JEANJEAN. French sensation of Roland-Garros 2022 with Diane Parry, Léolia Jeanjean relishes after having experienced some difficult moments in her career. Find out who is the tricolor who is aiming for a qualification for the round of 16 at the French Open?
Like her compatriot Diane Parry, Leolia Jeanjean is one of the revelations of the 2022 Roland-Garros tournament. This Saturday, the Frenchwoman is playing her third round at Roland against the Romanian Begu and can aim for the round of 16. “What surprises me is that my game bothers them so much, I thought I was going to be overtaken by speed, that I was going to take winning shots all over the place, and that’s not the case”, she confessed at a press conference. “I could never have imagined all this when I stopped playing for several years.”
The girls I play against have no idea who I am, how I play, unlike me, who knows them better. I know their strengths and their weaknesses, and I can put a tactic in place”, she explained. Everything that happens changes the plans a little, the programming especially. I was left to do ITFs , then I will be able to do the WTA.”
Leolia Jeanjean at Roland-Garros
Winner of her first round against the Spaniard and Nuria Parrizas Dias, Léolia Jeanjean caused a sensation on the Porte d’Auteuil side by eliminating the Czech and seeded n°8, Karolina Pliskova. The French will play a qualification for the round of 16 and the second week at Roland-Garros against the Romanian Begu.
What is the classification of Léolia Jeanjean?
Before this Roland-Garros 2022 tournament, the French Leolia Jeanjean occupied the 227th rank in the WTA ranking.
What is Léolia Jeanjean’s track record?
In 2022, Léolia Jeanjean won the Ladies Open Calvi, a tournament where the Frenchwoman left with a check for $25,000. Two finals in Porto (Portugal) and Croissy-Beaubourg are added to the list of winners of the Montpellier.
What is the background of Léolia Jeanjean?
At 12, she was nicknamed “the Mozart of tennis” where Léolia Jeanjean was -4/6. Her main opponents she beat were Daria Gavrilova, Madison Keys, Elina Svitolina or Yulia Putintseva. But an injury (triple dislocation in the left knee) at the age of 15 brutally stopped the Frenchwoman in her development and when she wanted to resume two years later, she was let go by the French Tennis Federation, which had supported her until now.
Léolia Jeanjean then left for the United States between 2014 and 2019 where tennis was put on hold, even if she was playing for her university. When she returns to France in 2020, Léolia Jeanjean has the click and wants to give herself two years to get back into tennis and join the top 100 of the WTA rankings. A goal which she will be close to after Roland-Garros: her victory in the second round against the seeded n°8 Karolina Pliskova ensures her a 145th place in the world and a nice check of 125,800 euros minimum before her 3rd round against the Romanian Begu .