FACTBOX-Tennis-Wimbledon women's singles champion Elena Rybakina

* Won two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in 2017, as well as one singles and one doubles title in 2018. * Defeated Patricia Maria Tig to claim her maiden WTA title at Bucharest in 2019. * Defeated Ons Jabeur in her first Wimbledon final to claim maiden Grand Slam title.

FACTBOX-Tennis-Wimbledon women's singles champion Elena Rybakina
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Factbox on Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, who beat Tunisia's Ons Jabeur 3-6 6-2 6-2 in the Wimbledon final to win her first Grand Slam title on Saturday: Age: 23

Nation: Kazakhstan WTA ranking: 23

Seeding: 17 Grand Slam titles: 1 (Wimbledon 2022)

EARLY LIFE * Began playing tennis aged six.

* Born in Moscow but switched allegiance to Kazakhstan in 2018. CAREER TO DATE

* Began her professional career on the ITF Circuit in 2014. * Won two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in 2017, as well as one singles and one doubles title in 2018.

* Defeated Patricia Maria Tig to claim her maiden WTA title at Bucharest in 2019. Broke into the top 50. * Reached the finals at four of her first five events in 2020 before the WTA Tour shut down for more than five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Won second WTA title at Hobart. Became the first player from Kazakhstan to break into the WTA's top 20.

* Reached the quarter-finals at French Open in 2021 and finished the year ranked 14th. * Defeated Ons Jabeur in her first Wimbledon final to claim maiden Grand Slam title. (Compiled by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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