Léolia Jeanjean (born 14 August 1995) is a French

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player. Jeanjean has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 107 by the

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(WTA), achieved on 28 November 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 248, reached in April 2022.

Early life

Jeanjean was a gifted juniors player, but suffered a serious knee injury at age 14. In 2008, Jeanjean was a quarterfinalist i
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and reached the final of the French U14 Championship. A league coach is then sent eleven weeks a year to La Grande-Motte where she lives. In 2009, she received a wildcard at Roland Garros for the junior singles and another for the junior doubles with her partner Darja Salnikova, but she was eliminated in the first round each time. She was invited again in 2010, but did not do better in singles, while in doubles with Clothilde de Bernardi, she reached the quarterfinals.

College career

Jeanjean attended

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(Bachelor in Sociology) and played college tennis at the

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(Bachelor in Criminal justice) as well as

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, where she graduated with an

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in Finance in 2019.

Professional career

2022: Grand Slam debut and third round, top 150

Jeanjean made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the

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, after receiving a wildcard for the singles tournament. She recorded her first Grand Slam win against world No. 45,

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, in the first round; she then defeated eighth-seed and former world No. 1,

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, 6-2, 6-2 in the second round, her first ever victory over a player ranked in the top-10 and second in the top-50. Ranked No. 227, she became the third-lowest ranked player to defeat a top-ten opponent in the season, following No. 409

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's upset of

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in Indian Wells and No. 231

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's win (via retirement) over

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in Stuttgart. She was also the lowest-ranked female player to win a match at Roland Garros against a top-ten opponent since Conchita Martinez defeated

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in 1988. As a result, she reached the top 150 for the first time in her career climbing up nearly 80 positions.

2023: Australian Open debut

On her debut at the

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she entered the first Major of the year as a lucky loser.

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.''

Singles

''Current after the 2023 Australian Open.''

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ITF finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Top 10 wins

Notes

References

External links

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