Unseeded Marketa Vondrousova defeated favored Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4 to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon in London on Saturday.
It is the first Grand Slam win for Vondrousova, 24, in her second major final. She became the first unseeded Wimbledon finalist in the Open Era when she beat Elina Svitolina in the semifinals on Thursday.
Vondrousova sealed the win over Jabeur, the No. 6 seed, with a drop shot that the 28-year-old Tunisian couldn’t reach. The match took 80 minutes.
Ranked No. 42 in the world, Vondrousova was the second-lowest ranked champion at the All England Club since the introduction of the WTA rankings. Only Serena Williams, who was returning from giving birth to her first child in 2018, was ranked lower at No. 181.
Prior to this year, Vondrousova, from the Czech Republic, had a losing record at Wimbledon. She beat four seeded players en route to the semifinals: No. 12 Veronika Kudermetova, No. 20 Donna Vekic, No. 32 Marie Bouzkova and No. 4 Jessica Pegula.
–Field Level Media
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