Did Ostapenko win a Grand Slam? Which Slam did Ostapenko win? How did Jeļena Ostapenko win a Grand Slam?

Jelena Ostapenko is a Latvian professional tennis player.

Ostapenko has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 5 in singles, achieved on 19 March 2018, and world No. 17 in doubles, reached on 2 March 2020.

Did Ostapenko win a Grand Slam?

Ostapenko is the first Latvian to win a Grand Slam title.

Which Slam did Ostapenko win? Ostapenko won the 2017 French Open singles title, becoming the first player from Latvia to win a Grand Slam singles tournament and the first unseeded player to win the French Open since 1933.

How did Jeļena Ostapenko win a Grand Slam?

Ostapenko caused a major shock by defeating tennis star Simona Halep to win the Open, a victory which was unpredictable and highly unlikely from the start.

Ostapenko trailed Simona Halep, the 25-year-old tennis star, by a set and 3-0 when she came roaring back to take the second set. In third set, she trailed again—and came back again.

Ostapenko ended the match in style, a thumped backhand winner off Halep’s serve for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory.

It was the 54th winner she hit in the match. Halep hit just eight.

Prior to this victory, Ostapenko, then 20-year-old from Latvia had never been past the third round of a Grand Slam and had never won a title of any kind.