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Ons Jabeur: Husband, Coach, Net Worth and Career Explained

Three Grand Slam finals, a career high of No. 2 and a game built on slice and touch. Here is the Ons Jabeur husband story, who coaches her, what she has earned on court, and where her career stands after the birth of her son.

Career high
No. 2WTA singles, June 27, 2022
Prize money
$14.3Mofficial WTA career total, November 2, 2026
WTA titles
5singles, from Birmingham 2021 to Ningbo 2023
Age
32
From
Ksar Hellal, Tunisia
Plays
Right-handed
Height
167 cm
Career high
No. 2

At a glance

Who is Ons Jabeur?

Ons Jabeur is a Tunisian player, born on August 28, 1994, who reached No. 2 in the world in 2022 and played three Grand Slam finals. She has been away from the tour since July 2025 and became a mother in April 2026.

Ons Jabeur at a glance

Age
32Born August 28, 1994, Ksar Hellal, Tunisia
WTA ranking
InactiveNot on the WTA singles list of November 2, 2026
Career high
No. 2First reached June 27, 2022
WTA titles
5Singles, as of October 21, 2026
Grand Slams
0Singles titles; finals listed below
Prize money
$14.3M$14,303,928, WTA career list of November 2, 2026
Height
167 cmRight-handed
Country
TunisiaNationality on the WTA tour

Jabeur was born in Ksar Hellal, a town on Tunisia's central coast, and started playing at three when her mother, Samira, took her to the local club. Her WTA profile spells the town "Ksar Hellar", which is how it appears on a lot of tournament draw sheets too. She is 32 years old.

Her place in the record book is about firsts. She was the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal (Australian Open 2020), the first to win a WTA title (Birmingham 2021) and, in 2022, the first African or Arab woman in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam singles final. On June 27, 2022 she rose to No. 2 in the rankings.

Those firsts explain why so many searches about her go beyond the scores. People want to know who she married, who coaches her and what she has earned. The sections below answer each of those with the official figures, and say clearly where a number is an estimate.

Husband and family

Ons Jabeur's husband, Karim Kamoun

Jabeur is married to Karim Kamoun, a former fencer with a master's degree in psychology. They married on October 29, 2015, and he has worked in her team as fitness trainer.

Searches for the Ons Jabeur husband lead to Karim Kamoun, who is half Russian and half Tunisian. Gulf News described him as a former fencing champion with a master's degree in psychology, and reported that the couple married on October 29, 2015, after dating for more than two years. Jabeur explained his role in that interview. Her husband is an athlete, she said, so he can help "whether mentally or in the physical aspects of the game."

That help became formal. Her WTA profile lists Karim Kamoun as her fitness trainer. It is a common setup on the women's tour, and it means that when you see him in the players' box he is working, not only watching.

His background is the reason she has been learning Russian, which her WTA profile mentions next to her Arabic, French and English. On November 10, 2025, the couple announced together that they were expecting their first child, a son. More on that, and on her break from the tour, further down.

Parents, brothers and sister

Her WTA profile names her parents as Samira and Ridha, her brothers as Hatem and Marwen, and her sister as Yasmine. It was her mother, who loved the game, who brought her to tennis. Beyond that, the family has kept out of the spotlight, and this profile does the same.

Ons Jabeur serving on grass at Wimbledon in 2022
Jabeur at Wimbledon on June 27, 2022, the day she first reached No. 2. Photo: Neil Tilbrook, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Coach and team

Ons Jabeur's coach: Issam Jellali

Issam Jellali, a Tunisian coach, has worked with Jabeur since 2020 and is still listed as her coach on the WTA site. Her husband Karim Kamoun is the team's fitness trainer.

Jellali's arrival lines up with the best years of her career. His WTA coach biography dates the partnership to 2020, the season she reached the Australian Open quarterfinals. Within two years she had won Madrid, the biggest title of her career, played two Grand Slam finals and climbed to No. 2.

The team stayed small, with a Tunisian coach and her husband on fitness. That suits her game, which is hard to coach by numbers because so much of it is feel.

One change is worth knowing about. In November 2025 the Turkish broadcaster NTV reported that Jellali would be head coach of Turkish player Zeynep Sonmez for the 2026 season, with Jabeur joining as a mentor while she was on maternity leave. No new coach for Jabeur's own return has been announced. When she comes back, her coach is the first thing to check, and the directory of who coaches the top players will list it once it is confirmed.

Net worth and prize money

Ons Jabeur net worth and career prize money

There is no official net worth figure. Her official career prize money is $14,303,928 on the WTA list of November 2, 2026, 53rd on the all-time list. Endorsement income comes on top, but it is not published.

Career prize money: Jabeur and the WTA's top earners

Official WTA career prize money in US dollars, singles and doubles, as of November 2, 2026

  1. Aryna Sabalenka$53,310,864
  2. Iga Swiatek$48,139,729
  3. Coco Gauff$36,836,617
  4. Madison Keys$25,287,737
  5. Ons Jabeur$14,303,928

Prize money is the only hard number. The WTA publishes every player's career total, singles and doubles combined, and Jabeur's stood at $14,303,928 on November 2, 2026. Her biggest years were 2022 and 2023, when she played three major finals; a Wimbledon runner-up cheque alone is worth more than many players earn in a season.

Then the figure needs a reality check. It is gross. Tax is taken in each country she plays in, and a touring professional pays for her coach, fitness trainer, flights and hotels for most of the year. A player with a small team keeps more of it, but no one keeps all of it.

On the other side of the ledger are sponsors, and those contracts are private. Forbes estimates off-court income each year for the highest-paid players, which is the nearest thing to a public number; the tennis net worth tracker explains how those estimates are built and why the many single "net worth" figures online cannot be checked.

So the honest answer to "what is the Ons Jabeur net worth" is that it comes to more than her $14.3 million in prize money before tax and costs, plus sponsorship income that has not been made public. Anyone quoting a precise figure is estimating.

Break and motherhood

Ons Jabeur's break from tennis and her baby

Jabeur stepped away in July 2025 after retiring from her first-round match at Wimbledon. Her son, Elyan, was born on April 20, 2026. She has said she is not retiring, and no comeback date has been set.

The break came after almost two years of playing through injuries. When she retired from her opening match at Wimbledon in 2025, she said she needed to "put myself first", and she did not play again that season. Her ranking dropped accordingly, and she does not appear on the WTA singles list of November 2, 2026.

The news that followed in November was happier. In an Instagram video she wrote "Baby boy joining the team in April" and added: "The court will have to wait a little longer." The WTA reported the announcement on November 10, 2025, and noted that at the WTA Finals in Riyadh the week before she had told reporters she would come back once she was physically and mentally ready.

Elyan Kamoun was born on April 20, 2026. Jabeur announced it with a photo and the words "A tiny miracle, a lifetime of love", and the WTA carried the news on its site. In the pregnancy post she had also promised "the cutest comeback ever." No date has been set for it. Players returning from maternity leave can use a special ranking to enter tournaments, which takes some of the pressure off the first months back.

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On grass a drop shot dies where it lands. Few players have used that as well as Jabeur.

Grand Slam finals

Three Grand Slam finals, two at Wimbledon

Jabeur reached the Wimbledon final in 2022 and 2023 and the US Open final in 2022, losing to Elena Rybakina, Iga Swiatek and Marketa Vondrousova. Her best results at the other two majors are quarterfinals: Melbourne in 2020 and Roland Garros in 2023.

Jabeur at the four majors

Singles. Lost finals with the winner and score

  • Australian Open

    Quarterfinal

    2020

  • Roland Garros

    Quarterfinal

    2023

  • Wimbledon

    Runner-up

    2022, 2023

    Lost finals: 2023 to Marketa Vondrousova; 2022 to Elena Rybakina

  • US Open

    Runner-up

    2022

    Lost finals: 2022 to Iga Swiatek

The 2022 Wimbledon final was the one that got away. Jabeur won the first set 6-3 against Elena Rybakina, then lost the next two 6-2, 6-2. Two months later at the US Open she met Iga Swiatek, then No. 1, and lost 6-2, 7-6(5); the second set was close, the first was not.

The 2023 Wimbledon final hurt more. Jabeur went in as the higher-ranked player against Marketa Vondrousova and lost 6-4, 6-4, her third major final in just over a year. Paris was the one major where she never got going, and her best run there, in 2023, ended in the quarterfinals against Beatriz Haddad Maia, from a set up. Both of her Wimbledon finals were played on Centre Court, the largest of the grass courts counted in our guide to how many courts there are at Wimbledon. It is a curious footnote that Rybakina, who beat her in 2022, sat at No. 1 on the WTA list of November 2, 2026.

Career timeline

Jabeur's career, year by year

A junior Grand Slam title in 2011, a first WTA title in 2021, five titles in total and a career high of No. 2 in June 2022.

  1. 2011

    Roland Garros girls' champion

    The first North African woman to win a junior Grand Slam title, a year after losing the same final.

  2. 2015

    Marries Karim Kamoun

    The wedding was on October 29, 2015.

  3. 2020

    Australian Open quarterfinal

    The first Arab woman to reach a major quarterfinal; Issam Jellali becomes her coach.

  4. 2021

    First WTA title

    Birmingham on grass, the first tour title won by an Arab woman.

  5. 2022

    No. 2 and two major finals

    Titles in Madrid and Berlin, No. 2 on June 27, and finals at Wimbledon and the US Open.

  6. 2023

    Third major final

    Charleston and Ningbo titles; Wimbledon runner-up again.

  7. 2025

    Steps away

    Leaves the tour after Wimbledon in July; announces her pregnancy on November 10.

  8. 2026

    Motherhood

    Son Elyan born on April 20; no comeback date has been set.

Playing style

How Ons Jabeur plays: slice, drop shots and touch

Jabeur plays an all-court game built on variety. Her WTA profile lists the forehand and volleys as her favorite shots, and she likes slice and drop shots.

Most of the women's tour hits flat and hard from the baseline. Jabeur plays a different sport some days. She changes height, spin and pace from one shot to the next, uses the backhand slice to drag opponents forward and finishes points with drop shots that land a foot over the net. It is the reason her results on grass are her best, because low bounces reward touch.

The risk is the other side of the same coin. A game with that many options takes longer to click, and on her bad days the drop shot becomes a gift. She has won five titles on three surfaces, though, from the grass of Birmingham and Berlin to the clay of Madrid and Charleston, so the style travels.

Her career record stands at 460-261 on her WTA stats page. If you want to see how her peers compare, the profiles of Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka show the opposite approach, with first-strike power and relentless depth. The full tennis calendar lists the events where she has done best, from Charleston in April to the grass weeks in June.

FAQ

Ons Jabeur: questions and answers

Short answers to what people search most about her, from her marriage and coach to her earnings and her return plans.

Who is Ons Jabeur's husband?

Her husband is Karim Kamoun, a former fencer of Russian and Tunisian heritage with a master's degree in psychology. Gulf News reported that they married on October 29, 2015, after dating for more than two years. He is also listed as her fitness trainer on her WTA profile.

Does Ons Jabeur have a baby?

Yes. Her son, Elyan Kamoun, was born on April 20, 2026; she announced the birth with her husband Karim Kamoun and called him "a tiny miracle". The couple had shared the pregnancy on November 10, 2025.

Who is Ons Jabeur's coach?

Issam Jellali has coached her since 2020 and is listed as her coach on her WTA profile, with her husband Karim Kamoun as fitness trainer. For the 2026 season Jellali also took on Turkish player Zeynep Sonmez, with Jabeur joining that project as a mentor.

What is Ons Jabeur's net worth?

There is no official net worth figure for any tennis player. The hard number is her career prize money, $14,303,928 on the WTA list of November 2, 2026, 53rd on the all-time list. Sponsorship income adds to that, but it is not published, so any single Ons Jabeur net worth figure online is an estimate.

How much prize money has she won?

$14,303,928 in singles and doubles over her career, according to the WTA's career prize money list of November 2, 2026. That is before tax, coaching and travel costs.

Has Ons Jabeur won a Grand Slam?

Not yet. She reached three Grand Slam finals: Wimbledon 2022 (lost to Elena Rybakina), the 2022 US Open (lost to Iga Swiatek) and Wimbledon 2023 (lost to Marketa Vondrousova). She won the Roland Garros girls' title in 2011.

What was her highest ranking?

No. 2 in the world, first reached on June 27, 2022, the summer of her first two Grand Slam finals.

Why is she not on the WTA rankings?

She has not played since July 2025, so her ranking points have dropped off. She is listed as inactive and does not appear on the WTA singles list of November 2, 2026.

Is Ons Jabeur retiring?

No. When she announced her pregnancy she said she was not retiring and would return once she was physically and mentally ready. No comeback date has been announced.

Where is she from?

She was born on August 28, 1994, in Ksar Hellal in Tunisia and is 32 years old. She speaks Arabic, French and English and has been learning Russian.

How many titles has she won?

5 WTA singles titles: Birmingham 2021, Madrid and Berlin in 2022, and Charleston and Ningbo in 2023. Madrid was a WTA 1000 event, the biggest of the five.

What is she known for?

Variety. Her WTA profile lists the forehand and volleys as her favorite shots and says she likes slice and drop shots, a mix that took her to two Wimbledon finals.

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