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Jasmine Paolini
WTA · World No. 9

Jasmine Paolini

🇮🇹Italy · Age 30 · Born 4 January 1996

About

Born in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy, on January 4, 1996, Jasmine Paolini turned professional in 2011. She debuted on the ITF Circuit that year and won her first WTA singles title in Portorož in 2021. Her breakthrough came in 2024 with a WTA 1000 win in Dubai and runner-up finishes at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, propelling her to a career-high No. 4 ranking and year-end No. 4. In 2025, she captured the Rome WTA 1000 singles title, beating Coco Gauff in the final, and won Roland Garros doubles with Sara Errani. As of April 2026, she stands at WTA No. 9 with 3722 points, having reached recent quarterfinals but exiting early in Stuttgart and Madrid.

Profile updated 29 Apr 2026
Right now
9
WTA rank
3,722
Ranking points
1-1
7-day record
50.0%
7-day win rate
8
Career titles
#4
Career-high rank

Recent form

WL

In the news

“"I'll have two people this year (in 2026). Danilo Pizzorno will be my coach, and (Errani) will take care of the tactics, because she's on another level."”

News last refreshed 29 Apr 2026
How they play

Playing style

Jasmine Paolini employs an aggressive baseline game suited to her 5'4\" frame, leveraging heavy topspin forehands to control rallies and dictate from the deuce court. Her improved tactical approach focuses on shortening points through plus-two construction, wide deuce serves, and inside-out forehands, while her doubles-honed net skills and anticipation make her dangerous in mid-rally transitions. Excellent speed and consistency allow her to extend exchanges against power players, though she relies on precision over raw power.

Serve
Paolini's serve lacks overwhelming speed at around 152 km/h first serve but excels in placement and variety, with 37% wide deuce-court first serves to set up forehands and a spin-heavy second serve that kicks sharply, yielding 22% unreturned first serves.
Groundstrokes
Her forehand is a heavy topspin weapon with improved potency, generating winners and forcing errors especially inside-out; the backhand is flatter, precise, and low-skidding, effective crosscourt for counterpunching and on grass.
Movement
Outstanding court coverage and agility compensate for her height, with explosive speed enabling retrieval of wide balls and strong defense; she prefers clay but has adapted to all surfaces through anticipation and footwork.
Weakness
Limited power and height make her vulnerable to elite servers and heavy groundstrokes from taller players like Sabalenka or Rybakina, who can exploit her backhand and push her off the baseline in shorter points.

Surface splits

Career surface splits.

Hard
54.2% 147–124
Clay
59.4% 117–80
Grass
46.9% 15–17

Serve & return fingerprint

2 matches of statistics in the last 7 days. Aces/match: 1 · DFs/match:

1st serve %1st-serve W%2nd-serve W%Return 1st W%BP saved
1st serve in
58.0%
1st-serve points won
65.0%
2nd-serve points won
41.0%
Return on 1st
35.5%
Return on 2nd
42.0%

Big-match temperament

1–0
Deciders (this week)
1
Comeback wins

Notable rivalries

Coco Gauff
Head-to-head 3-4, Gauff leads. Paolini's 2025 Rome final win over Gauff for her second WTA 1000 title was pivotal; Gauff won their 2025 WTA Finals matchup.
Elena Rybakina
Head-to-head tied 3-3. Paolini's 2024 Roland Garros QF upset propelled her to first major SF.
Aryna Sabalenka
Paolini trails 2-6 but won twice on clay, including key matches highlighting her counterpunching vs. power.
Barbora Krejcikova
Krejcikova leads; their 2024 Wimbledon final was Paolini's first major final appearance.

Rivalry network

Most-played opponents inside our 7-day rolling window.

H. Baptiste0–1L. Siegemund1–0
Career

Career snapshot

8
Career titles
#4
Career high
2012
First season
SeasonYear-end rankW–LTitles
201716816–191
201819221–300
20199637–251
2020967–160
20215334–232
20226230–251
20233043–301
2024442–211
2025846–211
202681–10

Team and equipment

Head coach
Danilo Pizzorno
Co-coach
Sara Errani
Height
163 cm
Plays
Right-handed
Backhand
Two-handed
Coach
Marc Lopez / Renzo Furlan
Racquet
Head Radical Pro
Apparel
Nike

Career highlights

  • 2024 Dubai WTA 1000 singles champion
  • 2024 Roland Garros singles runner-up
  • 2024 Wimbledon singles runner-up
  • 2024 Paris Olympics doubles gold (w/Errani)
  • 2025 Rome WTA 1000 singles champion
  • 2025 Roland Garros doubles champion (w/Errani)
  • 2024 WTA year-end No. 4
  • 2025 Rome doubles champion (w/Errani)
Watch & follow

Where to follow

Live scores when Paolini is on court appear on our tennis today and live streaming pages. The full WTA top-100 sits at our live WTA rankings. Compare Paolini on the player statistical deep dive.

Head-to-head vs Aryna Sabalenka →

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