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
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Tunisia's Ons Jabeur has made history as the first Arab player to break into the top ten female or male tennis players worldwide.
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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