When a perfect shot becomes iconic: Jasmine Paolini's photo at the US Open awarded by the ITF

A racket, a logo, a gaze: it only took Ray Giubilo a tenth of a second to immortalize Jasmine Paolini and win the 'photograph of the year' award.

Jules Hypolite

le 20/12/2025 à 19h05

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It's a photo that went around the world during the last US Open. Facing Destanee Aiava in the first round in New York, Jasmine Paolini was immortalized by photographer Ray Giubilo.

The Photograph of the Year Award

A shot with impeccable timing, revealing the Italian's eyes and mouth through the Yonex logo placed on the racket's strings.

Having gone viral, the photograph was distinguished by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), which awarded it the 'photograph of the year' prize this week.

Ray Giubilo thus walks away with a prize of $3,000.

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itftennis.com

Aiava D • Q

Paolini J • 7

Paolini Jasmine

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