Ons Jabeur reaches 2024 French Open quarter-finals: Key stats
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Women's singles eighth seed Ons Jabeur beat Clara Tauson in the fourth round of the 2024 French Open on Sunday. Jabeur took down the 21-year-old Danish player 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets at Court Suzanne Lenglen. Tunisia's Jabeur will be pleased to fend off Tauson after beating the likes of Leylah Fernandez, Sachia Vickery and Camila Osorio before this. Here are further details.
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57-27 win-loss record for Jabeur
29-year-old Jabeur has reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros for the second time. Jabeur was qlwo a quarter-finalist here in 2023. She owns a 16-6 win-loss record. At Grand Slams, Jabeur has raced to a 57-27 win-loss record. Notably, she is a three-time finalist at Slam events, being runner-up at 2022 and 2023 Wimbledon in addition to reaching the US Open final (2022).
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Here are the match stats
Jabeur doled out five aces compared to Tausan's two, who committed more double faults (4-3). Jabeur converted 3/7 break points. She owned a 77% win on the first serve and a 47% win on the second. Meanwhile, this was the first meeting between the pair.
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A unique record for Jabeur
As per Opta, Jabeur is the African player with the most quarter-finals in women's singles Grand Slam events in the Open Era, equalling Amanda Coetzer (7).
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Coco Gauff raced into fourth straight Roland Garros quarter-final
Earlier on Sunday, No. 3 seed Coco Gauff raced into her fourth straight Roland Garros quarter-final with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Elisabetta Cocciaretto in exactly an hour. As per WTA, Gauff struck 19 winners and clocked 15 unforced errors. Cocciaretto had just seven winners to 21 unforced errors. Gauff is 19-4 at Roland Garros. Overall at Grand Slams, her win-loss tally is 53-17.
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