Jasmine Paolini (; born 4 January 1996) is an Italian
tennis
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player. She reached career-high
WTA rankings
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Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1.
Ranking method
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of No. 44 in singles and 122 in doubles. Paolini has won one singles title (at the 2021 Slovenian Open) and one doubles title on the
WTA Tour
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. She has also won one singles title on the
WTA Challenger Tour
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In the past (2012–2015) sometimes called the WTA Challenger seriesITF Circuit.
Personal life
Paolini was born to an Italian father and a mother of
Ghanaian
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and
Polish
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descent.
Professional career
2015: WTA debut
Paolini was given a wildcard into the main draw of the doubles tournament at the Italian Open, partnering with
Nastassja Burnett
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.
2018: First WTA wins
After failing to qualify for the
Australian Open
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, Paolini joined the Italian team in the
Fed Cup
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on two occasions.
On 1 May 2018, at the
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, she won her first match as a lucky loser over a top-20 player when she beat
Daria Kasatkina
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Yaroslava Shvedova
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She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus o ...
in the first round 6–3, 6–4, but then fell to 18th seed
Victoria Azarenka
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.
She won her first titles in doubles and singles, respectively, at the
Hamburg European Open
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in July, and at the Slovenia Open in Portoroz in September, defeating three seeded players en route. As a result, she moved in the rankings to world No. 64, on 20 September 2021.
In October, she reached for the first time the third round of a WTA 1000 tournament at the Indian Wells Open as a lucky loser where she defeated 14th seed
Elise Mertens
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Mertens is a three-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open partnering ...
in the second round.
2022: Top 50 debut, second consecutive Indian Wells third round, first top-10 win
She repeated the feat at the Indian Wells Open reaching again round three defeating second seed
Aryna Sabalenka
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for the first top-10 win in her career.
As a result, she entered the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid and her home one in Rome directly into the main draw.
Performance timeline
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''