Tennis
The schedule for Jeļena Ostapenko includes events in the WTA 1000, WTA 500 & Grand Slams. In the last 12 months, Jeļena Ostapenko has participated in 15 events listed on Koobit. You can find the schedule of upcoming events below.
Jeļena Ostapenko is a Latvian tennis player, and the first (and currently only) player from her country to win a Grand Slam singles title.
Ostapenko was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1997, and began playing tennis at the age of 5. A promising dancer as a child, Ostapenko began to take tennis more seriously as a young teenager, seeking to emulate her hero, Serena Williams.
At 17 years of age, Ostapenko won the 2014 Wimbledon girls' singles title, and made her WTA-level debut later that season. A year later, the young Latvian saw more success in SW19, beating ninth-seed Carla Suárez Navarro in the first round of the ladies' singles draw. By the end of 2015, just over a year on from her WTA debut, Ostapenko was ranked inside the top-100.
Jeļena Ostapenko's most famous win came in 2017, when, ranked just outside the top-40, she won the Roland-Garros singles title. Her victory in the final, just after her 20th birthday, made her the first unseeded winner of the women's singles title since 1933. Moreover, it was Ostapenko's first WTA singles title - though she has since added to her trophy cabinet.
Ostapenko plays very aggressively, often opting to play flat, but attacking, low-percentage shots. Her most noted weapons are her incredibly powerful forehand and backhand, which can both be hit deep into the court, down the line, or cross-court. Her forceful shot-making is matched by her determined, competitive persona.
This is our second visit to the tournament (2023/2026) and again we had a wonderful visit:
- Parking easy to find and shuttle service was quick and easy - very little waiting
- Volunteers plentiful, cheerful and helpful. Again, very little entry waiting, helpful finding seats
- Plenty of food options, but VERY expensive at Verde - $73 lunch for two - wrap, salad, cookie, 1 drink
- Appreciate the bottle filling option at the water fountains
- Phone app great - easy
- Weather perfect - glad to know you're on good terms with Mother Nature
- Like the post-match interviewer - does a great job of getting personality out of the contestants
Recommendations:
- In the Big Tent - would love to see better use of all four sides of the video cylinder - often only 1 or 2 screens actually showing matches. Would be very helpful if the screens could be elevated as much as possible for better visibility
- Wishing there were a few more opportunities to "mix" with the players, but not quite sure how to make that happen that would satisfy them. Enjoyed the after-match interviews buy TCLive, but the players have their backs to the crowd . . .
- Wish there was a way to expand the seating on Court 3 - doubles matches were slammed full on Tuesday - not sure how that worked out the rest of the
One silly question:
- Was there ANY plan or system for installing the various colored seats in the stadium - amazing how completely random the color scheme was - spent dead time pondering . . .
Great experience again. Wish there were more shaded seats . . .
It was great! Highly recommend the Club tickets. All the staff were friendly and helpful.
What a tournament! We had a great time.
This was my fourth time attending COCO. I love this tournament!
my friend and I enjoyed the entire experience, the tennis was fantastic -- my only 2 caveats are WEAK wi-fi (astonishing given Larry Ellison is the person in charge) and PEPSI instead of COKE, which killed me.
