Jessica Pegula

Jessica Pegula

Pegula at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	United States
Born	February 24, 1994 Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right handed (double handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Michael Joyce
Prize money	US$ 298,419
Singles
Career record	134–94
Career titles	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 123 (June 10, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 150 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2016)
French Open	Q3 (2015)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2015)
US Open	2R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	70–53
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 92 (February 25, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 314 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	3R (2011)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

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

Career

On August 30, 2011, Pegula was granted a wild-card exemption into the main draw of the U.S. women's doubles tournament where she was paired with Taylor Townsend. The pair 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 defeated Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round. In the second, Pegula was defeated by Dominika Cibulkova 5–7, 7–5, 6–3.

Personal life

Pegula is the oldest daughter of Kim Pegula and the middle daughter of professional sports investor and natural gas tycoon Terry Pegula. She resides in Boca Raton, Florida. In August 2016, it was announced that Jessica and her sister Kelly would be opening a quick serve restaurant called Healthy Scratch in HarborCenter, a ice hockey themed mixed-use development owned by her parents in Buffalo, New York.^[1]

ITF finals (3–9)

Singles (0–3)

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

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–1) 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

Doubles (3–7)

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

Finals by surface Hard (2–5) Clay (1–1) 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.	08 May 2016	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Maria Sanchez	Julia Glushko Alexandra Panova	5-7, 4-6

External links

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

References

1. http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2016/08/11/pegula-twins-to-open-healthy-scratch-in.html