5. Jelena Ostapenko is gearing up for another strong year on the WTA Tour. Her first serve is powerful, being typically recorded at 106 mph (170 km/h), and peaking at 112 mph (180 km/h), allowing her to serve aces, whilst her second serve is inconsistent. Jelena Ostapenko was particularly nervous during her Semifinal loss to Ashleigh Barty in Wuhan event on Friday. The 20-year-old from Latvia surprised the world by making it to this final; she has been playing for three years now and participated in the French Open in 2015 and 2016, both times losing in her opening match. Team Ostapenko a moveable feast. [22] In the final against third-seeded Simona Halep, Ostapenko came back from being down a set and 3–0 to win her first professional title. At Wimbledon, she beat Katy Dunne, Kirsten Flipkens, Vitalia Diatchenko and Aliaksandra Sasnovich to reach the quarterfinals for a second successive year,[33][34] then beat Dominika Cibulková to reach her first Wimbledon semifinal where she lost to eventual winner Angelique Kerber. Jelena Ostapenko. (Getty). Ostapenko was born in Riga to former footballer Jevgēnijs Ostapenko (d. 2020) and Jeļena Jakovļeva. [12] She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Tashkent Open, having been awarded a wildcard. David Taylor joins her team heading into early WTA action. Get the latest news on Jelena Ostapenko including her, stats, videos, and more at the official Women's Tennis Association website. See more of Jelena Ostapenko on Facebook. (Getty). Jelena Ostapenko tennis … "[47] One of her major weaknesses is a high error rate due to her high-risk approach. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. At the Australian Open, she defeated Liudmila Samsonova in the first round, before falling to Belinda Bencic in the second round. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended. Jeļena Ostapenko has been guided to this point by her new coach, Anabel Medina Garrigues, a successful tennis player in her own right who is currently sidelined due to an injury. Powered by. Bartoli announced that their partnership would continue into 2020, and that she would be Ostapenko's full time coach throughout the year. In 2009, Medina Garrigues again won the French Open women’s doubles. At the height of her career, Anabel Medina Garrigues was considered to be one of the most talented women in the Women’s Tennis Association. [13][14], At the US Open, she lost her second-round match to Sara Errani.[15][16]. As of February 2016, she was ranked 26th in doubles. In doubles, she and Kichenok were defeated in the first round by Caroline Dolehide and Vania King. SR=strike rate (events won/competed). Jelena Ostapenko adds a new coach into her rotation for the upcoming 2018 WTA Tour. She became the first Latvian player to win a Grand Slam singles tournament and the first unseeded woman to win the French Open since 1933. ¡Contenta con la victoria y pase a Octavos de final de Jelena Ostapenko! There hasn’t been much news about French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in the English-language media since the end of her breakout 2017 season. Jelena Ostapenko ist ein Multitalent Ostapenko… #rolandgarros champ @JelenaOstapenk8 ???????? Jeļena Ostapenko, die unter der Anleitung ihrer Mutter im Alter von fünf Jahren mit dem Tennisspielen begann, gehörte bereits als Juniorin zu den Besten ihres Jahrgangs. [8] She uses her legal name professionally in order to avoid administrative confusion.[10]. Ostapenko is the first person who Medina Garrigues has coached; Jeļena Ostapenko was actually originally coached by her mother, who was a tennis coach when Ostapenko was growing up. Ostapenko and Medina Garrigues were introduced because they share the same manager. In the semifinal, Ostapenko defeated qualifier Danielle Collins to reach the final, in which she lost to 12th-seeded Sloane Stephens. At Indian Wells, Ostapenko beat Belinda Bencic in the second round[31] but lost to Petra Martić in the third. Jeļena Ostapenko, also known as Aļona Ostapenko, (born 8 June 1997) is a Latvian professional tennis player. In 2017, with her help, Jelena Ostapenko won the French Open. Jelena Ostapenko is originally from Latvia, born on June 8th, 1997 … 5 in singles, achieved on 19 March 2018, and No. Ostapenko is known for her highly aggressive playing style, including powerful inside-out groundstrokes and a tendency to aim for the lines. Not Now. She had Gorban with her at Indian Wells, … Medina Garrigues was not retiring permanently, though; she was just going to focus on doubles tennis. Here’s what you need to know about Anabel Medina Garrigues and how she came to be Jeļena Ostapenko’s coach. Ostapenko’s mother used to coach her in the early part of her career. [20][49] Following her quarterfinal performance, she attracted multiple comparisons to Monica Seles. Ostapenko also lost in the first round of Wimbledon to Hsieh Su-wei. 2019 has been dominated more by frustration than celebration for the Latvian. About See All. She was beaten by Carla Suárez Navarro in the final, but she rose to No. Finally, she had some success at the US Open where she beat Aleksandra Krunic and 2019 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Alison Riske, in straight sets, to reach her first Grand Slam third round of the season where she faced wildcard Kristie Ahn to whom she lost in straight sets. [52] She also frequently has one of the lowest first serve percentages on the entire tour; in her first-round match at the 2019 China Open against Karolína Plíšková, she served 25 double faults, and had a first-serve percentage of 49%, whilst still winning the match. She then faced Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. At the Aegon Classic, she beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets during the first round, and she defeated two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová in the second. Jelena Ostapenko pulled off a stunning title win at Roland Garros this year. In addition to her singles career, she has played as a member of Latvia Fed Cup team. [32] The result meant that she made her debut in the top five at No. She was defeated by Madison Keys in the quarterfinals. Ostapenko came from a set down to defeat her, reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal. 10. Die 30-Jährige unterlag im Finale der früheren French-Open-Siegerin Jelena Ostapenko (Lettland) 4:6, 1:6 und muss damit weiter auf ihren ersten Turniersieg seit neun Monaten warten. At Cincinnati, she was defeated in the first round of the singles tournament by Yulia Putintseva, and, partnering with Kichenok once again in the doubles, defeated Raquel Atawo and Han Xinyun in the first round, before falling to Lucie Hradecká and Andreja Klepač, the eventual champions. At the Charleston Open, she reached the final losing to fellow 19-year-old Daria Kasatkina. At the French Open, Ostapenko was seeded in the singles at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, but she dropped her opening match to Naomi Osaka. In fact, Ostapenko does not have a boyfriend yet now. Ostapenko-Coach Taylor: Technik, Technik, Technik! 79. After a poor start to the 2020 season, and Bartoli's pregnancy, Ostapenko ended their partnership during the suspension of the WTA Tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and began to be coached on a trial basis by Thomas Högstedt, the former coach of Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep. Unfortunately, now she finds herself in a new and unwelcome challenge. ?? Ostapenko’s mother, Jeļena Jakovļeva, introduced her to tennis at the age of 5. AP Photo/Christophe Ena Ostapenko was playing … “At the same time she’s just a girl, only 19, and she needs to work at it. In a 2017 article, Steve Tignor of Tennis.com described Ostapenko's mentality as "See ball, hit winner. She reached the final of the Qatar Open, a Premier 5 tournament in Doha, beating world No. At the end of September, she won her second WTA title at the Korea Open in Seoul. She was introduced to tennis at age five by her mother and idolized Serena Williams while growing up. [40] Despite the loss, alongside Robert Lindstedt she reached the first mixed-doubles final of her career. She lost to Samantha Stosur in the first round. (Getty). [28] Her performance was enough for her to make her top-ten debut in the world rankings, at No. [42], Her forehand and backhand are both hit flat, with relentless power and depth. Her annual present salary is $500,00. MADRID: Almost two years have passed since Jelena Ostapenko stunned the women’s tour by winning the French Open at the age of 20. [41][54] She parted company with Medina Garrigues at the end of 2017, taking on David Taylor – former coach of Sam Stosur and Ana Ivanovic – to coach her for the majors, with her mother remaining as her full-time coach. “I really wanted to come to Paris, even if I had to go through the qualifiers, because it’s a very special tournament for me,” she said at the time, according to Tennis Now. This week in Linz, 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko has been working with 2013 Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli. She has a half-brother named Maksim. Jelena Ostapenko, at 20, became the youngest winner of the French Open since Iva Majoli in 1997. Jeļena Ostapenko herself is currently ranked at 47th, with her career high being 33 in January 2017. Ostapenko – whom we tend to forget actually WON Roland Garros just three years ago – has gone through a fair few coaches in the years since. In her first final since Miami 2018, Ostapenko faced Coco Gauff, to whom she fell in three sets. She ended her 2017 season ranked No. On Thursday, Jelena Ostapenko, who stunned the sports world when she won Roland Garros as a 20-year-old in 2017, returned to the site of her … In the semifinal, she came from a set and a break deficit to defeat Ekaterina Alexandrova in three tight sets. Ostapenko's first tournament of the year was the Shenzhen Open where she lost in the first round to Monica Niculescu. In 2011, Medina Garrigues reached the final of the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, but she was ultimately defeated by Ana Ivanovic. I’m really enjoying it. 17 in doubles, reached on 2 March 2020. She then defeated Antonia Lottner and Anna Blinkova to reach the final, where she defeated defending champion Julia Görges in straight sets, to win her first title since Seoul in 2017. At Jūrmala, Ostapenko was defeated in the first round by Bernarda Pera, but she reached the final of the doubles alongside Galina Voskoboeva; the pair lost to Sharon Fichman and Nina Stojanović. [26] With the win, she reached a new career-high ranking of world No. She parted ways with Coach David Taylor after the French Open and is now working with Glenn Schaap, who left Anett Kontaveit’s team during Roland Garros. 22. I’m a rookie but I’m enjoying it.”, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Jeļena Ostapenko’s Coach: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Copyright © 2021 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. [35] The rest of the season was largely disappointing, as a left wrist injury caused her to withdraw from the WTA Elite Trophy, and she ended the season ranked No. [citation needed], Ostapenko is an all-court player, with a highly aggressive playing style. [8] Latvian authorities have now clarified, though, that there have been no restrictions in place that would not allow to register the desired name and most likely there has been some misunderstanding. “But of course, he helped me and said some good things that I could use in the matches. At the Ladies Neva Cup, Ostapenko went through qualifying and won the biggest title up to then. Ostapenko has been noted for her tenacity, determination, and competitive spirit, and is a formidable competitor. This partnership was not extended into 2021, and Bartoli began coaching Ostapenko once again in February 2021, following the birth of her daughter, at Doha. David Taylor ist einer der erfolgreichsten Tenniscoaches - unter anderem hat er mit Martina Hingis, Ana Ivanovic, Alicia Molik, Samantha Stosur und Naomi Osaka zusammengearbeitet. Jeļena Ostapenko will be competing in the French Open women’s final on Saturday. He trained her during Grand Slams while her mother played the role of a full-time coach. In 2017 and 2019, she was the WTA Tour leader in double faults, hitting 436 double faults in 2019. Forgot account? Anabel Medina Garrigues in her first round match against Marion Bartoli of France during day one of the 2013 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 14, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. The same year, Jelena Ostapenko parted ways with Garrigues and hired David Taylor (the former coach of Grand Slam champions Sam Stosur and Ana Ivanovic). In 2014, Anabel Medina Garrigues retired from singles tennis; the 2014 French Open was her last tournament. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. 5. [45][46][47] After putting an opponent in a vulnerable position, she regularly seeks to end the point with a cross-court forehand, a down-the-line backhand, a swinging volley, or a drop shot. “I’m glad that I got through this match. She Was Born & Raised in Latvia. 8, Petra Kvitová on the way. Her current coach is Anabel Medina Garrigues. “Jelena and I share a manager, and it was him that told me she was a good player,” Medina Garrigues said earlier this year. At the French Open, Ostapenko, then ranked 47th in the world, defeated Louisa Chirico, Monica Puig, Lesia Tsurenko, and Samantha Stosur. At Linz, Ostapenko announced that she had hired fellow Grand Slam champion Marion Bartoli to her coaching team. In doubles, she partnered Gabriela Dabrowski and reached the quarterfinals, and in mixed doubles, she partnered Leander Paes and lost in the second round to finalists Mattek-Sands and Jamie Murray. She aims to finish points quickly, either with powerful groundstrokes or deft volleys. Ostapeno is coached by her mother, with her father serving as a fitness trainer. The Latvian player asked on-court coaching when she was down 6 … She ended the season as the world No. 7 in the world, Anabel Medina Garrigues. At Wimbledon, Ostapenko defeated the ninth-seeded Carla Suárez Navarro in straight sets (dropping only two games in the match and grabbing her first win over a top-ten player) in the first round before losing to Kristina Mladenovic. Community See All. Shortly afterward, she was tipped to be the next star of the sport. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Tashkent Open, having been awarded a wildcard. Her groundstrokes are simply massive, flat swipes of the ball that left Halep... grasping at shadows."[50][51]. This no longer applied from 2020, as she advanced to the second round after beating Madison Brengle. She is an young girl who didn’t marry yet. At Beijing, she upset the second seed Plíšková in the first round, before falling to Kateřina Siniaková in the second. 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Jelena Ostapenko WTA ranking Her husband or hoyfriend. [43][44] Due to her aggressive playing style, she accumulates significant numbers of both winners and unforced errors. Jelena Ostapenko (23) is a tennis player from Latvia who has a career-high singles ranking of No. ¡Seguimos en la pelea! [23][24][25] Ostapenko also became the first player since Gustavo Kuerten to win his or her first career title at a Grand Slam tournament; coincidentally Kuerten won his first title at the 1997 French Open on the day Ostapenko was born. The major weakness in Ostapenko's game is her serve, which is highly inconsistent. At the Australian Open, she advanced to the third round of a major for the first time, losing to Karolína Plíšková in three sets despite serving for the match in the third set.[19]. Then, at the US Open, she reached the third round by defeating Lara Arruabarrena and Sorana Cîrstea,[27] before losing to Daria Kasatkina. (Getty). In October, she reached the semifinals of the China Open, losing to Simona Halep. Ostapenko made her Olympic debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics. “So I think I can help a player a lot because of this open view. She also in 2012 reached the quarterfinal of the Sony Swedish Open, but she lost to Johanna Larsson. 2014: Wimbledon junior champion and pro debut, 2016: First Premier-5 final, Wimbledon mixed-doubles semifinalist, 2018: Top-5 entrance, Wimbledon semifinal, French Open first round loss, 2019: Loss of form, fall through the rankings, doubles success, late season resurgence, "Aļona Ostapenko: 'Neviens mani nav tā apmācījis. Ostapenko won the singles event at the junior Wimbledon Championships[11] and was ranked the No. She Retired From Singles Tennis in 2014. [9] Fans in Latvia and elsewhere in Eastern Europe had always called her Aļona, but the name was unknown in the West until her win at Roland Garros in 2017. She has been guided to this point by her new coach, Anabel Medina Garrigues. 2 junior tennis player in the world in September 2014. She lost in the second qualifying round to Tereza Smitková, bringing her singles tennis career to a close. Jeļena Ostapenko will be competing in the French Open women's final on Saturday. Jelena has a new coach - David Taylor from Australia Jelena won Best tennis player of Latvia Jelena will start a new season 2018 in Shenzen # ostapenko # tennis # latvia # wta # shenzen She earns more money from tennis career. Jevgēnijs played professional football for FC Metalurh Zaporizhya in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia where Jeļena's grandmother lives. 12.[23]. In September, she reached her first career WTA Tour final at the Coupe Banque Nationale, where she lost to Annika Beck. “He also said she was a girl who was used to working with women, and that I could help her to improve her tennis because I have a lot of experience in my career.”. Following the loss, she left the top ten for the first time since entering. Her second serve is hampered by nerves, and a frequently wayward ball toss, meaning that she double faults frequently. “So I think the difference now as a coach is that being outside of the court, is that you can see everything like more open and you see things much more clearly than when you are on the court,” she told Sport 360. She has won seven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and she also won the junior singles event at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Anabel Medina Garrigues plays a forehand to Sloane Stephens of the United States in the women’s singles match during day three of the Hopman Cup at Perth Arena on December 30, 2013 in Perth, Australia. She lost to five-time champion Venus Williams. At Tashkent, she retired in the first round against Katarina Zavatska. (W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. Jeļena Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997), also known as Aļona Ostapenko,[3] is a professional tennis player from Latvia. She lost to Ashleigh Barty in the semifinal. pic.twitter.com/f61Erx1CMl, — Anabel Medina (@anabelmedina) June 2, 2017. Anabel Medina Garrigues is not currently playing tennis due to an injury. She wants to end every point in two shots – you have to explain to her that she needs to adapt to the rival and the surface, learn to build the point, play more organized and be patient to make less mistakes.”, Anabel Medina Garrigues during day two of the Bank of the West Classic at the Stanford University Taube Family Tennis Stadium on August 4, 2015 in Stanford, California. or. At Linz, Ostapenko defeated Tamara Korpatsch, Alizé Cornet, and Elena Rybakina en route to reach her first semifinal appearance since 2018 Wimbledon. In terms of doubles, though, her highest rank was third in November 2008. Ostapenko withdrew from the Auckland Open following the death of her father. 7 in the world. Click here for a full player profile. At Toronto, Ostapeonko defeated Caroline Garcia and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach the third round, before losing to qualifier Marie Bouzková; in doubles, she and partner Lyudmyla Kichenok lost in the first round to Julia Görges and Karolína Plíšková. 1 Simona Halep, the young Latvian tennis star rose to new heights. Last year, Medina Garrigues suffered a shoulder injury at Wimbledon, according to WTA Tennis. In a 2016 interview, Crosscourt View labeled Ostapenko's backhand her "strongest weapon"; the same year, Hartford Courant stated that she "hits a lot of forehand winners". 27,992 people follow this. "[41] Eurosport labeled her style as "risky, aggressive, fun tennis". At Zhengzhou, she defeated You Xiaodi in the first round, before falling to Aryna Sabalenka. 41 in the world rankings.[17]. At Wimbledon, Ostapenko beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Françoise Abanda, Camila Giorgi, and fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina en route to her second Grand Slam quarterfinal. This win is an indicator of possible continued collaboration of Bartoli with Ostapenko. At Luxembourg, Ostapenko defeated Caty McNally in the first round, and then defeated top-seeded Elise Mertens in the second round. She went on to play at the Sydney International, where she lost to Ash Barty in the first round. [20][21] She beat Bacsinszky in three sets to reach the final, being the first unseeded female player to play in the final of the French Open since Mima Jaušovec in 1983 and the first Latvian player to reach the final of a major. When she was born, her parents' desired name of Aļona was not on the Latvian name calendar, so she was named Jeļena after her mother. Ostapenko won the singles event at the junior Wimbledon Championships and was ranked the No. Shortly before the start of Roland-Garros, Ostapenko started working with Hogstedt, the Swede who coached Maria Sharapova of Russia to the 2012 title. Ostapenko uses Wilson Blade racquets, and is sponsored by Adidas for clothing and shoes; her apparel was previously supplied by Nike.[53]. However, after partnering with Marion Bartoli at Linz, her serve began to show some improvement, and in the final against Julia Görges at Luxembourg, she did not double fault once. [30] At the WTA Finals, she scored a win over Karolína Plíšková but lost to Muguruza and Venus Williams. At age 12, she chose to focus on tennis and credits her good coordination and skilled footwork to her years of dancing. (Getty). Medina Garrigues was named captain of the Spanish Fed Cup team. Anabel Medina Garrigues during day one of the Hopman Cup at Perth Arena on December 29, 2012 in Perth, Australia. She also started dancing around that age, going on to compete in the National Latvian Championships for Ballroom Dancing. [20][48] Before her participation in the 2017 Charleston Open final, an article on the event's website declared that what was "most impressive about Ostapenko is her willingness to strike big to all corners of the court, be it a cross-court laser or a bold down-the-line winner. To date, Medine Garrigues has won 11 singles titles and 28 doubles titles. Medine Garrigues says that she believes Ostapenko is extremely talented and can beat anyone if she tries hard enough. Between 2016 and 2019, Ostapenko held remarkable distinction of being the only player in recorded tennis history to have won a Grand Slam title (2017 French Open), and lost in the first round the three other times she has competed at that same tournament (2016 to Naomi Osaka, 2018 to Kateryna Kozlova, and 2019 to Victoria Azarenka). “We just started to work together, so not much we can do during a tournament,” she said. Winning the 2017 French Open singles title over now world No. 2 junior tennis player in the world in September 2014. Ostapenko’s net worth is $100K-1M approximately. In 2014, Anabel Medina Garrigues retired … Ostapenko entered the French Open as the fifth seed, but was unable to defend her title after losing in the first round to Kateryna Kozlova. According to Core Tennis, Anabel Medina Garrigues was ranked 16th with the Women’s Tennis Association; this ranking was earned in May 2009. Ostapenko has a new coach alongside her for the grass court season. 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