Elena Rybakina has just bagged the historic Wimbledon 2022 title. She won the Grand Slam singles championship by defeating Ons Jabeur in the Wimbledon final held on Saturday by 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Elena Rybakina is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player with an estimated net worth of $3.5 million as of 2022 according to TSL (thesportslite).
Speaking of her big win on the occasion, the 23-year-old right-handed tennis player said, “I’m speechless. The crowd were unbelievable and I want to congratulate Ons, you are an inspiration. It was a joy to play against you. It’s an honour to play here in this unbelievable atmosphere.”
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Let us now explore more details about Elena Rybakina including her career in our article below!
Everything About the Wimbledon Champion Elena Rybakina
She added, “I didn’t expect to be in the second week. To be a winner is just amazing. I wouldn’t be here without my team of course, so I want to say a big thanks to them. And most importantly my parents.”
Rybakina is now the youngest woman to win the Wimbledon title since Petra Kvitova’s win in 2011.
Early life and Sports
Elena Rybakina was born in the year 1999 in Moscow. She began her sports journey along with her older sister when she was very young. In her initial years, her focus was on gymnastics and ice skating.
Her dad advised focusing on tennis as she was too tall to become a professional in gymnastics or ice skating. Rybakina started playing tennis at the age of six.
She got training from former ace players like Andrey Chesnokov and Evgenia Kulikovskaya. She used to play tennis for almost two hours every day and train in fitness for three hours a day.
Professional Career
Rybakina started playing on the ITF Women’s Circuit in 2014 when she was just 15. She reached three ITF finals in singles and two in doubles.
After playing for more than four years, Rybakina started on the WTA Tour during the second half of the season. She made her Grand Slam debut in 2019 at the French Open as a qualifier, however, she lost to Kateřina Siniaková.
In 2020, Rybakina led the WTA Tour in the finals and tied for second in match wins. Just before the forced shut down of the WTA tour because of the Coronavirus pandemic she made it to the final of the Australian Open and the Qatar Open. She lost the match to world No. 1, Ashleigh Barty.
She has a career-high ranking of world No. 12 by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). She is the current Kazakhstani female No. 1 player in singles. Rybakina has reached eight other finals on the WTA Tour, including three at the WTA 500 level, winning two titles.
She became the first-ever Kazakh tennis player from Kazakhstan to win Grand Slam and make it to the list of Top15.
Almost after a gap of 60 years, this was the first women’s title match held at the All England Club between two players in a final match where both the players made it to the final for the first time.
Endorsements
Rybakina was signed by multinational giant Adidas for endorsing clothing and shoes in 2020. She used to promote Nike products earlier. She also promotes the Yonex brand and uses a Yonex VCore 100 racket.
We congratulate Rybakina for emerging as the Wimbledon 2022 Champion. Stay connected for more from the world of Sports!
