Paolini and a cruel fact after losing his first two Grand Slam finals
Reaching the final at Roland Garros and then repeating the feat a month later at Wimbledon should always be good news for the protagonist, unless you end up losing both finals. This is what Jasmine Paolini has experienced in 2024, bringing back a statistic that we hadn't seen since 2002. Do you know how many women in history have lost these two finals in the same calendar year? Not many, but what they do have in common is the greatness of their names. Even a legend like Chris Evert had to go through that experience on a couple of occasions.
📈 They lost the final of Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same season.
— Fernando Murciego (@fermurciego) July 13, 2024
1972 🇦🇺 Evonne Goolagong
1973 🇺🇸 Chris Evert
1974 🇷🇺 Olga Morozova
1984 🇺🇸 Chris Evert
1995 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez
1996 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez
2002 🇺🇸 Venus Williams
2024 🇮🇹 Jasmine Paolini pic.twitter.com/cipVILlWcl
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