Jeļena Ostapenko

Jeļena "Aļona" Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as high as world No. 5 in singles, which she achieved on 19 March 2018, and No. 3 in doubles, attained on 14 July 2025. She is the current No. 1 singles player from Latvia, on both categories.

Ostapenko has won nine WTA Tour-level singles and twelve doubles titles, including a singles major at the 2017 French Open and a doubles major at the 2024 US Open, partnering Lyudmyla Kichenok. She has also won 15 singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and the junior singles event at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. She is a member of the Latvia Billie Jean King Cup team.

Personal life

Ostapenko was born on 8 June 1997 in Riga, Latvia to former Ukrainian footballer, Jevgēnijs Ostapenko (d. 2020) and Latvian-Russian tennis coach and former player, Jeļena Jakovļeva. Jevgēnijs played professional football for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, where Jeļena's grandmother lives. Jeļena has one half-brother, Maksim, who lives in the United States.

Ostapenko was introduced to tennis at age five by her mother and idolised Serena Williams while growing up. She also started dancing at that age, going on to compete in the national ballroom dance championships of Latvia. At the age of 12, she chose to focus on tennis, but she credits her good coordination and skilled footwork to the years she danced competitively. Ostapenko speaks Latvian, Russian, and English.