Jelena Ostapenko biography: 13 things about tennis player in Riga, Latvia

Jeļena Ostapenko is a Latvian professional tennis player. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is also known as Aļona Ostapenko.
2. She was born in Riga, Latvia to the late Ukrainian footballer Jevgēnijs Ostapenko and Latvian-Russian tennis coach and former player Jeļena Jakovļeva.
3. She speaks Latvia, Russian and English.
4. She is right-handed.
5. She is 5’10” tall.
6. In 2002, she started dancing and was introduced to tennis by her mother.
7. On April 23, 2012, she turned professional.
8. In July 2014, she became the 2014 Wimbledon Championships girls’ singles champion after beating Kristína Schmiedlová in the final.
9. In September 2014, she made her Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour main-draw debut at the 2014 Tashkent Open.
10. In September 2015, she reached her first career WTA Tour final at the 2015 Coupe Banque Nationale.
11. Between 2016 and 2019, she was the only tennis player to have won a Grand Slam title but lost in the first round the three other times she had competed at the same tournament.
12. In August 2016, she represented Latvia in women’s singles in tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and finished in the first round after losing to Australia’s Samantha Stosur.
13. In 2022, she wore the Latvian brand DK ONE in the Australian Open, the French Open and the Wimbledon Championships.

TIMELINE

2017

• In June 2017, she became the 2017 French Open women’s singles champion after beating Simona Halep in the final.
• In July 2017, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships women’s singles after losing to Venus Williams.

2018

• In July 2018, she finished in the semifinals of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships women’s singles after losing to Angelique Kerber.

2019

• In June 2019, she and Lyudmyla Kichenok finished in the quarterfinals of the 2019 French Open women’s doubles after losing to Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka.
• In September 2019, she and Kichenok finished in the quarterfinals of the 2019 U.S. Open women’s doubles after losing to Caroline Dolehide and Vania King.
• In October 2019, she partnered with Marion Bartoli on a trial basis.

2020

• On January 3, 2020, her father passed away.
• Amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, she temporarily terminated her partnership with Bartoli, who gave birth in December 2020.

2021

• In February 2021, Bartoli started coaching her again.

2022

• In June 2022, she and Kichenok finished in the semifinals of the 2022 French Open women’s doubles after losing to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic.
• In July 2022, she and Kichenok finished in the semifinals of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships women’s doubles after losing to Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková.

2023

• In January 2023, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Australian Open women’s singles after losing to Elena Rybakina.
• In September 2023, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2023 U.S. Open women’s singles after losing to Coco Gauff.