<p>Czech Marketa Vondrousova stunned Tunisia's Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-4 on Saturday to become the first unseeded player in the professional era to win the Wimbledon women's singles title.</p>.<p>The 24-year-old left-hander, who a year ago needed wrist surgery, proved too steady the error-strewn Jabeur who ended up as runner-up for the second successive year.</p>.<p>Jabeur was bidding to become the first Arab player to win a Grand Slam title and the first African woman to lift one of the four major trophies. But she was well below her best.</p>.<p>"This is the most painful loss of my career," the crowd favourite said as she fought back tears.</p>.<p>With the Centre Court roof shut because of the threat of rain showers, crowd-favourite Jabeur initially looked comfortable as she won the opening two games of the final.</p>.<p>But world number 42 Vondrousova, playing a canny game full of slow slices and clever angles, settled down and began to draw errors from her opponent.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/tennis/novak-djokovic-eases-past-sinner-to-reach-wimbledon-final-1237049.html" target="_blank">Novak Djokovic eases past Sinner to reach Wimbledon final</a></strong></p>.<p>Jabeur responded again to lead 4-2 but then seemed consumed by nerves as mistakes flowed from her racket and she dropped five successive games to lose the opening set</p>.<p>Vondrousova, sporting tattoos on her arms, led 1-0 and 40-0 in the second set and appeared to be marching to victory but Jabeur suddenly loosened her shoulders and found her range.</p>.<p>It looked as though Jabeur was getting on top as she won three games in a row, but Vondrousova never panicked.</p>.<p>Showing great court craft and subtle changes of pace she got back to 3-3 and as Jabeur's errors returned she broke serve at 4-4 to stand one game away from the title.</p>.<p>Reaching 40-0, she squandered her first match point with a double fault but put away a volley to claim the title at the second time of asking, appearing in disbelief.</p>.<p>Vondrousova, the first player to reach two Grand Slam finals as a non seed having contested the 2019 French Open decider, became the fourth Czech-born player to win the title in the professional era after Martina Navratilova, Jana Novotna and Petra Kvitova.</p>
<p>Czech Marketa Vondrousova stunned Tunisia's Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-4 on Saturday to become the first unseeded player in the professional era to win the Wimbledon women's singles title.</p>.<p>The 24-year-old left-hander, who a year ago needed wrist surgery, proved too steady the error-strewn Jabeur who ended up as runner-up for the second successive year.</p>.<p>Jabeur was bidding to become the first Arab player to win a Grand Slam title and the first African woman to lift one of the four major trophies. But she was well below her best.</p>.<p>"This is the most painful loss of my career," the crowd favourite said as she fought back tears.</p>.<p>With the Centre Court roof shut because of the threat of rain showers, crowd-favourite Jabeur initially looked comfortable as she won the opening two games of the final.</p>.<p>But world number 42 Vondrousova, playing a canny game full of slow slices and clever angles, settled down and began to draw errors from her opponent.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/tennis/novak-djokovic-eases-past-sinner-to-reach-wimbledon-final-1237049.html" target="_blank">Novak Djokovic eases past Sinner to reach Wimbledon final</a></strong></p>.<p>Jabeur responded again to lead 4-2 but then seemed consumed by nerves as mistakes flowed from her racket and she dropped five successive games to lose the opening set</p>.<p>Vondrousova, sporting tattoos on her arms, led 1-0 and 40-0 in the second set and appeared to be marching to victory but Jabeur suddenly loosened her shoulders and found her range.</p>.<p>It looked as though Jabeur was getting on top as she won three games in a row, but Vondrousova never panicked.</p>.<p>Showing great court craft and subtle changes of pace she got back to 3-3 and as Jabeur's errors returned she broke serve at 4-4 to stand one game away from the title.</p>.<p>Reaching 40-0, she squandered her first match point with a double fault but put away a volley to claim the title at the second time of asking, appearing in disbelief.</p>.<p>Vondrousova, the first player to reach two Grand Slam finals as a non seed having contested the 2019 French Open decider, became the fourth Czech-born player to win the title in the professional era after Martina Navratilova, Jana Novotna and Petra Kvitova.</p>