Jelena Ostapenko is a Latvian tennis player who was born on June 8, 1997. She has won eight WTA singles titles, including the 2017 French Open, where she defeated former world No. 1 Simona Halep ...

On Thursday, the 2017 French Open champion and her doubles partner Ellen Perez beat Babos and Nicole Melichar-Martinez 6-4 6-4 in the Abu Dhabi quarterfinal. But the match didn't go without some drama ...

A Latvian tennis player who achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 5 in March 2018, she is ranked No. 22 by the WTA as of January 2025. She specializes in playing doubles tournaments and ...

Unlike some European players, Ostapenko is adamant about her ... there’s not much in the way of exceptional Latvian tennis talent on the tours. At No. 77, Ostapenko is the first of just four ...

During a doubles quarter-final match at the Abu Dhabi 500, tensions flared between Jelena Ostapenko, Ellen Perez, Timea Babos ...

The world No. 47 is the first Latvian women's singles player to reach the semifinals ... on their shared birthday on Thursday. · Get Tennis Channel Plus for Roland Garros to watch 200 live ...

Thanks to Novikova’s activities, which began in Riga - the nation's capital city - wheelchair tennis has developed significantly in Latvia. When she started, there were no children or young people ...

Katerina Sinikova, right, of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the U.S. hold their trophy aloft after defeating Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the women’s doubles ...