Léolia Jeanjean

Léolia Jeanjean
Jeanjean at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) France
Born (1995-08-14) 14 August 1995
Montpellier, France
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CollegeBaylor, Arkansas and Lynn[2]
Prize money$1,213,263
Singles
Career record247–144
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 92 (9 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 94 (16 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023, 2024, 2025)
French Open3R (2022)
WimbledonQ3 (2022)
US Open1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record60–51
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 162 (18 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 394 (16 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2023, 2024, 2025)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (2023, 2025)
Last updated on: 17 June 2025.

Léolia Jeanjean (born 14 August 1995) is a French tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 92 by the WTA, achieved on 9 June 2025. She reached her best doubles ranking of No. 162 on 18 March 2024.[3] She is the current French No. 2 singles player.

Early life

Jeanjean was a gifted juniors player, but suffered a serious knee injury at age 14.[4] In 2008, Jeanjean was a quarterfinalist in Les Petits As and reached the final of the French U14 Championship. A league coach was then assigned to spend eleven weeks a year in La Grande-Motte, her home. In 2009, she received a wildcard at Roland Garros for the junior singles and another for the junior doubles with her partner Darja Salnikova, but she was eliminated in the first round each time. She was invited again in 2010, but did not do better in singles, while in doubles with Clothilde de Bernardi, she reached the quarterfinals.[5]

College

Jeanjean attended Baylor University (Bachelor in Sociology) and played college tennis at the University of Arkansas[6] (Bachelor in Criminal justice) as well as Lynn University,[1] where she graduated with an MBA in Finance in 2019.

Career

2022: Major debut and third round, top 150

Jeanjean made her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut at the 2022 French Open, after receiving a wildcard for the singles tournament.[7][8] She scored her first major match win against world No. 45, Nuria Párrizas Díaz, and then defeated eighth-seed and former world No. 1, Karolína Plíšková, 6–2, 6–2 in the second round. This was her first victory over a player ranked in the top 10.[9][10] Ranked No. 227, she became the third-lowest ranked player to defeat a top-10 opponent in the season, following No. 409 Daria Saville's upset of Ons Jabeur in Indian Wells and No. 231 Laura Siegemund's win (via retirement) over Maria Sakkari in Stuttgart.[11] She was also the lowest ranked female player to win a match at Roland Garros against a top-ten opponent since Conchita Martínez defeated Lori McNeil in 1988.[12] As a result, she reached the top 150 for the first time in her career, climbing up nearly 80 positions.[3]

In November, Jeanjean was runner-up at the Montevideo Open, losing to Diana Shnaider in the final.[13]

2023: Australian debut, first WTA 125 title

On her debut at the Australian Open, she entered this major as a lucky loser, but was beaten in the first round by Nadia Podoroska.[14]

Partnering Sara Errani, Jeanjean won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the MundoTenis Open in Brazil, defeating Julia Lohoff and Conny Perrin in the final.[15]

2024: Another WTA 125 semifinal

Jeanjean qualified for the Australian Open, losing in the first round to Caroline Dolehide.[16] She reached the quarterfinals at the Puerto Vallarta 125, defeating Yanina Wickmayer[17] and Rebecca Marino,[18] before losing to eventual champion McCartney Kessler.[19]

Having qualified for the French Open,[20] Jeanjean was drawn to face top seed Iga Świątek in the opening round and lost in straight sets.[21]

At the Makarska International Championships, she recorded wins over wildcard entrant Tena Lukas[22] and Miriam Bulgaru to make it through to the quarterfinals,[23] where she lost to eighth seed and eventual champion Katie Volynets.[24]

Partnering Kristina Mladenovic, Jeanjean reached the doubles final at the Copa LP Chile, but withdrew before the match due to an elbow injury.[25]

She reached the quarterfinals at the Argentina Open, defeating Francisca Jorge[26] and second seed Suzan Lamens.[27] Jeanjean lost in the last eight to Sára Bejlek.[28] The following week, at the WTA MundoTenis Open, she overcame Daria Lodikova,[29] Nina Stojanović[30] and Valeriya Strakhova to reach the semifinals,[31] where her run was ended by seventh seed and eventual champion Maja Chwalińska.[32]

2025: First WTA Tour quarterfinal, top 100

Jeanjean qualified for the Australian Open,[33] but lost in the main-draw first round to Jodie Burrage.[34]

Jeanjean reached her first Tour-level quarterfinal at the 2025 Copa Colsanitas defeating compatriot Séléna Janicijevic in straight sets.[35] As a result, she reached the top 100 in the singles rankings on 26 May 2025, ahead of Roland Garros.[36]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2024 Wuhan Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3
French Open 3R 2R 1R 2R 0 / 4 4–4
Wimbledon Q3 Q1 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
US Open 1R Q2 Q1 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 0 / 8 4–8
WTA 1000
Qatar Open[a] A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Dubai[a] A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Indian Wells Open A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Guadalajara Open A A NTI 0 / 0 0–0
Wuhan Open NH A 0 / 0 0–0
China Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 6 4 Career total: 10
Overall win–loss 3–6 0–3 0 / 9 3–9
Year-end ranking 125 128 $338,448

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2023 Transylvania Open, Romania WTA 250 Hard (i) Valeriya Strakhova Jodie Burrage
Jil Teichmann 		1–6, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2022 Montevideo Open, Uruguay Clay Diana Shnaider 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2023 Brasil Tennis Cup,
Brazil 		Clay Sara Errani Julia Lohoff
Conny Perrin 		7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 1–1 Nov 2024 Copa LP Chile,
Chile 		Clay Kristina Mladenovic Mayar Sherif
Nina Stojanović 		walkover

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments
W80 tournaments
W60/75 tournaments
W40/50 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (1–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2013 ITF Borriol, Spain 10,000 Clay Maria Marfutina 6–1, 5–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 May 2021 ITF Šibenik, Croatia W15 Clay Nefisa Berberović 6–2, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Feb 2022 Porto Indoor, Portugal W25 Hard (i) Moyuka Uchijima 3–6, 1–6
Loss 1–3 Apr 2022 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France W60 Hard Linda Nosková 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–3 Apr 2022 ITF Calvi, France W25 Hard Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–4 Aug 2023 Aberto da República, Brazil W80 Hard Lulu Sun 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 2–5 Sep 2023 Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal W60 Hard Petra Marčinko 4–6, 1–6
Loss 2–6 Sep 2024 ITF Pilar, Argentina W50 Clay Solana Sierra 2–6 ret.
Win 3–6 Oct 2024 Internationaux de Poitiers, France W75+H Hard (i) Diana Martynov 6–2, 6–3
Win 4–6 Nov 2024 Open Nantes Atlantique, France W50 Hard (i) Sara Cakarevic 6-1, 6-3
Loss 4–7 Jan 2025 ITF Bengaluru Open, India W100 Hard Tatjana Maria 7–6(0), 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4–8 Jan 2025 ITF Pune, India W75 Hard Tatiana Prozorova 6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Loss 4–9 Mar 2025 Vacaria Open, Brazil W75 Clay Francesca Jones 6–1, 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
W80 tournaments
W60 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2013 ITF Borriol, Spain 10,000 Clay Marine Partaud Tina Tehrani
Mandy Wagemaker 		4–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Win 2–0 Jun 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Hard Tiphanie Fiquet Hind Abdelouahid
Alyssa Tobita 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Feb 2020 ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Hard Tiphanie Fiquet Carolina Alves
Andrea Gámiz 		7–5, 2–6, [9–11]
Loss 2–2 Apr 2021 ITF Calvi, France W25 Hard Audrey Albié Lina Gjorcheska
Amandine Hesse 		5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Sep 2021 ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France W25 Clay Audrey Albié Anna Danilina
Valeriya Strakhova 		7–6(7), 2–6, [4–10]
Loss 2–4 Oct 2021 Internationaux de Poitiers, France W80 Hard (i) Audrey Albié Mariam Bolkvadze
Samantha Murray Sharan 		6–7(5), 0–6
Loss 2–5 Feb 2022 Porto Indoor, Portugal W25 Hard (i) Audrey Albié Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Quirine Lemoine 		2–6, 3–6
Win 3–5 Jul 2023 ITF Feira de Santana, Brazil W60 Hard Valeriya Strakhova Haley Giavara
Abigail Rencheli 		7–5, 6–4

Wins against top 10 players

Season 2022 Total
Wins 1 1
# Opponent Rank Event Surface Rd Score LJR
2022
1. Karolína Plíšková No. 8 French Open, Paris Clay 2R 6–2, 6–2 No. 227

Notes

  1. ^ a b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

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