Jelena Ostapenko suffered a surprise defeat to a qualifier in her opening Dubai match, two days after falling just short of winning Doha. On Saturday, the Latvian lost her third WTA 1000 final after Amanda Anisimova claimed a 6-4 6-3 win in the Qatar Open final.

The American is set to make her Top 20 debut after winning the biggest title of her career at the Qatar Total Energies Open.

Ostapenko is now 5-0 against Swiatek all-time after a 6-3, 6-1 triumph, and will play in her third WTA 1000 final.

Jelena Ostapenko and Amanda Anisimova will face off in the final of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open. Here's what you need to know about Saturday's unseeded showdown.

Latvijas tenisiste Jeļena Ostapenko (WTA 37.) piektdien Dohas "WTA 1000" sērijas ... LIGHTS OUT PERFORMANCE 🎬👏@JelenaOstapenk8 will fight for the title in Doha after defeating defending champion and No. 2 seed Swiatek 6-3, 6-1.

Latvijas tenisiste Jeļena Ostapenko (WTA 37.) ceturtdien Dohas "WTA 1000" sērijas turnīra vienspēļu ceturtdaļfinālā ar rezultātu 6-2, 6-2 pārspēja Tunisijas tenisisti Onsu Žabēru (WTA 35.), iekļūstot

This latest win for Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion, was all the more extraordinary given that Swiatek was going for a fourth straight title in Doha. She hadn’t lost there since 2020.

Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko brushed aside three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek 6-3, 6-1 in the semifinals of the Qatar Open 2025 on Friday, February 14.

DOHA, Qatar — Jelena Ostapenko ended Iga Swiatek’s three-year reign of the Qatar Open in the semifinals on Friday. No. 37-ranked Ostapenko won 6-3, 6-1 and improved her record against No. 2 Swiatek to 5-0. The Latvian is the only active player to have faced Swiatek at least twice and kept a winning record.

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships first round saw McCartney Kessler defeat Doha champion Amanda Anisimova, while Moyuka Uchijima took out Doha runner-up Jelena Ostapenko.

Former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko said the partisan fans at the Qatar Open were disrespectful for jeering her throughout her quarter-final match, as she eased to a 6-2 6-2 win over Ons Jabeur.

Amanda Anisimova clinched the first WTA 1000 title of her career with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Jelena Ostapenko in a rain ... the first American to claim the Doha title since Monica Seles in ...