at ball boy". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
11. "Broady marches into Auckland last eight after beating Ostapenko". Mail Online. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
12. Ostapenko Sends Kvitova Crashing Out, World Tennis Association, 24 February 2016
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.
15. "Martins Dukurs and Anastasija Grigorjeva names Latvia's Athletes of the Year". leta.lv. Retrieved 2016-03-08.

External links

• Jeļena Ostapenko at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jeļena Ostapenko at the International Tennis Federation
• Jeļena Ostapenko at the Fed Cup