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Jelena Ostapenko parents-Latvian professional tennis player, Jelena Ostapenko was born on June 8th, 1997 in Riga, the capital city of Latvia.
Her mother introduced her to tennis when she was five years old, and she grew up idolizing Serena Williams. At that age, she also began dancing, going on to compete in the National Latvian Ballroom Dancing Championships.
She chose to concentrate on tennis when she was 12 years old, although she attributes her excellent coordination and deft footwork to her years of dancing. She is trilingual in English, Russian, and Latvian.
Although she goes by the name Alona with her family and friends, her real name is Jeena. She was given the name Jeena in honor of her mother because her parents’ preferred Alona was not included on the Latvian naming calendar when she was born.
The Latvian government has since stated that no limitations have been in place that would prevent registering the desired name and that there has likely been some confusion.
Before her victory at Roland Garros in 2017, Alona was referred to as Aona by her admirers in Latvia and other parts of Eastern Europe. She goes by her legal name professionally to avoid any administrative misunderstandings.
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Jelena Ostapenko career
In September 2014, Ostapenko was ranked as the second-best junior tennis player in the world after winning the singles competition at the junior Wimbledon Championships. At the Tashkent Open, she entered the main draw for the first time on the WTA Tour after receiving a wildcard.
Ostapenko qualified for the Ladies Neva Cup and took home the competition’s top trophy at the time. In the opening round of the Wimbledon tournament, Ostapenko defeated ninth-seeded Carla Suárez Navarro in straight sets before falling to Kristina Mladenovic.
She defeated Petra Kvitová, the eighth-ranked player in the world, to go to the final of the Qatar Open, a Premier 5 competition held in Doha. Despite losing to Carla Suárez Navarro in the championship match, she moved up to No. 41 on the global rankings.
Ostapenko was seeded in the singles at a Grand Slam event at the French Open for the first time in her career, although she was defeated by Naomi Osaka in the first round.
She won the first round of the Birmingham Classic against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets, and the second round against Petra Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion.
She made it to the third round of a major tournament for the first time at the Australian Open before falling to Karolna Plková in three sets despite serving for the match in the final set.
She lost to fellow teenager Daria Kasatkina in the Charleston Open final. Ostapenko defeated Belinda Bencic in the second round at Indian Wells but fell to Petra Marti in the third. As a result, she entered the top 5 for the first time.
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Ostapenko competed in the Shenzhen Open, where she was defeated by Monica Niculescu in the opening round. Later, she participated in the Sydney International, where she was defeated by Ash Barty in the opening round. Ostapenko, who was seeded 22nd for the Australian Open, lost to Maria Sakkari once more in the opening round.
Ostapenko was defeated by Hsieh Su-Wei in the opening round of the Wimbledon Championships as well. Despite the defeat, she and Robert Lindstedt advanced to their first mixed-doubles championship match; however, they fell to Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig in straight sets.
Following the passing of her father, Ostapenko withdrew from the 2020 Auckland Open. She beat Liudmila Samsonova in the opening round of the Australian Open before losing to Belinda Bencic in the following round.
In mixed doubles, she teamed up with Leander Paes and fell in the second round to eventual champions Mattek-Sands and Jamie Murray. In doubles, she teamed up with Gabriela Dabrowski and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Along with the basketball player Agnis avars, Ostapenko represented Latvia as a flagbearer at the 2020 Summer Olympics and competed in the singles and doubles competitions. Elena Vesnina defeated her in three sets in the opening round of the singles competition.
At the Australian Open, Ostapenko advanced to the third round before losing to Barbora Krejková after winning the first set. Her victory over four Grand Slam champions, Kenin, Witek, Kvitová, and Halep in each round of the Dubai Championships allowed her to get to the final. In the finals, she defeated Veronika Kudermetova and won.
Together with Kichenok, she earned a spot in the 2022 WTA Finals, where they advanced to the semifinals. She was rated No. 18 in singles and No. 14 in doubles at the end of the season.
She defeated top-10 player Coco Gauff to get to the Australian Open quarterfinals in 2023, becoming the first Latvian woman to do so at a Major. Her career’s fourth Major quarterfinal, and her first since 2018, was this one.
Who are Jelena Ostapenko’s parents?
Ostapenko was born to former Latvian/Ukrainian footballer Jevgēnijs Ostapenko who died in 2020 and Latvian Jeļena Jakovļeva. She has a stepbrother who goes by the name Maskim. She was introduced to tennis by her mother when she was just five years old.
Source: www.Ghgossip.com
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