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Biography
- Formerly worked with David Taylor, Glen Schaap and Marion Bartoli
- Mother is Jelena Jakovleva, while father, Jevgenijs Ostapenko, is a former football player; half-brother's name is Maksim Ostapenko (graduated from art academy in California and lives there now); also has a dog named Juljeta
- Introduced to tennis at age 5 by mother (who was also her first coach)
- Favorite shots are serve and backhand; favorite surfaces are grass and hard; favorite tournament is Wimbledon
- Speaks Russian, Latvian and English
- Tennis idols are Serena Williams
- Enjoys spending time with parents and dog, listening to music and going out with friends. Was a ballroom dancer for seven years
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
5Height
5' 10" (1.77m)Birthday
Jun 8, 1997 June 8, 1997Birthplace
Riga, LatviaCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (9): 2025 - Stuttgart
2024 - Linz, Adelaide
2023 - Birmingham
2022 - Dubai
2021 - Eastbourne
2019 - Luxembourg
2017 - Roland Garros, Seoul
Finalist (9): 2025 - Doha
2022 - Eastbourne, Seoul
2021 - Luxembourg
2019 - Linz
2018 - Miami
2017 - Charleston
2016 - Doha
2015 - Quebec City
DOUBLES
Winner (11): 2025 - Charleston (w/Routliffe), Abu Dhabi (w/Perez)
2024 - US Open, Eastbourne, Brisbane (all w/L. Kichenok)
2022 - Birmingham, Cincinnati (both w/L. Kichenok)
2021 - Moscow (w/Siniakova)
2018 - Doha (w/Dabrowski)
2017 - Stuttgart (w/Atawo), St. Petersburg (w/Rosolska)
Finalist (11): 2025 - Wimbledon, Dubai, Australian Open (all w/Hsieh)
2024 - Australian Open (w/L. Kichenok)
2023 - Doha (w/L. Kichenok)
2022 - Dubai, Eastbourne (both w/L. Kichenok)
2021 - Doha (w/Niculescu)
2020 - Doha (w/Dabrowski)
2019 - Jurmala (w/Voskoboeva), Beijing (w/Yastremska)
MIXED DOUBLES GRAND SLAM TITLES AND FINALS
Finalist (1): 2019 - Wimbledon (w/Lindstedt)
Career in Review
2025 singles highlights include 9th career title at Stuttgart (d. World No.1 Sabalenka in final) and 3rd career WTA 1000 R-Up at Doha (l. Anisimova in final); in doubles, qualified for WTA Finals Riyadh w/Hsieh after making two Grand Slam finals (R-Up at Australian Open and Wimbledon)
Won seventh and eighth titles of career in 2024 at Adelaide and Linz. In doubles won first Grand Slam title at 2024 Australian Open and qualified for 2024 WTA Finals Riyadh (both with Lyudmyla Kichenok)
Won sixth career title at 2023 Birmingham (d. Krejcikova in F) and reached SF at Rome; in doubles achieved R-Up at Doha (w/L.Kichenok)
In 2022, lifted fifth career singles title at Dubai (d. V. Kudermetova in F) and finished R-Up at Eastbourne (l. Kvitova) and Seoul (l. Alexandrova); in doubles, won two titles w/L. Kichenok at Birmingham and Cincinnati and qualified for WTA Finals (reached SF)
Lifted first grass court title at 2021 Eastbourne (as WC, d. Kontaveit in F); also that year, finished R-Up at Luxembourg (l. Tauson), represented Latvia at the Tokyo Olympics (l. Vesnina in 1r) and won doubles title at 2021 Moscow (w/Siniakova)
Highlights of 2020 season included three Top 10 wins and reaching QF at Strasbourg
2019 season saw her capture third career title at Luxembourg (d. Goerges in F) right after finishing R-Up at Linz (l. Gauff). Also R-Up in mixed doubles at 2019 Wimbledon w/Lindstedt
2018 campaign highlighted by finishing R-Up at Miami (l. Stephens); beat No.9 Petra Kvitova and No.4 Elina Svitolina to register multiple Top 10 wins in the same tournament for the first time
Also in 2018, reached Wimbledon SF to become first Latvian woman to reach final four at All England Club (l. eventual champion Kerber) and achieved career-high ranking of No.5 on March 19
Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, making Top 10 debut on Sept. 11 and finishing the year in the Top 10 for the first time (at No.7)
Champion at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F) becoming first woman to win first tour-level title at a Grand Slam since Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian Open. Also became the first unseeded player to lift the trophy in the Open Era and the first Latvian player to reach the championship match at a Grand Slam
Followed up Roland Garros title run with QF appearance at 2017 Wimbledon; also won title at Seoul (d. Haddad Maia in F) and reached final at Charleston (l. Kasatkina). Qualified for debut WTA Finals in 2017 and went 1-2 in group stage
In doubles, won first and second career titles in 2017, at St. Petersburg (w/Rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/Atawo)
Breakthrough result of 2016 season was reaching final at Doha, launching her into Top 50 at No.40 (l. Suárez Navarro); also in 2016 reached SF at Katowice and QF at Birmingham and Florianopolis, ending year at No.44
Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was second highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots)
Highlights of 2015 were reaching first career WTA final at Quebec City (l. Beck) and 2r at Wimbledon and US Open. Scored first Top 10 win over No.9 Carla Suárez Navarro in 1r at 2015 Wimbledon
Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Tashkent as WC advancing to 2r (l. Pervak)
Began professional career playing ITF in 2012 winning first career title at $10k/ITF Stockholm, SWE; owns seven career ITF singles titles
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