Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula is an American professional tennis player.
Career
On August 30, 2011, Pegula was granted a wild card 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.
2019: First WTA Title
On August 4, 2019, Pegula won her first career WTA singles title, defeating Camila Giorgi in the Citi Open.2020: ASB Classic Finalist
Jessica started her 2020 tennis season in Auckland at the 2020 ASB Classic. She defeated CiCi Bellis in the first round. She followed this up with two more straight set victories over Tamara Zidanšek and Alize Cornet to reach the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, she beat Caroline Wozniacki in three sets to set-up a first meeting with Serena Williams in an all-American final. She lost to Williams in two sets.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. The Healthy Scratch business was to be expanded to food truck service in 2017. In 2018, Pegula introduced her own skincare line called Ready 24.Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.Singles
Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.Notes
- 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.
- In 2014, the Toray Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.
- 2009: WTA Ranking–922, Tournaments–0, Win–Loss 0–0.
2010: WTA Ranking–855, Tournaments–0, Win–Loss 0–0.WTA career finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | 2018 Coupe Banque Nationale – Singles| | Tournoi de Québec, Canada | International | Carpet |  Pauline Parmentier | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | 2019 Citi Open – Women's Singles| | Washington Open, United States | International | Hard |  Camila Giorgi | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–2 | 2020 ASB Classic – Women's Singles| | Auckland Open, New Zealand | International | Hard |  Serena Williams | 3–6, 4–6 |
WTA 125K series finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (6 runner–ups)
| 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, 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 | Caty McNally | 2–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner–ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2011 | ITF Saguenay, Canada | 50,000 | Hard |  Tímea Babos |  Gabriela Dabrowski Marie-Ève Pelletier | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2011 | ITF Toronto, Canada | 50,000 | Hard | Tímea Babos | Gabriela Dabrowski Marie-Ève Pelletier | 5–7, 7–6, |
| 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, |
| Win | 3–2 | May 2012 | ITF Gifu, Japan | 50,000 | Hard |  Zheng Saisai |  Chan Chin-wei Hsu Wen-hsin | 6–4, 3–6, |
| Loss | 3–3 | Nov 2012 | ITF Toronto, Canada | 50,000 | Hard | Eugenie Bouchard | Gabriela Dabrowski  Alla Kudryavtseva | 2–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Nov 2013 | ITF Toronto, Canada | 50,000 | Hard | Melanie Oudin | Victoria Duval Françoise Abanda | 6–7, 6–2, |
| Loss | 3–5 | Jan 2016 | ITF Maui, United States | 50,000 | Hard | Taylor Townsend | Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez | 2–6, 6–3, |
| 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, |
| 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, |
| Loss | 5–9 | Feb 2018 | ITF Midland, United States | 100,000 | Hard | Maria Sanchez | Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria | 5–7, 6–4, |
| Loss | 5–10 | Apr 2018 | ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States | 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, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–10 | Oct 2018 | ITF Macon, United States | 80,000 | Hard | Caty McNally |  Anna Danilina Ingrid Neel | 6–1, 5–7, |