Italian, Wimbledon and French Open finalist, Olympics: Everything you’ve always wanted to know about Jasmine Paolini (but never had time to find out) – updated with Italy’s 2024 BJK Cup title win
All you need to know about the Italian, who reached her first and second Grand Slam singles finals in 2024
Jasmine Paolini, Wimbledon 2024
Who is Jasmine Paolini?
Jasmine Paolini is an Italian tennis player. In 2024, she reached the Roland-Garros and Wimbledon final and then, together with Sara Errani, won the gold medal in the women’s doubles at the Paris Olympics – Italy’s first ever gold medal in tennis. At the end of the same season, Paolini then led Italy’s BJK Cup team to its fifth title.
What did jasmine paolini do at the WTA FInals 2024?
Jasmine Paolini entered the 2024 WTA Finals singles field in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as the No 4 seed and was drawn into Purple Group alongside top seed Aryna Sabalenka, Chinese Zheng Qinwen, and Kazakh Elena Rybakina.
Paolini opened her campaign on a positive note by defeating Rybakina, the No 5 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-4 but lost her following two group-stage matches to Sabalenka (6-3, 7-5) and Zheng (6-1, 6-1), failing to qualify for the semi-finals.
What did Jasmine Paolini DO at the US Open 2024?
The Italian reached the fourth round at the US Open, before falling to a resurgent Karolina Muchova 6-3, 6-3.
What did Jasmine Paolini DO at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani made history at the 2024 Paris Olympics when they won the women’s doubles title together, the first Italian gold medal in tennis in Olympic history. The beat Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shanider 2-6, 6-1, 10-7 to win the gold.
What did Jasmine Paolini accomplish at Wimbledon 2024?
Paolini reached the final of Wimbledon 2024 and became the first Italian to ever reach the final at the All England Club. By reaching the final at both Roland-Garros and Wimbledon, Paolini became the fifth player to play both finals in the same season since 1999.
That lofty list includes Steffi Graf (1999), Serena Williams (2002, 2015,2016), Venus Williams (2002) and Justine Henin (2006).
Paolini, who had never won a WTA main draw match on grass prior to the 2024 season, advanced to the final at the All England Club with wins over Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo (7-5, 6-3), Belgian Greet Minnen (7-6 (5), 6-2), Canadian Bianca Andreescu (7-6 (4), 6-1), American Madison Keys (6-2, 6-7, 5-5) Emma Navarro of the United States (6-2, 6-1) and Donna Vekic (2-6, 6-4, 7-6(8)).
She eventually went down to Czech Barbora Krejcikova 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in the final.
WHAT did JASMINE PAOLINI DO AT ROLAND-GARROS IN 2024?
Paolini made it to the final at a Grand Slam for the first time in her career after upsetting Elena Rybakina in the last eight at Roland-Garros and then beating Mirra Andreeva in the last four. The Italian had previously never been past the second round in Paris.
Paolini was beaten 6-2, 6-1 by Iga Swiatek in a one-sided final.
What did Jasmine Paolini acComplish IN Dubai in 2024?
Jasmine Paolini enjoyed the best week of her pro career at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in February 2024 by winning her first WTA 1000 title.
Ranked No 26 coming into the week, Paolini defeated 11th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia in the first round, then former US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez in the second round, and eighth seed Maria Sakkari in the last 16.
After she received a walkover from fourth seed Elena Rybakina in the quarter-finals, Paolini beat Sorana Cirstea and Anna Kalinskaya in the semis and final respectively to win her second career WTA singles title, and the biggest to date.
What did Jasmine Paolini DO at the Italian Open in 2024?
Paolini and countrywoman Sara Errani won the Italian Open women’s doubles title in 2024 with a 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 win over third seeds Coco Gauff and Erin Routliffe in the final.
The duo became the first Italians to claim the women’s doubles title in Rome since 2012, when Errani teamed up with Roberta Vinci to win the title. This was their second title as a team in 2024 and their third overall – after winning in Linz (2024) and Monastir (2023).
What is Jasmine Paolini’s best GRAND SLAM performance?
Paolini reached her first Grand Slam singles final at the 2024 French Open and then followed it up with her second Grand Slam final at the very next Major – Wimbledon 2024.
Prior to reaching the final the French Open, Paolini reached the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time in her career at the 2024 Australian Open.
In Melbourne she scored wins over Diana Shnaider, Tatjana Maria and Anna Blinkova before going down to Kalinskaya. The Italian had never been past the second round at a major prior to that. Paolini has reached the second round at the US Open once.
What is Jasmine Paolini’s career-best ranking?
Jasmine Paolini’s highest singles ranking is world No 4, which she achieved on October 28, 2024. In doubles, her best ranking is No 9, which she attained on October 7, 2024. You can find her latest ranking and rankings history on her WTA Tour profile page.
Was Paolini a good junior?
Paolini peaked at No 70 in the ITF junior world rankings. As per the ITF website, she won one junior singles title (Grade 4) and her best performance at a junior Slams was a fourth round finish.
How many WTA titles has Paolini won?
Paolini has won two WTA singles titles to date – Portoroz in 2021 and Dubai in 2024. She has also won four WTA doubles titles so far — Rome, Linz (w/ Sara Errani) in 2024, Monastir (with Errani) in 2023 and Hamburg (with Jil Teichman) in 2021 — and won the Olympic gold medal with Errani in Paris in 2024.
Paolini has also won the BJK Cup with Italy, leading her country to the title in 2024 with victory over Slovakia in the final. Paolini beat Moyuka Uchijima and Rebecca Sramkova in the singles quarter-finals and final respectively. She lost to Iga Swiatek in the semi-finals before teaming up with doubles teammate Errani to secure passage into the final with a 2-1 win over Poland.
What is Jasmine Paolini’s age?
Jasmine Paolini was born January 4, 1996, which makes her 28 years old currently.
Which country is Paolini from?
Paolini was born in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy, and plays for her country of birth.
How much prize money has Jasmine Paolini won?
As of November 20, 2024, Jasmine Paolini’s career prize money stands at $8,469,987. You can find her updated prize money stats on her WTA Tour profile page.
Is Jasmine Paolini on social media?
Yes, you can follow Jasmine Paolini on Instagram, where she has over 470,000 followers, as of November 6, 2024. She also has an official page on Facebook, where she is followed by more than 47,000 fans.
