Jelena Ostapenko

Latvian 29 WTA rankingWTA 1,592 points jelena.ostapenko 29 years 177 cm Right handed

Playing next

WTA 1000, Hard Toronto 2026 2 Aug - 13 Aug Toronto, Canada On the entry list WTA 1000, Hard Cincinnati 2026 13 Aug - 23 Aug Mason, United States On the entry list Grand Slam, Hard US Open 2026 30 Aug - 13 Sept New York, United States On the entry list
Head to heads vs Karolina Pliskova (11)vs Ekaterina Alexandrova (10)vs Petra Kvitova (10)vs Sorana Cirstea (8)vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (7)vs Daria Kasatkina (7)

Match log

2026

WimbledonGrass, June
R32LAryna Sabalenka4-6 4-6
R64WAntonia Ruzic6-2 6-0
R128WHarriet Dart6-3 3-6 6-4
EastbourneGrass, June
SFLTatjana Maria1-6 2-1 RET
QFWZeynep Sonmez6-3 6-0
R16WPanna Udvardy3-6 6-1 6-2
R32WFrancesca Jones6-2 6-2
Roland GarrosClay, May
R64LMagda Linette2-6 6-2 2-6
R128WElla Seidel6-4 6-4
RomeClay, May
QFLSorana Cirstea1-6 6-7(0)
R16WAnna Kalinskaya6-1 6-2
R32WQinwen Zheng4-6 6-4 6-4
R64WElena Gabriela Ruse2-6 6-2 6-3
R128WLucrezia Stefanini6-0 6-1
MadridClay, April
R32LAnastasia Potapova6-4 4-6 4-6
R64WSimona Waltert6-2 7-5
StuttgartClay, April
R32LMirra Andreeva7-5 2-6 4-6
LinzClay, April
QFLElena Gabriela Ruse6-4 4-6 1-6
R16WAlexandra Eala6-4 7-5
MiamiHard, March
R16LHailey Baptiste3-6 4-6
R32WJasmine Paolini5-7 6-2 7-5
R64WDayana Yastremska6-4 6-4
Indian WellsHard, March
R32LJessica Pegula6-4 3-6 2-6
R64WKatie Volynets6-4 7-6(5)
DubaiHard, February
R64LAnna Kalinskaya6-2 1-6 4-6
DohaHard, February
SFLVictoria Mboko3-6 2-6
QFWElisabetta Cocciaretto7-5 6-4
R16WCamila Osorio6-3 6-1
R32WEkaterina Alexandrova6-4 6-2
R64WAnastasia Zakharova6-7(6) 6-3 6-4
Abu DhabiHard, February
R16LSara Bejlek4-6 3-6
R32WOksana Selekhmeteva5-7 7-6(4) 6-2
Australian OpenHard, January
R64LXin Yu Wang6-4 4-6 4-6
R128WRebecca Sramkova6-4 6-4
AdelaideHard, January
R32LTereza Valentova5-7 2-3 RET
BrisbaneHard, January
R32LSorana Cirstea2-6 6-7(5)

2025

WuhanHard, October
R64LSorana Cirstea0-6 1-2 RET
BeijingHard, September
R64LPriscilla Hon3-6 2-6
GuadalajaraHard, September
R16LMarina Stakusic4-6 7-6(6) 2-6
Us OpenHard, August
R64LTaylor Townsend5-7 1-6
R128WXiyu Wang6-4 6-3
CincinnatiHard, August
R32LLucia Bronzetti6-1 3-6 4-6
R64WCamila OsorioW/O
MontrealHard, July
R32LNaomi Osaka2-6 4-6
R64WRenata Zarazua6-2 4-6 6-2
WimbledonGrass, June
R128LSonay Kartal5-7 6-2 2-6
EastbourneGrass, June
R16LAlexandra Eala6-0 2-6 2-3 RET
R32WSonay Kartal6-3 7-6(2)
Roland GarrosClay, May
R32LElena Rybakina2-6 2-6
R64WCaroline Dolehide5-7 6-3 6-3
R128WPolina Kudermetova5-7 6-0 6-2

Jelena Ostapenko

Jelena Ostapenko plays as if the safe shot never occurs to her. Flat, early, aimed at the lines, her ball-striking is all risk and no apology, and when it lands the court looks small. In 2017 it landed for a fortnight in Paris. Unseeded and 20 years old, she swung her way to the Roland Garros title, the first unseeded woman to win it since 1933 and the first Latvian to win any major. It was, remarkably, her first tour-level title.

The gamble never left her game. She climbed to a career high of world No. 5 in March 2018, and her 9 career titles favour the fast surfaces where her hitting turns matches inside out. Few opponents suit that better than Iga Swiatek, whom Ostapenko has beaten in every meeting, across hard, grass and clay, or fellow ball-striker Petra Kvitova. The way she won that slam, without a shred of caution, is the whole story.