Junior years Jabeur began playing on the
ITF Junior Circuit in August 2007 on the week of her 13th birthday. With compatriot
Nour Abbès, she won the doubles event of her debut tournament, the Grade 5 Al Fatah ITF Junior Tournament in Lebanon. She defeated Abbès to win her first Grade 5 singles event at the 2009 Fujairah ITF Junior Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates, where she also won the doubles event with Abbès. Later in the year, she started to have more success at higher-level tournaments, finishing runner-up at the Grade 2 International Junior Championships of Morocco and winning the Grade 2 Smash International Junior Championships in Egypt, both in singles. She made her junior major debut at the
2009 US Open, losing her opening match to
Laura Robson. Jabeur started to produce strong results at the junior
majors and other Grade A events in May 2010. In the doubles event at the
Trofeo Bonfiglio, she partnered with Charlène Seateun to reach the semifinals. Two weeks later, she played the
2010 French Open and upset third seed
Irina Khromacheva in the semifinals before finishing runner-up to
Elina Svitolina. She also performed well at
Wimbledon, reaching the quarterfinals in singles and the semifinal in doubles. She lost to
Yulia Putintseva in singles, and Khromacheva and Svitolina in doubles alongside
Monica Puig. Putintseva defeated Jabeur again at the
US Open. Jabeur entered the doubles event with Putintseva and lost in the quarterfinals to Khromacheva again, who had partnered with
Daria Gavrilova. The last two singles events of Jabeur's junior career were the
2011 French Open and the
2011 Wimbledon Championships. At the
French Open, she won her only junior major title to become the first North African woman to win a junior Grand Slam tournament. As the ninth seed, she upset top seed Daria Gavrilova in the quarterfinals, third seed
Caroline Garcia in the semifinals, and then fifth seed Monica Puig in the final. This title helped her rise to in the world in the junior rankings. She also became the first Arab girl to win a junior major singles title in history, and the first junior in general since
Ismail El Shafei won the Wimbledon boys' title in
1964. Jabeur did not have much success at the ITF Circuit in 2012, only reaching one final, which came in singles and was her first at the $25k level. She also entered qualifying at the
French Open, but only won one match.
2013–16: Top 200 at the ITF Circuit level After a slow start to 2013, Jabeur won her first 25k title in April 2013 in
Tunis. She then won back-to-back 50k titles over
An-Sophie Mestach in Japan in May to bring her into the top 200 for the first time. In July, Jabeur played in her second WTA tournament main draw at the
Baku Cup. She upset top seed, defending champion, and world No. 37,
Bojana Jovanovski, in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to
Magda Linette. She entered the qualifying competitions at
Wimbledon and the
US Open, losing her opening match in both events. A third 50k title at the
Saguenay Challenger with a win in the final over
CoCo Vandeweghe took her to a new career-high of 139. In 2014, she played the main draw in the
Malaysian Open losing to
Giulia Gatto-Monticone in the first round. Jabeur stayed inside the top 200 for most of the next three years, but could not enter the top 100, reaching a career-best ranking of 118 in 2015. Nonetheless, she lost in qualifying at both
Wimbledon and the
US Open and did not have a strong second half of the season. This result brought her from No. 171 to No. 137. At the end of July, she made her top-100 debut. which cemented her place in the top 100 for the rest of the year. After she lost in qualifying at the
French Open, she dropped down to No. 180 in the world. bringing her back to No. 133. She won her only Grand Slam main-draw match of the year at Wimbledon over
Viktorija Golubic, who she defeated for the third time in the span of a month. She defeated three top-25 players in the tournament, including No. 8
Sloane Stephens and No. 11
Anastasija Sevastova. With this result, she returned to the top 100 at a career-high of No. 62 in the world. She withdrew before the semifinal due to a right ankle injury. Jabeur's next big result came at the
US Open. She defeated No. 27
Caroline Garcia and then
Aliaksandra Sasnovich to reach the third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the second time in her career. She lost a tight three-set match to world No. 3,
Karolína Plíšková, in the third round. With this success, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 51.
2020: A major quarterfinal, top 50 Jabeur had a major breakthrough at the
Australian Open. After defeating Johanna Konta and Caroline Garcia in the first two rounds, she beat
Caroline Wozniacki in three sets in the last match of Wozniacki's career. Jabeur defeated a fourth top 50 player in succession in
Wang Qiang before losing to eventual champion
Sofia Kenin in the quarterfinals. With this result, she made her top-50 debut, The following month, Jabeur continued her progress after receiving two wildcards to both Premier tournaments in the Middle East. She held a match point against No. 2,
Simona Halep, in a second-round loss at
Dubai. She then reached the quarterfinals at the
Qatar Ladies Open, where she upset world No. 3, Karolína Plíšková, in the third round. After the COVID-19 season suspension, Jabeur continued her good form at a major level by reaching the third round of the
US Open and the fourth round of the
French Open for the first time in her career. She finished the year as world No. 31, her highest year-end ranking thus far.
2021: First career title, major quarterfinal & top 10 trophy Jabeur participated in both tournaments of the
Charleston Open, reaching the semifinal at the
Volvo Car Open, and the final of the second, the
MUSC Health Women's Open, which she lost to Australian
Astra Sharma. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 24 on 10 May 2021. Seeded 25th at the
French Open, she took her revenge by defeating Sharma to advance to the third round of a major for a sixth straight time. She also defeated Magda Linette to reach the fourth round for a second time at this major where she lost to 24th seed
Coco Gauff. Seeded second, Jabeur reached the third final in her career and made history as the first Arab woman to win a WTA Tour title at the
Birmingham Classic by defeating Daria Kasatkina. At the same tournament, partnering with
Ellen Perez, Jabeur also reached her first doubles final, losing to
Marie Bouzková and
Lucie Hradecká. At
Wimbledon, Jabeur, seeded 21st, defeated five-time champion
Venus Williams to become the first Tunisian tennis player, first Arab woman, and the first woman representing an African country since
Cara Black from Zimbabwe in 2005, to reach the third round (or quarterfinals) at Wimbledon. This also marked her seventh consecutive third-round appearance at a major. She continued her run when, despite vomiting at the side of the court when at match point, she defeated former Wimbledon champion and 11th seed,
Garbiñe Muguruza, to reach the fourth round, coming back from a set down to reach the second week and round of 16 for the first time. The day before, Tunisian supporters who flocked to Wimbledon burst into song — the national soccer team song, because there isn't one for tennis — and shouted her name after her fourth-round victory over 2020 French Open champion
Iga Świątek. She defeated seventh seed Iga Świątek (making another comeback from the first set down) to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost to second seed and also first-time quarterfinalist
Aryna Sabalenka. As a result, she recorded a career-high ranking of No. 22, on 26 July 2021. To begin the
US Open Series, Jabeur played the
Canadian Open seeded 13th, beating
Clara Burel, Daria Kasatkina, and defending champion
Bianca Andreescu before losing in the quarterfinals to
Jessica Pegula in three sets. With this result, she made her top 20 debut the week of 16 August 2021. At
Indian Wells, Jabeur reached her first
WTA 1000 semifinal by defeating
Anett Kontaveit in the quarterfinals. With the win, she propelled herself into a career-high ranking, becoming the first Arab tennis player to reach the top 10 in either
ATP or WTA rankings history. After the withdrawal of
Emma Raducanu from the exhibition event
World Tennis Championship, Jabeur was given her place. She won the tournament, defeating
Belinda Bencic in the final.
2022: Two major finals and world No. 2 Jabeur started her season at the
Sydney International. She defeated
Astra Sharma in the first round and Petra Kvitová in the second round before losing to Anett Kontaveit in the quarterfinals. She subsequently withdrew from the
Australian Open due to a back injury sustained in the Sydney tournament. In February, Jabeur played the
Dubai Championships, where she defeated former world No. 2, Vera Zvonareva and
Jessica Pegula, before falling to former No. 1, Simona Halep in the quarterfinals. She then entered the
Qatar Ladies Open. After a first round bye, she defeated
Aliaksandra Sasnovich and
Tereza Martincová before falling to Kontaveit again in the quarterfinals. At the
Indian Wells Open, Jabeur received a bye into the second round where she was upset by
Daria Saville in three sets. She reached the fourth round at the
Miami Open, falling to 2022 Australian Open finalist
Danielle Collins in straight sets. Jabeur reached her first final of the year at the
Charleston Open, where she fell to Belinda Bencic in three sets. In
Stuttgart, she was defeated by
Paula Badosa in the quarterfinals. Seeded eighth at the
Madrid Open, the world No. 10 reached her first WTA 1000 final, besting Belinda Bencic and Simona Halep, before defeating
Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinals to become the first Arab player to reach a final at this level. She defeated Jessica Pegula in the final to become the first African player to win a WTA 1000 title, the ninth different winner at the Madrid Open and the 38th different winner in a WTA 1000 tournament (since 2009). At the
Italian Open, she reached her second consecutive WTA 1000 final, defeating Sorana Cîrstea,
Ajla Tomljanović, Yulia Putintseva, and fourth seed Maria Sakkari, before saving a match point in the semifinals against Daria Kasatkina for her 11th straight win. In the final, she lost to Iga Świątek in straight sets. By reaching the final at the Italian Open, Jabeur set a career-high ranking of world No. 6, on 16 May 2022. After having an excellent clay-court season, she then participated in the
French Open, where she drew Magda Linette in the first round. She was shockingly defeated by Linette, after having a set and a break lead in the second set. Despite this, she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4, on 6 June 2022, following the conclusion of the tournament. Finalist Shield from
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German Open in Berlin after Belinda Bencic retired in the second set of the final. As a result, she moved to a new career-high ranking of world No. 3, on 20 June 2022. Jabeur initially entered the
Eastbourne International singles draw seeded second, but withdrew before the tournament. Jabeur remained in the
doubles draw as a wildcard, in which she partnered with
Serena Williams, who was playing her first tournament since
2021 Wimbledon. Jabeur and Williams won their first-round match against Marie Bouzková and
Sara Sorribes Tormo to set up a quarterfinal against
Shuko Aoyama and
Chan Hao-ching. They then reached the semifinals but Jabeur withdrew before their match with Magda Linette and
Aleksandra Krunić citing a right knee injury. She achieved a new career-high in the singles rankings of world No. 2, on 27 June 2022, which was the highest-ranking for any African and Arab tennis player in WTA and ATP rankings history. In
London, she reached her second consecutive Wimbledon quarterfinal, defeating
Mirjam Björklund,
Katarzyna Kawa,
Diane Parry and 24th seed
Elise Mertens. Defeating Marie Bouzková in the quarterfinal, she became the first Arab or North African woman ever to reach the semifinals of a major tournament. After that, she defeated
Tatjana Maria to reach her maiden final at a major, which made her the first African woman, and the first Arab or North African player, in the
Open Era to enter a Grand Slam singles final. In the final, she lost to
Elena Rybakina in three sets. Despite this, Wimbledon did not receive points due to athletes representing Russia and Belarus being
banned from the tournament because of
Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Leading up to the US Open during the North American summer, Jabeur lost in the second round at the
Silicon Valley Classic and retired in her first round match against
Zheng Qinwen at the
Canadian Open. At the
Cincinnati Open, Jabeur lost in the second round to Petra Kvitová, in three sets. At the
US Open, she regained her form, advancing to the quarterfinals for the first time at this major defeating 31st seed
Shelby Rogers, and then 18th seed
Veronika Kudermetova in straight sets to record her first victory over the Russian in four meetings. She became the third African woman to make it into the quarterfinals of the
US Open in the Open era – and the first from the northern part of the continent. The other African women to reach the US Open quarterfinals are
Maryna Godwin (1968) and
Amanda Coetzer (1994, 1996 and 1998), both from South Africa. However, although she eventually managed to reach the final (making her the first African woman and the first Arab woman to do so), she lost against Iga Świątek, in straight sets. Unlike Wimbledon, Jabeur received 1,300 points in the tournament. Jabeur recorded her first win at a WTA Tour event in Africa against
Ann Li at the inaugural edition of the WTA 250 tennis tournament in
Monastir, which she helped start in her home country. She was eventually defeated by
Claire Liu in the quarterfinals. Jabeur made her debut at the
WTA Finals in Fort Worth. She defeated Jessica Pegula in her second match of the group stage in three sets. However, she finished her campaign in the round-robin stage as she lost two out of her three matches against Aryna Sabalenka and Maria Sákkari, respectively. She ended the best season of her career ranked No. 2 in the WTA rankings.
2023: Two WTA Tour titles, second Wimbledon final She started the year with two victories against Sorana Cîrstea and Ukrainian qualifier
Marta Kostyuk in
Adelaide International 1. She was defeated in the semifinals by 18-year old qualifier
Linda Nosková, 102nd in the world, in three sets. In mid-January, she competed in the
Australian Open and, defeating
Tamara Zidanšek in three sets, she came up against
Markéta Vondroušová. After an absence for a right knee injury which was treated by surgery, she returned to the circuit in March at
Indian Wells, but lost in the third round against Vondroušová, after beating
Magdalena Fręch. She fell in the first round of Miami the following week, beaten by Russian qualifier
Varvara Gracheva. In April, she won the
Charleston Open by defeating in the final Belinda Bencic, taking her revenge for the previous year loss in the final. She reached the final without losing a set, with wins over
Lesia Tsurenko,
Caroline Dolehide,
Anna Kalinskaya and Daria Kasatkina. She took part in the Stuttgart Grand Prix two weeks later and took out former Roland Garros winner Jeļena Ostapenko and
Beatriz Haddad Maia but had to retire in the semifinal against top seed Iga Świątek, after three games due to a left calf injury. This injury also forced her to give up defending her title at the
Madrid Open. She returned to the
Italian Open but lost in the first match against former world No. 2, Paula Badosa. At
Roland Garros, she eliminated the Italian
Lucia Bronzetti, the local
Océane Dodin, the last Frenchwoman in the running, and
Olga Danilović, both out of the top 100 to join as in 2020 and 2021 the round of 16 Porte d'Auteuil. She finds the American
Bernarda Pera, a novice at this stage. She dismisses her and goes to the quarterfinals for the first time in her career in the tournament. Against Haddad Maia, the match was more complicated and she was overthrown after a long duel. As defending champion in
Berlin, she lost in the first round against the German qualifier
Jule Niemeier, and in the second round in
Eastbourne, she was beaten by Camila Giorgi. At
Wimbledon, Jabeur managed to eliminate four Grand Slam champions on her way to the final including Bianca Andreescu in the third round, Petra Kvitová in the fourth, defending champion Elena Rybakina in the quarterfinals, and world No. 2, Aryna Sabalenka, in the semifinals. However, she lost in straight sets to world No. 42, Markéta Vondroušová in the final, which she described as the "most painful loss" in her career. She won her fifth title defeating
Diana Shnaider in the final of the
2023 Ningbo Open.
2024: Second consecutive French Open quarterfinal, shoulder injury At the
Australian Open, Jabeur lost in the second round for a second consecutive year, this time to the 16-year old
Mirra Andreeva who was making her tournament debut and ranked No. 47 at the time. This was also Andreeva's first top-10 win in her career. At the
French Open, she reached the quarterfinals for a second consecutive time, with wins over wildcard
Sachia Vickery,
Camila Osorio, 31st seed
Leylah Fernandez and
Clara Tauson. She lost to third seed
Coco Gauff. At the beginning of the grass season, as the top seed, she reached also the quarterfinals at the
Nottingham Open with a win over qualifier
Linda Fruhvirtová. Seeded eight, she reached a third quarterfinal in a row at the
Berlin Open, with wins over qualifier
Wang Xinyu and
Linda Nosková. She went out in the third round of
Wimbledon, losing to Elina Svitolina. Jabeur withdrew from the
US Open due to a shoulder injury. The same injury forced her to pull out of the
China Open in September when she also announced she would end her season early and indicated she intended to return to the court in Australia in 2025.
2025: Back-to-back quarterfinals, hiatus Jabeur made her comeback at the
Australian Open, securing wins over Anhelina Kalinina and
Camila Osorio, before losing to eighth seed
Emma Navarro in the third round. In February, she reached back-to-back quarterfinals defeating seventh seed Jeļena Ostapenko and qualifier
Wakana Sonobe to reach the last eight at the
Abu Dhabi Open, where her run was ended by top seed Elena Rybakina, and overcoming seventh seed Zheng Qinwen and wildcard entrant
Sofia Kenin to make it through to the same stage at the
Qatar Ladies Open, where it was Jeļena Ostapenko who eliminated her. Jabeur went out in the first round at both the
French Open and
Wimbledon. In July, Jabeur announced she was taking an indefinite break from professional tennis, saying she had not "felt happy on court for some time" and it was time "to take a step back." On 10 November, Jabeur announced her pregnancy and that she was expecting her first child. Later that month, it was announced that Jabeur and her longtime coach
Issam Jellali would be joining the team of Turkish tennis player
Zeynep Sönmez as a mentor and her head coach, respectively, in the
2026 season. ==National representation==