Jelena from Latvia ranked 47th had never won a Tour-level title and with the win has become Latvia's first Grand Slam champion at the French Open.
Jelena was 3-0 down in the second to Halep who would have become world number one but she defeated the 25 year-old Romanian by 4-6 6-4 6-3.
She is the first unseeded woman to achieve this feat at Roland Garros since 1933.
.Halep, in the absence of Serena Williams had been tipped to win, in her second French Open final appearance.
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