The 21st century
Tunisia · born Ksar Hellal, 1994 · right-handed · twice Wimbledon runner-up
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Wimbledon singles finals, 2022 and 2023
19-8
Wimbledon singles match record
42-19
Career singles record on grass
2
Grass titles, Birmingham 2021 and Berlin 2022
No. 2
Career-high ranking, June 2022
Born in Ksar Hellal on 28 August 1994, Jabeur won the French Open girls' title in 2011, the first North African to win a junior major. In 2020 she became the first Arab woman to reach a major quarter-final, at the Australian Open, and in 2021 the first Arab player in the top 10. Madrid in 2022 made her the first African winner of a WTA 1000 title, and on 27 June that year she reached No. 2, the highest ranking for any African or Arab player. She won five WTA titles and lost three major finals: Wimbledon in 2022 and 2023 and the US Open in 2022. Coached by Issam Jellali from 2020, she began an indefinite break from the tour in July 2025 and became a mother in April 2026.
| Wimbledon singles | Runner-up 2022 and 2023; quarter-final 2021; third round 2024. Match record 19-8 from 2017 to 2025 |
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| Wimbledon finals | 2022: lost to Elena Rybakina 6-3, 2-6, 2-6 after winning the first set. 2023: lost to the unseeded Markéta Vondroušová 4-6, 4-6 |
| Wimbledon 2021 | Beat Venus Williams, Garbiñe Muguruza 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 and Iga Świątek to reach her first quarter-final there |
| Wimbledon 2022 semi-final | Beat Tatjana Maria 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, the first Arab or North African woman to reach a major semi-final and then a final |
| Grass titles | Birmingham 2021, beat Daria Kasatkina 7-5, 6-4 for her first WTA title; Berlin 2022, beat Belinda Bencic 6-3, 2-1 retired |
| Grass doubles | Eastbourne 2022 with Serena Williams, two wins before withdrawing from the semi-final |
| Birmingham | ||
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| 2021 | Women's singles | |
| Berlin | ||
| 2022 | Women's singles | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"It means a lot. Especially [with] so many Arab people watching me and supporting me."
The person behind the player.
Birmingham 2021
Jabeur had lost her first two WTA finals. In Birmingham she beat Daria Kasatkina 7-5, 6-4 in the final and became the first Tunisian, and the first Arab woman, to win a singles title on the WTA Tour. Two weeks later she was in the second week of Wimbledon.
Source: WikipediaBerlin 2022
In the Berlin final Belinda Bencic turned her ankle in the last game of the first set. She tried to carry on but retired with Jabeur ahead 6-3, 2-1. As Bencic took her seat, Jabeur brought her an ice bucket for the ankle. It was Jabeur's second grass title, a month after her win in Madrid.
Source: Malay MailEastbourne 2022
When Serena Williams returned after nearly a year away from the tour, she chose Eastbourne doubles as her preparation for Wimbledon, with Jabeur, then No. 3 in singles, as her partner. They won two matches before a right knee injury to Jabeur forced them out before their semi-final against Magda Linette and Aleksandra Krunić.
Source: NBC SportsWimbledon 2022 · semi-final
Her semi-final opponent was her friend Tatjana Maria, a mother of two. Jabeur won 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, went straight to the net to embrace her and walked off with her to the crowd's applause. "She has to make me a barbecue now for all the running I had to do on the court," she said.
Source: Tennis MajorsWimbledon 2023 · final
Before the final she warmed up in black, against the All England Club's all-white rule, and had to change: "just an honest mistake", she said. She lost 6-4, 6-4 to the unseeded Markéta Vondroušová and called it the most painful loss of her career. The Princess of Wales hugged her at the presentation. "Hugs are always welcome," Jabeur said.
Source: The NationalTunisia
Her manner on court and her friendly reputation earned her the honorary title of Minister of Happiness in Tunisia and around the tour. It made her announcement in July 2025 all the more striking: she was stepping away indefinitely because she had not felt happy on court for some time.
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