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Ons Jabeur reveals the turning point of her career happened in 2019 when she got fed up with losing to the top players and determinedly said enough was enough.
Since then, a lot has changed in Jabeur’s game and career as the Tunisian is now widely recognized as one of the best players in the game. Over the last few years, Jabeur’s success has been a historic one, considering that she now owns some of the biggest records in Tunisian and Arab tennis history.
After winning her first WTA title on the grass courts of Birmingham in 2021 June, Jabeur also broke into the top-10 for the first time in her career later that year. Since then, Jabeur has won four more WTA titles – including a WTA 1000 title in 2022 Madrid – has made three Grand Slam finals – and has been ranked as high as No. 2 in the world.
“For me, there was a certain turning point in 2019, I was playing good, I had a good ranking around 50 or 30 and I looked at my coach and I was like, ‘I’m sick of losing against top 10 players even though I know that I can be a top 10 player. I’ve beaten them so many times, and I believe my level is there,’” Jabeur told host Reem Abulleil on the Abtal podcast.
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