Jeline Vandromme

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Jeline Vandromme
Country (sports)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Residence Sint-Kruis, Bruges, Belgium
Born (2007-11-16) 16 November 2007 (age 17)
Prize moneyUS $17,877
Singles
Career record45–18
Highest rankingNo. 495 (25 August 2025)
Current rankingNo. 495 (25 August 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  JuniorQF (2025)
French Open  JuniorQF (2024)
Wimbledon  JuniorQF (2024)
US Open  JuniorW (2025)
Doubles
Career record10–10
Highest rankingNo. 1109 (25 August 2025)
Current rankingNo. 1109 (25 August 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  Junior2R (2025)
French Open  Junior1R (2024, 2025)
Wimbledon  JuniorQF (2025)
US Open  JuniorF (2025)
Last updated on: 25 August 2025.

Jeline Vandromme (born 16 November 2007) is a Belgian tennis player. She has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 4, achieved on 21 April 2025. She won the girls' singles title at the 2025 US Open.

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Early life

Vandromme is from Nieuwpoort, West Flanders, and lives in Sint-Kruis, Bruges. [1] She has a brother and a sister. [2] She studies Latin at the Sint-Andreaslyceum Sint-Kruis. [3] [4]

Originally from a tennis-playing family, she began playing the sport at the age of five. [2] She began training at TC Middelkerke, before moving to TC Brughia in Bruges. In 2023, she briefly trained at TC Tennis Vlaanderen in Wilrijk, but returned to Bruges after five months. Her half-sister, Justine Pysson, also played tennis professionally. [1] Her favorite tennis player is Aryna Sabalenka. [5]

Junior career

In August 2022, Vandromme made her ITF Juniors debut at the J30 Luxilon Summer Cup Tenkie Park in Hasselt, which she won as a qualifier. [6] She won three further J30 titles in 2022: the SBW-NET Junior Open in Kreuzlingen, the ITF Juniors Open in Esch-sur-Alzette, and the Herodotou Tennis Academy event in Larnaca. [7]

In January 2023, she won her first J60 title at the RTC ITF Junior event in Arlon. [8] Later that year, she reached the final of the J100 Head Cup in Bruchköbel, the semifinals of the J200 Dutch Junior Open in Castricum, and the quarterfinals of the Orange Bowl. [9] [10] In September 2023, she won the U16 Tennis European Junior Championships, and in November, she won the U16 Tennis Europe Junior Masters. [11] She was the first Belgian player to win the Junior Masters since Kim Clijsters in 1997. [12]

In early 2024, she won two J300 titles: the Copa Barranquilla and the Astrid Bowl in Charleroi-Marcinelle. [13] [14] [15] She also reached the final of the Memorial Eduardo Ferrero Trophy in Villena. [16] Following her victory in Charleroi, she made her Junior Grand Slam debut at the French Open in both singles and doubles. [17] In singles, she reached the quarterfinals before losing to fourth seed Tyra Caterina Grant. [18] [19]

In January 2025, she won the J300 Traralgon Tennis International and reached the girls' singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open. [20] [21] [22] Later that year, she won the girls' singles title at the US Open. [23]

Professional career

In August 2022, Vandromme qualified for her first ITF World Tennis Tour tournament at the W15 event in Fleurus, but lost in the first round to top seed Anastasia Sukhotina. [24] The following year, she reached the semifinals of the same tournament as a wildcard, upsetting third seed Chihiro Muramatsu and eighth seed Lian Tran in the process. [25]

In February 2025, she won her first professional title at the W15 event in Manacor, defeating Britt du Pree  [ de ] in the final. [26]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Legend
W35 tournaments (1–0)
W15 tournaments (3–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Feb 2025ITF Manacor, SpainW15Hard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Britt du Pree  [ de ]6–2, 6–3
Win2–0Jul 2025ITF Roehampton, United KingdomW35Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shi Han 7–6(4), 5–7, 7–5
Win3–0Aug 2025ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Latvia.svg Beatrise Zeltiņa  [ lv ]6–3, 6–1
Win4–0Aug 2025ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Alena Kovačková 6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
W15 tournaments (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 2025ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Iva Ivanova  [ de ] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Alena Kovačková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Kovačková
5–7, 2–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 2025 US Open Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Lea Nilsson  [ sv ]7–6(7–2), 6–2

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 2025 US Open Hard Flag of Lithuania.svg Laima Vladson Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Alena Kovačková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Kovačková
2–6, 2–6

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