Tunisia's Ons Jabeur becomes first Arab to break into tennis top ten
Tunisia's Ons Jabeur becomes first Arab to break into tennis top ten
Tunisia's Ons Jabeur has made history as the first Arab player to break into the top ten female or male tennis players worldwide.
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Ons Jabeur has secured a career-high of world number 7 after winning the title in Madrid [source: Getty]
Tunisia's Ons Jabeur matched her personal-best seventh in the WTA rankings on Monday after winning the biggest title of her career at last week's Madrid Open.
The 27-year-old, the first Arab or African player to break into the men's or women's top 10, beat American Jessica Pegula 7-5, 0-6, 6-2 in Saturday's final.
Dreams do come true 🏆😍
— Ons Jabeur (@Ons_Jabeur) May 7, 2022
I love you all!! 🙏🇹🇳
Thank you Madrid, thank you to everyone who came and supported me. I am so grateful. Thank you to my familly and to the best team: Karim, Issam & Mélanie, you guys are amazing! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/3Bge7Qvr6G
Pegula has moved up three places to a career-high of 11th in the world.
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka slipped four spots to eighth.
The only place in the top 15 not to change hands was the world-number-one spot, with Iga Swiatek still holding a commanding lead at the top of the rankings despite missing Madrid due to injury.
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