Qualified in the 3rd round of Wimbledon, Ons Jabeur will face an old acquaintance namely the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.
Ons Jabeur, 10th in the world and seeded n ° 10, will face Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, 21st WTA, in the 3rd round of the Wimbledon tournament tomorrow.
Ons Jabeur, qualified in the 3rd round, beating, today the American Robin Montgomery, 161st WTA, in two sets (6-1, 7-5). Finalist in 2022 and 2023 in Wimbledon, Ons Jabeur started the tournament against the Japanese Muyuka Yoshijima, 68th WTA, which she also beaten in two sets (6-3, 6-1).
For her part, Elina Svitolina, 21st WTA, eliminated the Polish Magda Linette in the 1st round which she beat in three sets (7-5, 6-7, 6-3) before winning today against the German Jule Niemeier in two sets (6-3, 6-4).
This will be the sixth opposition between Ons Jabeur and Elina Svitolina, the first confrontation of which dates back to June 6, 2010 in the final of the Roland-Garros junior tournament. Svitolina then imposed itself in two sets (6-2, 7-5). A year after Ons Jabeur had in turn won the Roland-Garros junior tournament.
Jabeur and Svitolina found themselves in 2012 at La Marsa and the Ukrainian had again beaten the Tunisian, this time in the semi-finals. Svitolina also imposed itself during their first four oppositions.
Ons Jabeur, for his part, did not beat her until the quarterfinals of Chicago in 2021. Ons Jabeur had also reached the final but had bowed in front of the Spanish Garbine Muguruza.
