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Ons Jabeur
Ons Jabeur at the 2009 US Open girls' singles event.Country Tunisia
Residence Ksar Hellal, Tunisia Born August 28, 1994
TunisiaRetired Active Career prize money $6,121 (November 1, 2010) Singles Career record 16–5 Career titles 2 Highest ranking No. 583 (November 1, 2010) Current ranking No. 616 (September 13, 2010) Grand Slam results Australian Open — Australian Open Junior 1R (2010) French Open — French Open Junior W (2011) Wimbledon — Wimbledon Junior QF (2010) US Open — US Open Junior SF (2010) Doubles Career record 12–5 Career titles 1 Highest ranking 698 (September 13, 2010) Grand Slam Doubles results Australian Open — Australian Open Junior 1R (2010) French Open — French Open Junior QF (2010) Wimbledon — Wimbledon Junior SF (2010) US Open — US Open Junior QF (2010) Last updated on: September 8, 2010. Ons Jabeur (Arabic: أُنْس جابر) (born August 28, 1994 in Ksar Hellal, Tunisia) is a Tunisian tennis player. She won the Petits Ducs tournament in Dijon in 2008, and is a two-time under-16s champion in Africa. She got to the final of the 2010 French Open girls' singles, but lost to Elina Svitolina.[1] She won the tournament the next year, defeating Mónica Puig in the 2011 French Open girls' singles event.
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2011
Reaching the second final in row at the French Open Roland-Garros. She succeeded this time defeting the PuertoRican Mónica Puig in two straight sets (7-6, 6-1). She became the first African Woman to win a Gran Slam Tournament at any category.
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 quarterfinal 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 French Caroline Garcia. She lost to top-ranked Russian girl Yulia Putintseva. Later that year, she reaches the final of the French Open Roland-Garros. She was defeted by the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.
Career statistics
ITF Circuit singles finals (2–0)
$100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Winner 1. 26 April 2010 ITF $10,000 Antalya, Turkey
Clay Sandra Zaniewska
2–1 ret. Winner 2. 19 July 2010 ITF $10,000 Casablanca, Morocco
Clay Anna Morgina
7–5, 6–3 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
References
- ^ Adler, Benjamin. "Getting to know… Ons Jabeur". Roland Garros. http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/articles/2010-06-03/201006031275575590485.html. Retrieved 7 June 2010.[dead link]
Categories:- 1994 births
- Living people
- Tunisian female tennis players
- Tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Tunisian people stubs
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