Jasmine Paolini
Jasmine Paolini (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaˈzmin paoˈliːni];[1] born 4 January 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 12 in singles achieved on 6 May 2024 and No. 37 in doubles achieved in April 2024.
![]() Paolini at the 2022 Transylvania Open | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Bagni di Lucca, Italy |
Born | Castelnuovo di Garfagnana | 4 January 1996
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 2011 |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Renzo Furlan |
Prize money | US$ 3,865,916 |
Singles | |
Career record | 359–258 (58.2%) |
Career titles | 2 |
Highest ranking | No. 12 (6 May 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 12 (6 May 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (2024) |
French Open | 2R (2020, 2021, 2023) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2021, 2022, 2023) |
US Open | 2R (2021) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 57–62 (47.9%) |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 37 (1 April 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 39 (6 May 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2021, 2024) |
French Open | 2R (2020, 2023) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022, 2023) |
US Open | 1R (2021, 2023) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 8–13 (38.1%) |
Last updated on: 6 May 2024. |
Paolini has won two singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including a WTA 1000 singles title at the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships. She has also won two singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour along with nine titles in singles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. She is the current Italian No. 1 female player.
Professional career
2015: WTA Tour doubles debut
Paolini was given a wildcard into the main draw of the doubles tournament at the Italian Open, partnering with Nastassja Burnett.
2018: First WTA Tour wins
After failing to qualify for the Australian Open, Paolini joined the Italian team in the Fed Cup on two occasions.
On 1 May 2018, at the Prague Open, she won her second WTA Tour career match as a lucky loser over a top-20 player when she beat Daria Kasatkina[3] and the following day, she defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.
2021: First WTA Tour singles & doubles titles
Entering the US Open unseeded, Paolini defeated Yaroslava Shvedova in the first round 6–3, 6–4, but then fell to 18th seed Victoria Azarenka.
She won her first titles in doubles and singles, respectively, at the Hamburg European Open 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 in the second round.
2022: Top 50 debut, first top-10 win
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She repeated the feat at the Indian Wells Open reaching again the third round, defeating second seed Aryna Sabalenka for the first top-10 win in her career.[4] As a result, she entered the WTA 1000 tournaments, the Madrid Open and her home one in Rome, directly into the main draw.[5]
2023: WTA 1000 quarterfinal, Italian No. 1 & top 30
She again entered directly the WTA Tour tournament in Rome where she lost to world No. 6, seventh seed and eventual champion Elena Rybakina in the second round.
She won the WTA 125 in Florence with a victory over Taylor Townsend.[6] Also in her homeland, she reached the final at the Palermo Ladies Open defeating world No. 11 and top seed Daria Kasatkina and Sara Sorribes Tormo, before losing to first time champion Zheng Qinwen.[7]
She reached the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000 in Cincinnati as a qualifier for the first time in her career, defeating this time fourth seed Elena Rybakina after retirement due to injury. This was the second top-10 win of her career.[8] At the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open, she reached the semifinals in doubles, partnering Mayar Sherif.
On her debut at the next WTA 1000, the China Open, she advanced to the third round of a WTA 1000 for the third time in 2023, defeating 15th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia, her third top-20 win of the season,[9] and Yue Yuan. As a result, she climbed to world No. 31 and became the Italian No. 1 player. At the WTA 500 Zhengzhou Open, she reached the quarterfinals saving four match points, with a win over sixth seed Caroline Garcia for her second top-10 win of the season and third in her career.[10][11] Next, she defeated qualifier Laura Siegemund to reach her first WTA 500 semifinal.
Jasmine reached her second WTA Tour final of the season at the Jasmin Open in Monastir but lost to defending champion Elise Mertens. But she won her second doubles title there, with compatriot Sara Errani.
2024: WTA 1000 title, top 15
At Melbourne, she reached the fourth round for the first time in her career, having never previously been past the second round of a major, with wins over Diana Shnaider, Tatjana Maria[12] and Anna Blinkova.[13] She was then defeated by first-time fourth rounder Anna Kalinskaya. Despite the loss, she moved to a new career-high ranking in the top 25.[14] At Dubai, she reached her second quarterfinal at the WTA 1000 level, defeating eleventh seed Beatriz Haddad Maia, Leylah Fernandez[15] and eight seed Maria Sakkari. She reached her first final at this level, following a withdrawal from fourth seed Elena Rybakina[16] and a win over Sorana Cîrstea. She won her first WTA 1000 title defeating qualifier Anna Kalinskaya, avenging her Australian Open loss earlier in the season. As a result, she moved into the top 15 in the rankings on 26 February 2024.[17][18]
At the next WTA 1000, the Indian Wells Open, she reached the fourth round defeating Tatjana Maria and 21st seed Anna Kalinskaya again, before losing to 28th seed Anastasia Potapova.
She reached a new career-high ranking of No. 13 after a quarterfinal showing at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, where she defeated compatriot Sara Errani and seventh seed Ons Jabeur.[19][20]
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[21]
Singles
Current through the 2024 Indian Wells Open.
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
French Open | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% | |
Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | NH | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | |
US Open | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0 / 17 | 7–17 | 29% |
National representation | |||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | A | NH | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||
Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 1] | A | A | WG2 | PO | WG2 | PO[lower-alpha 2] | RR | F | 0 / 2 | 6–7 | 46% | ||
WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||
Qatar Open | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | Q1 | NMS | 1R | NMS | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
Dubai Championships | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | 1R | W[lower-alpha 3] | 1 / 2 | 5–1 | 83% |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 3R | 3R | 1R | 4R | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | 57% |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 4R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
Italian Open | Q1 | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | QF | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | |
Guadalajara Open | NH | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||||
China Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | |||
Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 8–9 | 9–3 | 1 / 22 | 22–21 | 51% |
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 8 | Career total: 95 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Career total: 2 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Career total: 5 | ||
Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–7 | 6–10 | 4–8 | 20–20 | 22–21 | 27–25 | 14–8 | 2 / 95 | 96–101 | 49% |
Win (%) | – | – | 0% | 30% | 38% | 33% | 50% | 51% | 52% | 64% | Career total: 49% | ||
Year-end ranking[lower-alpha 4] | 581 | 245 | 137 | 190 | 117 | 95 | 53 | 59 | 30 | $3,607,241 |
Doubles
Current through the 2023 US Open.
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | 33% |
WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||
Qatar Open[lower-alpha 5] | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Dubai Championships[lower-alpha 5] | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Italian Open | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
Guadalajara Open | NH | A | SF | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% | ||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||
Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | Career total: 33 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Career total: 2 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Career total: 3 | ||
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 7–6 | 8–10 | 12–10 | 2 / 25 | 48–57 | 46% |
Year-end ranking | n/a | 939 | n/a | 758 | 938 | 263 | 166 | 141 | 97 |
Significant finals
Singles: 1 (title)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 2024 | Dubai Tennis Championships | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2021 | Slovenia Open, Slovenia | WTA 250 | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2022 | Transylvania Open, Romania | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
2–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2023 | Palermo Ladies Open, Italy | WTA 250 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2023 | Jasmin Open, Tunisia | WTA 250 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 0–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Feb 2024 | Dubai Championships, UAE | WTA 1000 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | Hamburg European Open, Germany | WTA 250 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jan 2022 | Melbourne Summer Set, Australia | WTA 250 | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Oct 2023 | Jasmin Open, Tunisia | WTA 250 | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6] |
Win | 3–1 | Feb 2024 | Ladies Linz, Austria | WTA 500 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, [10–7] |
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2021 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jun 2021 | Bol Ladies Open, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 2–1 | May 2023 | Firenze Ladies Open, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 2–2 | Jun 2023 | Makarska International, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–7(6–8), 5–7 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2013 | ITF Rome, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Aug 2013 | ITF Locri, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 7–5 |
Win | 2–1 | Jul 2014 | ITF Viserba, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–0 |
Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2014 | Telavi Open, Georgia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 6–4, [7–10] |
Win | 3–2 | Apr 2016 | ITF Pula, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
1–0 ret. |
Loss | 3–3 | Aug 2016 | ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2016 | ITF Mamaia, Romania | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–5 | Oct 2016 | ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 4–5 | Nov 2016 | Open de Valencia, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 2–6, 6–4 |
Win | 5–5 | Jun 2017 | Open de Marseille, France | 100,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 2–6, 6–1 |
Win | 6–5 | Aug 2017 | ITF Woking, United Kingdom | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 1–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 6–6 | Sep 2018 | ITF Bagnatica, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(8), 1–6, 5–7 |
Win | 7–6 | Mar 2019 | ITF Curitiba, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 8–6 | Jun 2019 | ITF Brescia, Italy | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–1 |
Loss | 8–7 | Nov 2019 | ITF Tokyo Open, Japan | 100,000 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 9–7 | Oct 2022 | ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | 100,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2013 | ITF Rome, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Sep 2013 | ITF Pula, Italy | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(3), 7–6(3) |
Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2016 | ITF Weston, US | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(2), 3–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Sep 2018 | ITF Bagnatica, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
Top 10 wins
Season | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Total |
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Wins | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | JPR |
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1. | ![]() |
No. 3 | Indian Wells Open, US | Hard | 2R | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 | No. 46 |
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2. | ![]() |
No. 4 | Cincinnati Open, US | Hard | 3R | 4–6, 5–2, ret. | No. 43 |
3. | ![]() |
No. 10 | Zhengzhou Open, China | Hard | 2R | 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 | No. 31 |
2024 | |||||||
4. | ![]() |
9 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | Clay (i) | 2R | 7–6(10–8), 6–4 | No. 14 |
Notes
- Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
- Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
- Paolini advanced via walkover in her quarterfinal match, is not counted as a win.
- 2013: WTA ranking–624, 2014: WTA ranking–327.
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open from 2009 until 2024. 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
- https://sw-ke.facebook.com/Radio1Sport/videos/1492920590844425/
https://www.noitv.it/2021/09/trionfo-di-jasmine-paolini-al-torneo-di-portorose-398671/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm4aybAELmg
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