Jelena Ostapenko is a Latvian professional tennis player, she may only be 21 years old but has distinguished herself very well from other players. She won her first professional title in 2017 and is ranked in July 2018 by the WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) No. 12. Jelena distinguished herself by her very aggressive style of play characterized by powerful groundstrokes and a tendency to lines, play with unparalleled confidence and use his backhand as his most powerful weapon.
the biography
The 2017 French Open champion was born in Riga, the capital and largest city of the country, Lativa, on June 8, 1997. Her name is Jelena Ostapenko. However, her parents would have loved to give their beloved daughter a different nickname, Alona, an ethnic Ukrainian name. As Lativans, child naming follows a custom of choosing a name that appears in the Latvian name calendar. Alona was therefore discarded and Jelena was chosen instead. She is nevertheless known to her family, her friends and several fans, as well as a fraction of the sports community such as Alona.
Her favorite nickname, Alona, is considered by the Latvian government to be on the Latvian name calendar after her French Open victory.
Jelena was born into a sports household with a mother who is a tennis coach and a father who played professional football for a Ukrainian club. She made her debut in the game at the age of 5 after her mother discovered her talent for tennis two years earlier. Her tennis idols were Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis. Apart from playing tennis, she also started dancing at the same age and was a professional ballroom dancer for seven years. She took part in the Latvian national championships for ballroom dancing and was able to dance about 10 dances.
After juggling both activities until age 12, the time has finally come for her to make a choice. Jelena chose tennis over dancing which she considers closer to her heart and has performed better. The tennis star, however, is grateful for her years of dancing and deserves it for her good coordination and competent footwork.
Career
Jelene participated in and won the singles tournament at Wimbledon Junior Championships in 2014. She was ranked second in the world in soccer in September 2014. In the same year, she received a wildcard and made her main draw debut at the WTA Tour at the Tashkent Open. In 2015, her career saw her first WTA final at the National Bank Cup, although she lost to German player Annika Beck, ending the season ranked as world number 79.
The following season, Jelena was seeded in the Singles for the first time in her career in the Grand Slam at Roland-Garros, however she dropped Naomi Osaka. She made her debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but lost in the first round.
2017 was a remarkable year for the tennis player as he marked a number of period events in his career. At the French Open, where she is No. 47 in the world, she reached her first Grand Slam semi-final; first Latvian player to do so as well as the first teenager to reach the semi-finals in a decade after Ana Ivanovic in 2007. She eventually advanced to the final as the first unranked player to play in the French Open final since 1983, and the first Latvian player to reach the final of a major.
Jelena played the final against Simona Halep and emerged the winner. In the list of her firsts, she became the first Latvian player to win a Grand Slam singles tournament and the first unacclaimed woman to win the French Open since 1933, as well as the first player since 1997 to win her first title in career. Grand Slam. His predecessor was Gustavo Kuerten who won the title on his birthday.
In 2018, Jelena Ostapenko reached her first Wimbledon semi-final but lost to Germany’s Angelique Kerber, who triumphed on July 12 6-3, 6-3. titles from the ITF tour.
Jelena Ostapenko family, relatives
Jelena is a phenomenal gamer, no doubt, but she does mention that her parents play the main role in the game, which leaves us wondering who her parents are. Here are the details. She was born to former footballer Jevgēnijs Ostapenko and tennis coach Je tennisena Jakovļeva. His father played professionally for FC Metalurh Zaporizhya, in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. She has a half-brother, Maksim Ostapenko, who lives in Los Angeles (USA) and graduated from art school.
Her mother is her full-time trainer while her father doubles as her fitness trainer. She was coached by two-time French Open champion Anabel Medina Garrigues in 2017 and now by David Taylor for major tournaments.
Jelena Ostapenko Height, Weight, Net Worth
She is 1.77m tall and weighs 68kg. His measurements are not known.
Jelena Ostapenko Facts
- His favorite shots are serve and backhand; preferred surfaces are grass and hard; Favorite tournament is Wimbledon.
- Jelena enjoys spending time with her parents and her dog (Juljeta), listening to music, going out with friends to the cinema, reading and watching ice hockey.
- She speaks Latvian, Russian and English.
