Jessica Pegula

Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player.

Jessica Pegula
Pegula at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) United States
Born (1994-02-24) February 24, 1994
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachDavid Witt
Prize moneyUS$1,364,219
Singles
Career record247–184 (57.3%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 55 (August 5, 2019)
Current rankingNo. 62 (November 23, 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2020, 2021)
French Open1R (2019, 2020)
Wimbledon1R (2019)
US Open3R (2020)
Doubles
Career record131–92 (58.7%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 85 (October 12, 2020)
Current rankingNo. 87 (November 23, 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2020)
French OpenQF (2020)
US Open3R (2011)
Last updated on: November 25, 2020.

Career

On August 30, 2011, Pegula was granted a wildcard exemption into the main draw of the US Open doubles tournament where she was paired with Taylor Townsend. They eventually lost in the third round to the third-seeded team of Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova.

In March 2012, Pegula was given a wildcard to the qualifying draw in Indian Wells, and surprised higher ranked players Bojana Jovanovski and Paula Ormaechea to qualify for the main draw where she lost to Magdaléna Rybáriková in three sets.

Pegula made her Grand Slam singles debut at the 2015 US Open as a qualifier. She defeated Shuko Aoyama, Margarita Gasparyan and Melanie Oudin to reach the main draw where she beat Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round. In the second, Pegula was defeated by Dominika Cibulkova, in three sets.

In 2018, Pegula reached her first WTA singles final at the Tournoi de Québec as a qualifier. She beat Kristýna Plíšková, Ons Jabeur, second seed Petra Martić and fifth seed Sofia Kenin en route to the final,[1] where she lost to eighth seed Pauline Parmentier in straight sets. This brought her ranking back inside the top 200 and helped her finish the year inside the top 125.

2019: First WTA title

Pegula began the year primarily playing on the ITF Circuit, before cracking inside the top 100 in February for the first time in her career. This allowed her to enter several larger WTA Tour events, including in Indian Wells and Miami. Her best result during the early clay court season came in Charleston, where she upset world No. 12, Anastasija Sevastova,[2] en-route to the third round. This helped her break inside the top 75 for the first time. She also competed in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament other than the US Open for the first time. She was defeated in the first round of the French Open by eventual champion Ashleigh Barty before falling in the same stage at Wimbledon to Mihaela Buzărnescu.

Pegula achieved the best result of her career at the start of the North American hardcourt season when she won her first WTA career singles title at the Washington Open, defeating Camila Giorgi in the final.[3] This took her to a new career-high ranking of world no. 55. Despite failing to win another main draw match the rest of the season, Pegula finished the year ranked inside the top 100 for the first time, at No. 76.

2020: ASB Classic finalist

Jessica started her 2020 tennis season in Auckland at the ASB Classic. She defeated CiCi Bellis in the first round. She followed this up with two more straight set victories over Tamara Zidanšek and Alizé Cornet to reach the semifinals. In the semi-finals, she beat Caroline Wozniacki in three sets to advance to her third career WTA singles final. Facing off against compatriot and 23-time Grand Slam singles winner Serena Williams for the first time, Pegula lost in straight sets.[4] She then competed at the Australian Open for the first time, where she was defeated by another American, Taylor Townsend, in straight sets in the first round.

Pegula's next big triumph came at the Western & Southern Open, a Premier 5 tournament. Having already beaten two Russians to qualify for the main draw, she opened her campaign with a straight sets win over American Jennifer Brady followed by a win over another countrywoman, 2019 French Open semifinalist Amanda Anisimova. She then caused a huge upset by defeating fifth seed and world No. 11, Aryna Sabalenka,[5] in the third round, thus advancing to her first quarterfinal at any WTA Premier level event. Her run came to an end with a straight-sets loss to 14th seed Elise Mertens.[6] This took her ranking back inside the top 65.

At the US Open, Pegula recovered from a set down to record her first Grand Slam main-draw win since the 2015 US Open, defeating Marie Bouzková in a third-set tiebreak. She then beat Kirsten Flipkens to advance to the third round of a Grand Slam event for the first time, where she lost to sixth seed and former world No. 2, Petra Kvitová.[7]

Personal life

The oldest daughter of Kim Pegula and the middle daughter of professional sports investor and natural gas tycoon Terry Pegula, Pegula resides in Charleston, South Carolina. In August 2016, it was announced that Pegula and her sister would be opening a quick serve restaurant called Healthy Scratch in LECOM Harborcenter, an ice hockey themed mixed-use development owned by her parents in Buffalo, New York.[8] The Healthy Scratch business was to be expanded to food truck service in 2017.[9] In 2017, Pegula introduced her own skincare line called Ready 24.[10]

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current after the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 A A Q2 A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A A Q2 A Q3 Q1 A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon A A Q1 A Q3 Q2 A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q2 Q2 A A 2R 1R Q1 Q3 1R 3R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–3 0–0 0 / 7 3–8 27%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A 1R Q1 A Q1 Q1 A A 2R NH 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami Open A A A A A A A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A Q2 NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A A A A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Premier 5 tournaments
Canadian Open A A Q1 A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A Q1 A A 1R QF 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[2] A A A A A A A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 2 4 0 4 3 1 1 13 6 2 Career total: 36
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Career total: 3
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–2 2–4 0–0 2–4 5–3 0–1 4–1 9–13 10–6 2–2 1 / 36 34–36 49%
Year-end ranking[3] 288 147 206 775 151 165 632 125 76 $1,364,219

Notes

  • 1 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. The Dubai Championships were classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by the Qatar Open for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, the Dubai Championships regained its Premier 5 status while the Qatar Open was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
  • 2 In 2014, the Toray Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.
  • 3 2009: WTA ranking–922, tournaments–0, win–loss 0–0.
    2010: WTA ranking–855, tournaments–0, win–loss 0–0.
  • Source[11]

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2018 Tournoi de Québec, Canada International Carpet (i) Pauline Parmentier 5–7, 2–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2019 Washington Open, United States International Hard Camila Giorgi 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Jan 2020 Auckland Open, New Zealand International Hard Serena Williams 3–6, 4–6

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2019 Newport Beach Challenger, United States Hard Bianca Andreescu 6–0, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2018 Houston Challenger, United States Hard Maegan Manasse Desirae Krawczyk
Giuliana Olmos		 1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 1–1 Mar 2020 Indian Wells Challenger, United States Hard Caty McNally Asia Muhammad
Taylor Townsend		 4–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (6 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2011 ITF Lutz, United States 25,000 Clay Laura Siegemund 7–6(7–4), 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 May 2012 ITF Sacramento, United States 50,000 Hard Maria Sanchez 6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2012 ITF Vancouver, Canada 100,000 Hard Mallory Burdette 3–6, 0–6
Loss 0–4 Mar 2018 ITF Tampa, United States 15,000 Clay Katerina Stewart 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–5 Jul 2018 ITF Honolulu, United States 60,000 Hard Nao Hibino 0–6, 2–6
Loss 0–6 Feb 2019 ITF Midland, United States 100,000 Hard (i) Caty McNally 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/80,000 tournaments
$50,000/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6–8)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2011 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Tímea Babos Gabriela Dabrowski
Marie-Ève Pelletier		 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Nov 2011 ITF Toronto, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Tímea Babos Gabriela Dabrowski
Marie-Ève Pelletier		 5–7, 7–6(7–5), [4–10]
Loss 1–2 Jan 2012 ITF Plantation, United States 25,000 Clay Ahsha Rolle Catalina Castano
Laura Thorpe		 4–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Apr 2012 ITF Dothan, United States 50,000 Clay Eugenie Bouchard Sharon Fichman
Marie-Ève Pelletier		 6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Win 3–2 May 2012 ITF Gifu, Japan 50,000 Hard Zheng Saisai Chan Chin-wei
Hsu Wen-hsin		 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss 3–3 Nov 2012 ITF Toronto, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Eugenie Bouchard Gabriela Dabrowski
Alla Kudryavtseva		 2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 3–4 Nov 2013 ITF Toronto, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Melanie Oudin Victoria Duval
Françoise Abanda		 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [9–11]
Loss 3–5 Jan 2016 ITF Maui, United States 50,000 Hard Taylor Townsend Asia Muhammad
Maria Sanchez		 2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 3–6 Feb 2016 ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States 25,000 Hard Carol Zhao Asia Muhammad
Taylor Townsend		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–7 May 2016 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States 75,000 Clay Maria Sanchez Julia Glushko
Alexandra Panova		 5–7, 4–6
Win 4–7 Oct 2017 ITF Sumter, United States 25,000 Hard Taylor Townsend Alexandra Mueller
Caitlin Whoriskey		 4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win 5–7 Nov 2017 ITF Tyler, United States 80,000 Hard Taylor Townsend Jamie Loeb
Rebecca Peterson		 6–4, 6–1
Loss 5–8 Nov 2017 ITF Waco, United States 80,000 Hard Taylor Townsend Sofia Kenin
Anastasiya Komardina		 5–7, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss 5–9 Feb 2018 ITF Midland, United States 100,000 Hard (i) Maria Sanchez Kaitlyn Christian
Sabrina Santamaria		 5–7, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 5–10 Apr 2018 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, U.S. 60,000 Hard Maria Sanchez Irina Bara
Sílvia Soler Espinosa		 4–6, 2–6
Win 6–10 Jul 2018 ITF Honolulu, United States 60,000 Hard Misaki Doi Tayler Johnson
Ashley Lahey		 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 7–10 Oct 2018 ITF Macon, United States 80,000 Hard Caty McNally Anna Danilina
Ingrid Neel		 6–1, 5–7, [11–9]

World TeamTennis

Pegula will be making her World TeamTennis debut in 2020, and will be joining the Orlando Storm at the start of the season, beginning July 12 at The Greenbrier.[12]

Pegula emerged as one of the top players in the WTT 2020 season. After the dismissal of Danielle Collins, Pegula went on to play women's singles, women's doubles with Darija Jurak, and mixed doubles with Ken Skupski and Tennys Sandgren. She posted a strong 9-2 record in singles to help the Storm earn a No. 3 seed in the WTT Playoffs. The Storm would ultimately fall to the Chicago Smash in the semifinals.

References
  1. WTA Staff (September 15, 2018). "Pegula rallies past Kenin to reach first career final". WTA Tennis. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  2. Stephanie Livaudais (April 3, 2019). "The 100 Club: Jessica Pegula rises through adversity in Charleston". WTA Tennis. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  3. Juzwiak, Jason (2019-08-04). "'This is what you work for': Pegula romps to first WTA singles title at Citi Open". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  4. Stephanie Livaudais (January 12, 2020). "Serena ends trophy wait in Auckland, fights past Pegula in final". WTA Tennis. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  5. "Pegula sinks Sabalenka to seal Cincy quarterfinals". WTA Tennis. August 25, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  6. Alex Macpherson (August 26, 2020). "Mertens speeds past Pegula to make Cincinnati semis". WTA Tennis. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  7. WTA Staff (September 5, 2020). "Kvitova powers past Pegula into US Open round of 16". WTA Tennis. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  8. Fink, James (2016-08-11). "Pegula daughters to open Healthy Scratch in HarborCenter". Buffalo Business First. The Business Journals. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  9. Fink, James (2017-03-20). "Healthy Scratch food truck hitting the streets". Buffalo Business First. The Business Journals. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  10. Clair Maciel (September 2, 2020). "Getting to Know: Jessica Pegula". US Open. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  11. "Player & career overview".
  12. "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. June 16, 2020.
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