Elsa Jacquemot

Elsa Jacquemot (born 3 May 2003) is a French tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 53 in singles, achieved on 2 February 2026, and 149 in doubles, set on 16 February 2026.

Career 2020: WTA Tour, major debuts, Roland Garros junior title Jacquemot made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2020 Lyon Open in the doubles draw, partnering Estelle Cascino.

She was awarded a wildcard into the women's main draw of the 2020 French Open, but lost to qualifier Renata Zarazúa in the first round. She participated also in the ladies' doubles main draw as a wildcard, partnering Elixane Lechemia. Seeded third, she then entered and became champion of the girls' singles competition at the 2020 French Open.

2021–2023: French Open first win, US Open debut Jacquemot was awarded a wildcard into the main draw at the 2021 French Open but lost in the first round to 21st seed Elena Rybakina in the first round.

She was awarded a third wildcard into the 2022 French Open and defeated Heather Watson for her first major match win, before losing in the second round to 21st seed Angelique Kerber.

Jacquemot reached the main draw at the 2023 US Open as a qualifier, making her debut at this major, but lost her opening match against Lesia Tsurenko in three sets.

She made her first WTA 125 final at the 2023 Open de Limoges, losing to fifth seed Cristina Bucșa in the final, having defeated Berfu Cengiz, third seed Arantxa Rus, wildcard Anastasija Sevastova and seventh seed Erika Andreeva on her way to the championship match.

2024–2025: French Open 3rd round, WTA 500 SF, French No. 2 Jacquemot received a wildcard for the 2024 French Open and also returned to the top 150 on 20 May 2024. She lost in the first round to Ana Bogdan.

She made her Wimbledon debut as a lucky loser in July 2024, although again suffered a defeat in the first round, this time to Sloane Stephens.

Jacquemot reached the semifinals at the 2024 Open de Limoges with wins over Anastasia Tikhonova, eighth seed Anastasia Zakharova and lucky loser Manon Léonard. She lost in the last four to Céline Naef. At the same tournament, she won her first WTA 125 doubles title, partnering Margaux Rouvroy, to defeat Erika Andreeva and Séléna Janicijevic in the final.

Once more entering as a wildcard at the 2025 French Open, Jacquemot defeated Maria Sakkari and Alycia Parks to reach the third round, where she lost to fellow wildcard and eventual semifinalist Loïs Boisson. At the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, she recorded her first grass-court major win, defeating 27th seed Magda Linette, before losing to Belinda Bencic in the second round.

Back on clay courts later in July 2025, Jacquemot was runner-up at the WTA 125 event in Contrexéville, losing to Francesca Jones in the final. As a result she made her top 100 debut in the WTA singles rankings on 14 July 2025, the 17th player to accomplish the feat in the season.

In August 2025, she qualified for the main draw at Tennis in Cleveland, going on to reach the quarterfinals with wins over Zhu Lin and Solana Sierra. Jacquemot lost in the last eight to Ann Li. before losing to 31st seed Leylah Fernandez in the second round. Following reaching her first WTA 500 semifinal at the 2025 Guadalajara Open Akron, defeating two seeds in a row en route, top seed Elise Mertens and sixth seed Tatjana Maria, Jacquemot moved to a new career-high singles ranking of world No. 62 on 15 September 2025 and became the French No. 2 player.

Seeded second, Jacquemot made it through to the final at the WTA 125 Open de Limoges in December, but lost to Anhelina Kalinina in three sets. Teaming up with Jessika Ponchet, she also reached the doubles final at the same tournament, losing to top seeds Cristina Bucșa and Zhang Shuai.

2026: Australian Open history, BJK Cup debut At the Australian Open, Jacquemot defeated 20th seed Marta Kostyuk in the first triple tiebreak women's singles match at the tournament in the Open Era. She lost to Yulia Putintseva in the second round.

In April, Jacquemot made her debut for the France Billie Jean King Cup team in their play-off match against Norway, defeating Malene Helgø in straight sets.

At the French Open, she defeated qualifier Linda Fruhvirtová, before losing to world No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka, in the second round. The following month, Jacquemot was eliminated in the first round at Wimbledon by 14th seed Naomi Osaka.

Performance timeline

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

Singles Current through the 2026 Italian Open.

Doubles

WTA 125 finals Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i) Cristina Bucșa 6–2, 1–6, 2–6Loss 0–2 Contrexéville Open, France Clay Francesca Jones 4–6, 6–7(2–7)Loss 0–3 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i) Anhelina Kalinina 3–6, 6–4, 5–7

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i) Margaux Rouvroy Erika Andreeva Séléna Janicijevic 6–4, 6–3Loss 1–1 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i) Jessika Ponchet Cristina Bucșa Zhang Shuai 3–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–0)W75 tournaments (1–1)W25 tournaments (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–3)

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendW15 tournaments (0–1)Finals by surfaceClay (0–1) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Mar 2021ITF Amiens, FranceW15+H Clay (i) Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva Seone Mendez María Portillo Ramírez 4–6, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Girls' singles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 2020 French Open Clay Alina Charaeva 4–6, 6–4, 6–2