Maria Tatjana vs Ostapenko Jelena preview
Tatjana Maria faces Jelena Ostapenko in the first round of the 2026 US Open on September 1, 2026, at 16:40 UTC. This match takes place on the outdoor hard courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
Tatjana Maria enters this contest following a second-round exit at the Cincinnati tournament, where she lost to Diana Shnaider after defeating Dayana Yastremska. Earlier this season, the German player secured a WTA 125k title in Newport and reached the final of the Eastbourne International. However, she has struggled on this surface, losing 12 of her 17 matches on hard courts throughout the year.
Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 Roland Garros champion, arrives in New York looking to regain form after losing her last three matches. Her recent results include a retirement against Shuai Zhang at the Canadian Open due to illness and a defeat to Magdalena Frech in Cincinnati. While Ostapenko’s best hard-court performance this season was a semi-final appearance in Doha, Maria currently leads their head-to-head record 2-0, with both previous victories occurring on grass courts.