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2023 Credit One Charleston Open – Singles
Ons Jabeur defeated the defending champion Belinda Bencic in a rematch of the 2022 Credit One Charleston Open – Singles, previous year's final, 7–6(8–6), 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2023 Charleston Open. Jabeur did not drop a set en route to her fourth career singles title and first of the season. This was the first tournament on the WTA Tour since the 2018 Italian Open – Women's singles, 2018 Italian Open where both finalists contested the final in consecutive years. This would be repeated just 2 weeks later at the 2023 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart Open. Jabeur had lost two consecutive finals in Daniel Island (2021 MUSC Health Women's Open, the second 2021 and 2022 Credit One Charleston Open, 2022) before finally winning the 2023 tournament. The top four seeds reached the semifinals for the first time since 2000 Family Circle Cup – Singles, 2000, and for the first time at a WTA 500 tournament since the 2012 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ons Jabeur
Ons Jabeur (born 28 August 1994) is a Tunisian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 2, achieved on 27 June 2022, making her the highest-ranked African and Arab tennis player in WTA and ATP rankings history. Jabeur has won five singles titles on WTA Tour, including a WTA 1000 event at the 2022 Madrid Open, and has been runner-up at three majors. She is the first African and Arab woman to contest a major singles final. Jabeur was first exposed to tennis by her mother at three years old. She became pro in her teen years when she reached two junior major girls' singles finals at the French Open in 2010 and 2011, winning the latter and becoming the first African or Arab to win a junior major since 1964. After nearly a decade of playing primarily at the ITF level, she started competing more regularly on the WTA Tour in 2017. At the 2020 Australian Open, Jabeur became the first Arab woman to reach a major quarterfinal, a feat she repea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
