Léolia Jeanjean (born 14 August 1995) is a French tennis player.
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Born | Montpellier, France | 14 August 1995
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
College | Baylor, Arkansas and Lynn[2] |
Prize money | US$ 849,209 |
Singles | |
Career record | 197–119 |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 102 (30 January 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 177 (19 August 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2023, 2024) |
French Open | 3R (2022) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (2022) |
US Open | 1R (2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 52–44 |
Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger, 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 162 (18 March 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 186 (19 August 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (2023, 2024) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (2023) |
Last updated on: 22 August 2024. |
Jeanjean has a career-high singles ranking of 102 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 30 January 2023. She reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 162 on 18 March 2024.[3]
Early life
editJeanjean was a gifted juniors player, but suffered a serious knee injury at age 14.[4] In 2008, Jeanjean was a quarterfinalist in Les Petits As and reached the final of the French U14 Championship. A league coach was then assigned to spend eleven weeks a year in La Grande-Motte, her home. In 2009, she received a wildcard at Roland Garros for the junior singles and another for the junior doubles with her partner Darja Salnikova, but she was eliminated in the first round each time. She was invited again in 2010, but did not do better in singles, while in doubles with Clothilde de Bernardi, she reached the quarterfinals.[5]
College career
editJeanjean attended Baylor University (Bachelor in Sociology) and played college tennis at the University of Arkansas[6] (Bachelor in Criminal justice) as well as Lynn University,[1] where she graduated with an MBA in Finance in 2019.
Professional
edit2022: Major debut and 3rd round, top 150
editJeanjean made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2022 French Open, after receiving a wildcard for the singles tournament.[7][8] She scored her first major match win against world No. 45, Nuria Párrizas Díaz, and then defeated eighth-seed and former world No. 1, Karolína Plíšková, 6–2, 6–2 in the second round. This was her first ever victory over a player ranked in the top 10 and second in the top 50.[9][10] Ranked No. 227, she became the third-lowest ranked player to defeat a top-ten opponent in the season, following No. 409 Daria Saville's upset of Ons Jabeur in Indian Wells and No. 231 Laura Siegemund's win (via retirement) over Maria Sakkari in Stuttgart.[11] She was also the lowest ranked female player to win a match at Roland Garros against a top-ten opponent since Conchita Martínez defeated Lori McNeil in 1988.[12] As a result, she reached the top 150 for the first time in her career, climbing up nearly 80 positions.
2023: Australian Open debut
editOn her debut at the Australian Open, she entered this major as a lucky loser.
Performance timeline
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
editCurrent through the Cincinnati Open.
Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||
Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
French Open | 3R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | |
Wimbledon | Q3 | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
US Open | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Win–loss | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | |
WTA 1000 | ||||||
Qatar Open[a] | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Dubai[a] | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Indian Wells Open | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Miami Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Madrid Open | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Italian Open | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Canadian Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Cincinnati Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
Guadalajara Open | A | A | NTI | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Wuhan Open | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
China Open | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
Career statistics | ||||||
Tournaments | 6 | 4 | Career total: 10 | |||
Overall win–loss | 3–6 | 0–3 | 0 / 9 | 3–9 | ||
Year-end ranking | 125 | 128 | $338,448 |
WTA Tour finals
editDoubles: 1 (runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2023 | Transylvania Open, Romania | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | Valeriya Strakhova | Jodie Burrage Jil Teichmann |
1–6, 4–6 |
WTA Challenger finals
editSingles: 1 (runner-up)
editResult | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2022 | Montevideo Open, Uruguay | Clay | Diana Shnaider | 4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 1 (title)
editResult | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 2023 | Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil | Clay | Sara Errani | Julia Lohoff Conny Perrin |
7–5, 3–6, [10–7] |
ITF Circuit finals
editSingles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2013 | ITF Borriol, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Maria Marfutina | 6–1, 5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | May 2021 | ITF Šibenik, Croatia | 15,000 | Clay | Nefisa Berberović | 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–2 | Feb 2022 | Porto Indoor, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Moyuka Uchijima | 3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Apr 2022 | Open de Seine-et-Marne, France | 60,000 | Hard | Linda Nosková | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Apr 2022 | ITF Calvi, France | 25,000 | Hard | Tessah Andrianjafitrimo | 6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–4 | Aug 2023 | Aberto da República, Brazil | 80,000 | Hard | Lulu Sun | 4–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–5 | Sep 2023 | Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal | 60,000 | Hard | Petra Marčinko | 4–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Dec 2013 | ITF Borriol, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Marine Partaud | Tina Tehrani Mandy Wagemaker |
4–6, 6–1, [10–3] |
Win | 2–0 | Jun 2019 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | 15,000 | Hard | Tiphanie Fiquet | Hind Abdelouahid Alyssa Tobita |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–1 | Feb 2020 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | 15,000 | Hard | Tiphanie Fiquet | Carolina Alves Andrea Gámiz |
7–5, 2–6, [9–11] |
Loss | 2–2 | Apr 2021 | ITF Calvi, France | 25,000 | Hard | Audrey Albié | Lina Gjorcheska Amandine Hesse |
5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Sep 2021 | ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France | 25,000 | Clay | Audrey Albié | Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova |
7–6(7), 2–6, [4–10] |
Loss | 2–4 | Oct 2021 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | 80,000 | Hard (i) | Audrey Albié | Mariam Bolkvadze Samantha Murray Sharan |
6–7(5), 0–6 |
Loss | 2–5 | Feb 2022 | Porto Indoor, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Audrey Albié | Valentini Grammatikopoulou Quirine Lemoine |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–5 | Jul 2023 | ITF Feira de Santana, Brazil | 60,000 | Hard | Valeriya Strakhova | Haley Giavara Abigail Rencheli |
7–5, 6–4 |
Wins against top 10 players
editSeason | 2022 | Total |
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Wins | 1 | 1 |
# | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | LJR |
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1. | Karolína Plíšková | No. 8 | French Open, France | Clay | 2R | 6–2, 6–2 | No. 227 |
Notes
edit- ^ a b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
References
edit- ^ a b "Leolia Jeanjean". Lynn University. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ Jeanjean at loss for words after Pliskova upset, Roland Garros, 26 May 2022
- ^ "Leolia Jeanjean | Player Stats & More – WTA Official".
- ^ "La Toulousaine Léolia Jeanjean va tenter de prolonger son rêve au second tour de Roland Garros". 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Léolia Jeanjean, l'itinéraire cabossé d'une enfant gâtée du tennis". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ "Léolia Jeanjean". Arkansas Razorbacks. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Tsonga, Simon get French Open wild-card berths". ESPN.com. May 10, 2022.
- ^ "Introducing the 2022 French Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
- ^ Clarey, Christopher (26 May 2022). "Two Outsiders Get Career Boosts at the French Open". The New York Times.
- ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. October 6, 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Wildcard Jeanjean routs Pliskova in French Open upset; Badosa, Pegula survive three-setters".
- ^ @OptaAce (26 May 2022). "227 – Leolia #Jeanjean, ranked #227, is the lowest ranked female player to win a match at the Roland Garros against…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.