Ons Jabeur

Ons On Fire: Jabeur Sets Rematch Against Kovinic

CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) As the quarterfinal round of the MUSC Health Women’s Open unfolded in Charleston, S.C., Friday afternoon, one couldn’t help but notice the contrast in the two halves of the singles draw. At […]

Jabeur Embracing The Clay, Career-Best Ranking

CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Ons Jabeur has been embracing new ground this season where for her, as Tunisia’s best-known women’s tennis player, the sky’s the limit. This week, Jabeur, who is competing on green clay at […]

Dubai First Round: From Routine To Rollercoaster

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 8, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Thirty-first-ranked Ons Jabeur of Tunisia was among the group of seven first-round winners safely through to the second round of the first WTA 1000-series event of the season, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis […]

A Powerful Start to 2021 WTA Season By Ons Jabeur

WASHINGTON, January 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Ons Jabeur saved two set points in the opening set and fired 31 winners en route to a 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in one hour and 29 minutes to capture […]

Ons Jabeur In Ostrava: ‘No Fear, I’m Just Going To Go For It’

WASHINGTON, October 22, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Ons Jabeur and Jelena Ostapenko met for the first time in a WTA event Thursday afternoon – and it’s one both will not soon forget. Although the unseeded Jabeur won the second-round match of the […]

Ons Jabeur Represents Hope For So Many

WASHINGTON, August 27, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Ons Jabeur of Tunisia represents hope. Hope for her home country. Hope for the Arab world. Hope for young girls everywhere. Win or lose. The 25-year-old Jabeur, who turns 26 on Friday, is […]

Jabeur’s Travel Odyssey Rewarded With Lexington Wins

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Olga Govortsova is a former World No. 35 from Minsk, Belarus, with ties to Huntsville, Ala., about a five-hour drive by car from the Top Seed Tennis Club near Lexington, Ky., where this […]

Halep Versus Jabeur: An Epic In Dubai

DUBAI, February 20, 2019 (by Michael Dickens) It’s a shame that someone had to lose what turned out to be an extraordinarily entertaining – some are calling it an epic – match between top-seeded Simona Halep and Ons Jabeur, the […]

Young Tennis Stars Meet WTA Player At Emirates Coaching Clinic

DUBAI, February 18, 2020 (Press Release) Tennis Emirates hosted over 50 young tennis players from affiliated tennis academies across the UAE during their Coaching Clinic on the second day of the WTA week at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. […]

Jabeur Advances To Quarterfinals At Australian Open

MELBOURNE, January 26, 2020 (by Sharada Rajagopalan) World No. 78 Ons Jabeur from Tunisia wrote a new chapter of Arab tennis at the Australian Open on Sunday. The 25-year-old defeated the 27th seed Qiang Wang from China 7-6(4), 6-1 in […]