Jelena Ostapenko wins the 2025 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

Jelena Ostapenko is the new tennis queen of Stuttgart. The 27-year-old Latvian won Easter Monday’s final of the 48th Porsche Tennis Grand Prix against Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-1 to secure her first tournament win in the Porsche Arena. For Ostapenko, it is her ninth career title and only the second on clay after her triumph at the 2017 French Open.

She converted her first match point – with an unreturnable forehand winner – in front of the 4,200 thrilled spectators after only 85 minutes. Playing in Stuttgart for the seventh time, Ostapenko, who had previously never progressed past the quarterfinals, was visibly very moved. “I love playing here,” she said during the winner’s speech. “It really was a perfect week for me.” 
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The new world No. 18 dominated the match right from the start. Her hard-hitting and powerful baseline game put the top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka permanently under pressure. The 26-year-old world No. 1, who has reached four of the past five finals, never got going and had to be content with the runner’s up spot – like in 2021, 2022 and 2023. “I didn’t play my best tennis on the important points and in the end Jelena was simply brutally good,” said the three-time Grand Slam champion. “I’ve lost a lot of close finals. Learn the lesson, move on – that’s my plan. I’ll try to do better next year.”

For Jelena Ostapenko, the triumph in Stuttgart was the crowning finale to an exceptional tennis week. En route to the final, she beat amongst others the US Open semifinalist Emma Navarro as well as Iga Swiatek, Porsche Friend in Poland and 2022 and 2023 Stuttgart winner. “I felt very confident from the very first day. I had this strange, but also good feeling, that something special could happen here,” said Ostapenko. “I reckon, I’ve earned it.” At the trophy ceremony, she was given the trophy and key for the Porsche Macan Turbo from Albrecht Reimold Member of the Executive Board Production and Logistics at Porsche AG.

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Tournament Director Markus Günthardt was highly positive when reviewing the event. “33,000 spectators and tennis of the highest class – we are very satisfied,” he said and pointed to the excellent attendance in the Porsche Arena as well as the interest in the tournament’s overall sporting and emotion experience. Especially pleasing for him was just how good the concept has been received by the crowd and players alike. “It was a fantastic tournament week, and we have the feeling that we were able to provide added value, both tennis-wise and atmosphere-wise.

Anke Huber, the Operating Tournament Director, was also highly pleased with the standard of play saying, “Perhaps it was even the best tennis we’ve ever seen here.”

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