Jasmine Paolini: The Italian Tennis Wonder

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Jasmine Paolini was born on January 4 1996, in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana which is a town in the province of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy. She is now an Italian professional tennis player.

Until now, she has 1 WTA singles that she earned at 2021 Slovenian Open and 1 WTA doubles title to her credit. She has also won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as eight singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. She reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 44 in singles and world No. 122 in doubles. 

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Age

26

Height 1.60 mts
Nationality Italian
Turned professional 2015
Career titles 1
Highest ranking (Singles) No. 44
Current ranking (Singles) No. 46
Social media profile Instagram @jasmine_paolini

Twitter @Jasmine Paolini

Personal Information and Relationships

  • Jasmine Paolini was born on January 4 1996, in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana in Italy to Ugo Paolini and Jacqueline Gardiner.
  • Her father is Italian and her mother is of Polish and Ghanaian descent.
  • She has a brother whose name is William Paolini
  • She began playing tennis at the young age of 5 years old and was encouraged by her uncle who also played tennis.
  • She is currently coached by Renzo Furlan

Career

  • Jasmine made her professional debut in 2015 at the Italian Open in doubles along with Nastassja Burnett.
  • In 2018, at the Prague Open, she won her first match when she beat Daria Kasatkina, and she followed this up by beating Anna Karolína Schmiedlová the following day.
  • In 2021, at the US Open,Paolini defeated Yaroslava Shvedova in the first round but then was defeated by Victoria Azarenka in the next round.
  • She won her first titles in doubles at the Hamburg European Open in July 2021.
  • She won her first titles in singles at the Slovenia Open in September 2021.
  • In the same year,she reached the third round of a WTA 1000 tournament at the Indian Wells Open where she defeated Elise Mertens in the second round.

Singles Titles Earned on the ITF Circuit

Year Titles won Tournament Type Category Surface used
2013 1 $10,000 Locri ITF ITF Womens Circuit Clay
2014 1 $10,000 Viserba ITF ITF Womens Circuit Clay
2016 2 $25,000+H Valencia

$10,000 Santa Margherita Di Pula

ITF ITF Womens Circuit Clay

Clay

2017 2 $25,000 Woking

$100,000 Marseille

ITF ITF Womens Circuit Hard

Clay

2019 2 W60 Bresia

W25 Curitiba

ITF W60

W25

Clay
2021 2 Zavarovalnica sava

Croatia Bol Open 125K Series

TE

W125

International

WTA$125,000Series

Hard

Clay

Prize Money Earnings

So far, Jasmine has earned a total of around 1,450,318 US$ from her participation in different championships. In fact, for the year 2022, so far she has earned US$ 207,862. 

Endorsements and Sponsors

  • Paolini has a clothing and shoe sponsorship contract with Asics and they provide all her clothing and footwear on the court.
  • Paolini has a tennis racquet contract with Yonex and she uses the Yonex Vcore 98 racquet.
  • She is also associated with the DS3 Crossback which is a subcompact luxury crossover SUV produced by Stellantis.

Net Worth

Jasmine’s total net worth as of today is estimated to be around 5 million US$. While there is absolutely no confirmation on this figure, it is likely to be true due to the large amounts of cash she collects as prize money and also from her various endorsements.

Trivia

  • She currently resides in Bagni di Lucca and trains in Forte dei marmi in Italy
  • Her tennis idol is Roger Federer
  • Her favorite shot is her forehand
  • Her favorite surface to play on is clay
  • Paolini’s favorite cuisine is Italian as that is what she eats most often.
  • Her favourite dish is a classic Margherita pizza.
  • She absolutely loves pop music, especially Lady Gaga.
  • Her favorite pastime is lurking on the social media app Instagram.
  • She has amassed a large number of followers on Instagram, almost 15.5k and she regularly shares posts there.
  • She does not seem to have any romantic connections at the moment and chooses to focus on her budding career.
  • Her hobbies include Swimming and playing hockey.