Léolia Jeanjean
Jeanjean at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) France
Born (1995-08-14) 14 August 1995
Montpellier, France
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CollegeBaylor, Arkansas and Lynn[2]
Prize moneyUS$ 660,046
Singles
Career record178–102 (63.6%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 102 (30 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 149 (27 November 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023, 2024)
French Open3R (2022)
WimbledonQ3 (2022)
US Open1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record52–40 (56.5%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 168 (27 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 168 (27 November 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (2023)
Last updated on: 27 November 2023.

Léolia Jeanjean (born 14 August 1995) is a French tennis player.

Jeanjean has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 102 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 30 January 2023. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 186, reached on 13 November 2023.[3]

Biography

Early life

Jeanjean was a gifted juniors player, but suffered a serious knee injury at age 14.[4]

In 2008, Jeanjean was a quarterfinalist in Les Petits As and reached the final of the French U14 Championship. A league coach was then assigned to spend eleven weeks a year in La Grande-Motte, her home.

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.[5]

College career

Jeanjean attended Baylor University (Bachelor in Sociology) and played college tennis at the University of Arkansas[6] (Bachelor in Criminal justice) as well as Lynn University,[1] where she graduated with an MBA 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 2022 French Open, after receiving a wildcard for the singles tournament.[7][8] She scored her first Grand Slam win against world No. 45, Nuria Párrizas Díaz, in the first round, and then defeated eighth-seed and former world No. 1, Karolína Plíšková, 6–2, 6–2 in the second round. This was her first ever victory over a player ranked in the top 10 and second in the top 50.[9] Ranked No. 227, she became the third-lowest ranked player to defeat a top-ten opponent in the season, following No. 409 Daria Saville's upset of Ons Jabeur in Indian Wells and No. 231 Laura Siegemund's win (via retirement) over Maria Sakkari in Stuttgart.[10] She was also the lowest ranked female player to win a match at Roland Garros against a top-ten opponent since Conchita Martínez defeated Lori McNeil in 1988.[11] 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 Australian Open, she entered the first major of the year as a lucky loser.

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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 through the Cincinnati Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open 3R 2R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Wimbledon Q3 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 2–2 1–2 0 / 4 3–4 43%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 6 4 Career total: 10
Overall win–loss 3–6 0–3 0 / 9 3–9 30%
Year-end ranking 125 $338,448

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2023 Transylvania Open, Romania WTA 250 Hard (i) Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova United Kingdom Jodie Burrage
Switzerland Jil Teichmann		 1–6, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2022 WTA 125 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Diana Shnaider 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2023 WTA 125 Florianópolis, Brazil Clay Italy Sara Errani Germany Julia Lohoff
Switzerland Conny Perrin		 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2013 ITF Borriol, Spain 10,000 Clay Russia Maria Marfutina 6–1, 5–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 May 2021 ITF Šibenik, Croatia 15,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović 6–2, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Feb 2022 ITF Porto, Portugal 25,000 Hard Japan Moyuka Uchijima 3–6, 1–6
Loss 1–3 Apr 2022 ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France 60,000 Hard Czech Republic Linda Nosková 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–3 Apr 2022 ITF Calvi, France 25,000 Hard France Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–4 Aug 2023 ITF Brasilia, Brazil 80,000 Hard Switzerland Lulu Sun 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Sep 2023 ITF Caldas da Rainha, Portugal 60,000 Hard Croatia Petra Marčinko 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2013 ITF Borriol, Spain 10,000 Clay France Marine Partaud United States Tina Tehrani
Netherlands Mandy Wagemaker		 4–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Win 2–0 Jun 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard France Tiphanie Fiquet United States Hind Abdelouahid
United States Alyssa Tobita		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Feb 2020 ITF Cancún, Mexico 15,000 Hard France Tiphanie Fiquet Brazil Carolina Alves
Venezuela Andrea Gámiz		 7–5, 2–6, [9–11]
Loss 2–2 Apr 2021 ITF Calvi, France 25,000 Hard France Audrey Albié North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska
France Amandine Hesse		 5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Sep 2021 ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France 25,000 Clay France Audrey Albié Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova		 7–6(7), 2–6, [4–10]
Loss 2–4 Oct 2021 ITF Poitiers, France 80,000 Hard France Audrey Albié Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze
United Kingdom Samantha Murray Sharan		 6–7(5), 0–6
Loss 2–5 Feb 2022 ITF Porto, Portugal 25,000 Hard France Audrey Albié Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Netherlands Quirine Lemoine		 2–6, 3–6
Win 3–5 Jul 2023 ITF Feira de Santana, Brazil 60,000 Hard Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova United States Haley Giavara
United States Abigail Rencheli		 7–5, 6–4

Record against other players

Top 10 wins

Season 2022 Total
Wins 11
# Opponent Rank Event Surface Rd Score LJR
2022
1. Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková No. 8 French Open, France Clay 2R 6–2, 6–2 No. 227

Notes

  1. ↑ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

  1. 1 2 "Leolia Jeanjean". Lynn University. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  2. ↑ Jeanjean at loss for words after Pliskova upset, Roland Garros, 26 May 2022
  3. ↑ "Leolia Jeanjean | Player Stats & More – WTA Official".
  4. ↑ "La Toulousaine Léolia Jeanjean va tenter de prolonger son rêve au second tour de Roland Garros". 25 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Léolia Jeanjean, l'itinéraire cabossé d'une enfant gâtée du tennis". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  6. ↑ "Léolia Jeanjean". Arkansas Razorbacks. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Tsonga, Simon get French Open wild-card berths". ESPN.com. May 10, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Introducing the 2022 French Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
  9. ↑ Clarey, Christopher (26 May 2022). "Two Outsiders Get Career Boosts at the French Open". The New York Times.
  10. ↑ "Wildcard Jeanjean routs Pliskova in French Open upset; Badosa, Pegula survive three-setters".
  11. ↑ @OptaAce (May 26, 2022). "227 – Leolia #Jeanjean, ranked #227, is the lowest ranked female player to win a match at the Roland Garros against…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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