Marketa Vondrousova, ranked 42nd in the world, wins Wimbledon

Marketa Vondrousova, the 42nd-rank tennis player in the world, has become the lowest-ranked and first unseeded woman to win Wimbledon.

Match Highlights: Vondrousova defeated 2022 runner-up Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4 in Saturday’s match.
* She trailed in each set but managed to win the last four games of the first set and the last three games of the second.
* The match was played under closed retractable roof due to wind speed topping 20 mph outside.

About the Winner: Vondrousova is a 24-year-old left-hander from the Czech Republic.
* This is her first Grand Slam title, after a loss in the 2019 French Open final as a teenager.
* Despite her low seeding, she went 7-0 this tournament.
* Vondrousova was unable to compete at Wimbledon a year ago due to a surgically repaired wrist injury that led her to finish 2022 ranked just 99th.

About the Runner-up: Jabeur, a 28-year-old from Tunisia, is the only Arab woman and only North African woman to have reached a major final.
* This was her third defeat in major finals, having also lost at last year’s Wimbledon to Elena Rybakina and at the U.S. Open to Iga Swiatek.

Historic Progress: Vondrousova is the first unseeded woman to reach the final at the All England Club in 60 years.
* The last unseeded woman to achieve this was 1963 runner-up Billie Jean King, who was present in the front row during Saturday’s match watching Vondrousova steam ahead to the victory.

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