Jessika Ponchet

Jessika Ponchet (born 26 September 1996) is a French professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 169 in singles (attained on 22 July 2019) and world No. 159 in doubles (attained on 9 March 2020).

Jessika Ponchet
Ponchet at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) France
ResidenceAngresse, France
Born (1996-09-26) 26 September 1996
Bayonne, France
Turned pro2011
PlaysRight-handed
(one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 395,163
Singles
Career record204–142 (59.0%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 169 (22 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 225 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2018, 2019)
French Open1R (2018, 2019)
WimbledonQ2 (2019)
US OpenQ1 (2018, 2019)
Doubles
Career record87–80 (52.1%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 159 (9 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 160 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open1R (2018, 2019, 2020)
Last updated on: 22 June 2020.

Career

Ponchet did not play any ITF junior tournaments, plunging straight into the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14.[1]

2011–2013

Ponchet played the singles events of four tournaments and the doubles event of one tournament on the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit, starting with a $100,000 tournament held in early July in the French city of Biarritz. She played a total of eleven and eighteen ITF tournaments in 2012 and 2013 respectively.[2]

2014–2015

Ponchet played a total of 17 ITF tournaments in 2014. She suffered a major setback when torn knee ligaments forced her to miss tournaments in the first eight months of 2015. She played the singles events of seven tournaments and the doubles event of one tournament on the 2015 ITF Women's Circuit.[1][2]

2016

Ponchet played a total of 22 ITF tournaments in 2016.[2]

2017

Ponchet made her Grand Slam and WTA Tour singles debut at the French Open after receiving a singles qualifying wild card; in the qualifying event, she defeated Dalma Gálfi (the 2015 ITF World Champion in the girls' combined category) in the first round before losing to the No. 4 seed Richèl Hogenkamp in the second round.[2][3]

Ponchet made her WTA 125K series debut at the Open de Limoges, entering only its singles event. She received a wild card for the main draw, where she defeated her compatriot Chloé Paquet in the first round and lost to the No. 7 seed Kaia Kanepi in the second round.[2][3]

Ponchet finished 2017 with a final win/loss record of 42–24 for singles matches.[1]

2018

Ponchet made her Grand Slam and WTA Tour singles main-draw debut at the Australian Open after receiving a wild card for the main draw,[4] where she lost in the first round to the No. 3 seed Garbiñe Muguruza. Prior to the Australian Open, Ponchet had in her entire career played in the singles main-draw event of just one tournament that was at a higher level than the ITF Women's Circuit (the 2017 Open de Limoges) and had never even faced a player ranked in the top 100 of WTA singles rankings.[5]

Ponchet made French Open singles main-draw debut after receiving a wild card for the main draw, where she lost in the first round to the unseeded Lucie Šafářová in straight sets.

2019

At the Australian Open, Ponchet reached the singles main draw where she lost in the first round to 19th-seeded Caroline Garcia, after winning all her three qualifying matches without dropping a set.

On 9 April, in her first-round match of the $25,000 ITF tournament in Sunderland, Ponchet was leading Tara Moore 6–0, 5–0 and had a match point to achieve a double bagel, but Moore staged a comeback to win 0–6, 7–6, 6–3.[6]

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2020 WTA Newport Beach, United States Hard Marie Benoît Hayley Carter
Luisa Stefani		 1–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2015 ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia 10,000 Hard Valeriya Strakhova 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 May 2016 ITF Monzón, Spain 10,000 Hard Marie Bouzková 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2016 ITF Getxo, Spain 10,000 Clay Ioana Loredana Roșca 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win 2–2 Jul 2016 ITF El Espinar, Spain 10,000 Hard Rocío de la Torre Sánchez 6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Nov 2016 ITF Vinaròs, Spain 10,000 Clay Andrea Gamiz 6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Win 3–3 Nov 2016 ITF Benicarló, Spain 10,000 Clay Amanda Carreras 6–0, 7–6(8–6)
Win 4–3 Jul 2018 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal 25,000 Hard Eva Guerrero Álvarez 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win 5–3 Feb 2019 ITF Glasgow, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard (i) Mariam Bolkvadze 6–3, 6–1
Loss 5–4 Mar 2020 ITF Mâcon, France 25,000 Hard (i) Océane Dodin 6–3, 1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–2)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2014 ITF Gonesse, France 10,000 Clay (i) Karolína Stuchlá Carolin Daniels
Lena-Marie Hofmann		 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–3]
Win 2–0 Jun 2016 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay Marina Shamayko Ainhoa Atucha Gómez
María José Luque Moreno		 6–2, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Jul 2016 ITF Getxo, Spain 10,000 Clay Carla Lucero Oleksandra Korashvili
Ioana Loredana Roșca		 0–6, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Jul 2016 ITF El Espinar, Spain 10,000 Hard Ioana Loredana Roșca Charlotte Roemer
Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic		 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 3–2 Dec 2016 ITF Castellón de la Plana, Spain 10,000 Clay Laura Pigossi Arabela Fernández Rabener
Isabelle Wallace		 6–1, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Apr 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Manon Arcangioli Gabriela Ce
Andrea Gamiz		 1–6, 2–6
Loss 3–4 Apr 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Ganna Poznikhirenko Sarah Beth Grey
Olivia Nicholls		 2–6, 1–6
Loss 3–5 Jul 2018 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal 25,000 Hard Sviatlana Pirazhenka Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers
Andrea Gamiz		 2–6, 5–7
Win 4–5 May 2019 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain 60,000 Hard Eden Silva Jodie Anna Burrage
Olivia Nicholls		 6–3, 6–4
Win 5–5 Aug 2019 ITF Lexington, United States 60,000 Hard Robin Anderson Ann Li
Jamie Loeb		 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win 6–5 Sep 2019 ITF Caldas da Rainha, Portugal 60,000 Hard Isabella Shinikova Anna Danilina
Vivian Heisen		 6–1, 6–3
Win 7–5 Nov 2019 ITF Toronto, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) Robin Anderson Mélodie Collard
Leylah Annie Fernandez		 7–6(9–7), 6–2
Win 8–5 Oct 2020 ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France 25,000 Hard (i) Robin Anderson Harriet Dart
Sarah Beth Grey		 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline
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.
Tournament2017201820192020SRW–LWin %
Australian Open A 1R 1R Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open Q2 1R 1R Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0 –
US Open A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0 –
Win–Loss 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 0 / 4 0–4 0%

References
  1. "Getting to know you: Introducing Melbourne's Grand Slam debutantes". 14 January 2018.
  2. "ITF profile of Jessika Ponchet". ITF.
  3. "Jessika Ponchet WTA website". WTA Tour official website.
  4. "Open d'Australie : Des wild cards pour Corentin Moutet et Jessika Ponchet". Eurosport. 8 December 2017.
  5. "Muguruza made to work by Ponchet for Melbourne win". WTA Tour official website. 16 January 2018.
  6. "Tara Moore saves match point at 0–6 0–5 down before beating Jessika Ponchet". 9 April 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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