jelena ostapenko won the 2017 french open in women's singles tennis.
jelena ostapenko won the 2017 french open in women's singles tennis.
who won the 2017 french open in women's singles tennis?
jelena ostapenko
many of these junior champions went onto become major champions and world no. 1's on the senior tour including evonne goolagong cawley (world no. 1 and 8-time major winner), sue barker (1976 french open champion), mima jaušovec (1977 french open champion), chris o'neil (1978 australian open champion), tracy austin (world no. 1 and two-time us open champion), hana mandlikova (4-time major champion), gabriela sabatini (1990 us open champion), jennifer capriati (world no. 1 and 3-time major champion), lindsay davenport (world no. 1 and 3-time major champion), martina hingis (world no. 1 and 5-time major winner), amelie mauresmo (world no. 1 and two-time major champion), justine henin (world no. 1 and won seven majors), jelena jankovic (world no. 1), marion bartoli (2013 wimbledon champion), victoria azarenka (world no. 1 and two-time australian open champion), jelena ostapenko (2017 french open champion), caroline wozniacki (world no. 1 and 2018 australian open champion) and simona halep (world no. 1 and 2018 french open champion).
list of grand slam girls' singles champions
jeļena ostapenko defeated simona halep in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2017 french open. this was ostapenko's first wta tour-level singles title. she became the first latvian player, male or female, to win a grand slam singles tournament, the youngest woman to win the french open since 1997, and the first woman since barbara jordan at the aforementioned 1979 australian open to win a grand slam event as her first tour-level singles title. ostapenko was the first unseeded woman to win the french open since 1933, as well as the lowest-ranked (47) since computer rankings began in 1975.
2017 french open – women's singles