Jessica Pegula

Jessica Pegula

Pegula at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1994-02-24) February 24, 1994 Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Michael Joyce
Prize money	$494,824
Singles
Career record	204–141
Career titles	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 123 (June 10, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 227 (10 September 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2016)
French Open	Q3 (2015)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2015)
US Open	2R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	109–71
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 92 (February 25, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 138 (10 September 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	3R (2011)
Last updated on: 17 September 2018.

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

Career

On August 30, 2011, Pegula was granted a wildcard exemption into the main draw of the U.S. women's 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 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 5–7, 7–5, 6–3.

Personal life

The oldest daughter of Kim Pegula and the middle daughter of professional sports investor and natural gas tycoon Terry Pegula resides in Charleston, South Carolina. In August 2016, it was announced that Jessica and her sister Kelly would be opening a quick serve restaurant called Healthy Scratch in HarborCenter, an ice hockey themed mixed-use development owned by her parents in Buffalo, New York. The Healthy Scratch business will expand to food truck service in 2017.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	0–1	Sep 2018	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	International	Carpet (i)	Pauline Parmentier	5–7, 2–6

ITF finals (5–15)

Singles (0–5)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000-$60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–3) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 January 2011	Lutz, United States	Clay	Laura Siegemund	7–6(7–4), 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	28 May 2012	Sacramento, United States	Hard	Maria Sanchez	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	5 August 2012	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Mallory Burdette	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	18 March 2018	Tampa, United States	Clay	Katerina Stewart	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	15 July 2018	Honolulu, United States	Hard	Nao Hibino	0–6, 2–6

Doubles (5–10)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (3–6) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	30 October 2011	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Tímea Babos	Gabriela Dabrowski Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	6 November 2011	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Tímea Babos	Gabriela Dabrowski Marie-Ève Pelletier	5–7, 7–6(7–5), [4–10]
Runner-up	2.	16 January 2012	Plantation, United States	Clay	Ahsha Rolle	Catalina Castano Laura Thorpe	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	22 April 2012	Dothan, United States	Clay	Eugenie Bouchard	Sharon Fichman Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Winner	3.	6 May 2012	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Chan Chin-wei Hsu Wen-hsin	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Runner–up	3.	2 November 2012	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Eugenie Bouchard	Gabriela Dabrowski Alla Kudryavtseva	2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up	4.	1 November 2013	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Melanie Oudin	Victoria Duval Françoise Abanda	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [9–11]
Runner-up	5.	31 January 2015	Maui, United States	Hard	Taylor Townsend	Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez	2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Runner-up	6.	28 February 2016	Rancho Santa Fe, United States	Hard	Carol Zhao	Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	8 May 2016	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Maria Sanchez	Julia Glushko Alexandra Panova	5-7, 4-6
Winner	4.	15 October 2017	Sumter, United States	Hard	Taylor Townsend	Alexandra Mueller Caitlin Whoriskey	4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Winner	5.	4 November 2017	Tyler, United States	Hard	Taylor Townsend	Jamie Loeb Rebecca Peterson	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	11 November 2017	Waco, United States	Hard	Taylor Townsend	Sofia Kenin Anastasiya Komardina	5–7, 7–5, [9–11]
Runner-up	9.	4 February 2018	Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Maria Sanchez	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	5-7, 6-4, [8–10]
Runner-up	10.	14 April 2018	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Irina Bara Sílvia Soler Espinosa	4-6, 2-6

External links

• Jessica Pegula at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jessica Pegula at the International Tennis Federation