59 Facts About Jessica Pegula

Jessica Pegula was born on February 24,1994 and is an American professional tennis player.

Jessica Pegula has career-high rankings in singles of world No 3, achieved on October 24,2022, and in doubles of world No 1, achieved on September 11,2023.

Jessica Pegula has won eight singles titles and seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, winning three WTA 1000 titles in singles and two in doubles.

Jessica Pegula is a seven-time major singles quarterfinalist, having reached this stage at all four Grand Slam tournaments; thrice at the Australian Open, twice at the US Open, and once at the French Open and Wimbledon.

Jessica Pegula was born born February 24,1994 in Buffalo, New York, to Terry and Kim Jessica Pegula, the owners of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League, the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League and the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League.

Jessica Pegula is of part Korean descent, as her mother was born in Seoul.

Jessica Pegula has four siblings, two of whom are from her father's first marriage.

In March 2012, Jessica Pegula was handed 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 Magdalena Rybarikova in three sets.

Jessica Pegula made her major singles debut at the US Open as a qualifier.

Jessica Pegula defeated Shuko Aoyama, Margarita Gasparyan, and Melanie Oudin to reach the main draw, where she beat Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round.

In 2018, Jessica Pegula reached her first WTA Tour singles final at the Tournoi de Quebec in September as a qualifier.

Jessica Pegula beat Kristyna Pliskova, Ons Jabeur, second seed Petra Martic and fifth seed Sofia Kenin en route to the final, where she lost to eighth seed Pauline Parmentier in straight sets.

Jessica Pegula competed in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament other than the US Open for the first time.

Jessica Pegula 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 Buzarnescu.

Jessica Pegula achieved the best result of her career at the start of the North American hardcourt season when she won her first career singles title at the Washington Open, defeating Camila Giorgi in the final.

Jessica Pegula started her 2020 tennis season at the Auckland Open where she defeated CiCi Bellis in the first round.

Jessica Pegula followed this up with two more straight-set victories over Tamara Zidansek and Alize Cornet to reach the semifinals.

Jessica Pegula 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.

Jessica Pegula then caused a huge upset by defeating fifth seed and world No 11, Aryna Sabalenka, in the third round, thus advancing to her first quarterfinal at any WTA Premier level event.

Jessica Pegula's run came to an end with a straight-sets loss to 14th seed Elise Mertens.

At the US Open, Jessica Pegula recovered from a set down to record her first Grand Slam main-draw win since the 2015 US Open, defeating Marie Bouzkova in a third-set tiebreak.

Jessica Pegula 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 Kvitova.

Jessica Pegula attained success at the Australian Open, defeating former Australian Open champion and 12th seed Victoria Azarenka, Kristina Mladenovic, former US Open champion Samantha Stosur and fifth seed Elina Svitolina to reach her first major quarterfinal where she lost to eventual runner-up, Jennifer Brady, despite winning the first set.

Jessica Pegula next prevailed over Ekaterina Alexandrova to set up a quarterfinal match with Petra Martic.

At the German Open in Berlin, Jessica Pegula reached the quarterfinals defeating for the fourth time Karolina Pliskova in their fourth in a row meeting in 2021.

Jessica Pegula reached her third WTA 1000 quarterfinal of 2021 at the Canadian Open edition in Montreal, defeating compatriot Danielle Collins in a close three set match needing six match points to win in a thrilling finish.

Jessica Pegula then made her first WTA 1000 semifinal and second semifinal for the season, defeating 13th seed Ons Jabeur in 88 minutes.

Jessica Pegula started her season in Melbourne where she lost to Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round of the singles tournament but won her first career doubles title with Asia Muhammad, beating former doubles world No 1, Sara Errani, and Jasmine Paolini in the final.

Jessica Pegula lost the quarterfinal match to world No 1 and eventual champion, Ash Barty, but moved to highest rankings in singles and doubles on January 31,2022.

Jessica Pegula reached her third semifinal at the WTA 1000-level and second straight for the season defeating first time Madrid quarterfinalist Sara Sorribes Tormo.

Jessica Pegula reached the third round of the Italian Open as well, but lost to Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets.

Jessica Pegula lost to top seed and eventual champion, Iga Swiatek, in the quarterfinals.

Jessica Pegula entered her first major final in doubles, partnering with Gauff.

At the San Diego Open, Jessica Pegula lost to Swiatek in a US Open rematch in the semifinals, but won the doubles title with Gauff, their third title of the season together and Jessica Pegula's fifth doubles title overall.

Jessica Pegula defeated fourth seed Maria Sakkari in straight sets to win the second and biggest singles title of her career, becoming the first American woman to win a WTA 1000 title since Madison Keys in 2019.

On her debut at the WTA Finals, Jessica Pegula lost all her matches of the group stage, winning only one set in three matches.

Jessica Pegula began her season playing at the inaugural edition of the United Cup.

Jessica Pegula then beat Harriet Dart in the first knockout stage before scoring the biggest win of her career with a straight sets victory over Iga Swiatek, her first win over a current world No 1 and first against the Pole since the 2019 Washington Open.

Jessica Pegula breezed through her first three matches with straight set wins over Jaqueline Cristian, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and Marta Kostyuk.

Jessica Pegula played doubles with Coco Gauff; seeded second, the pairing dropped only one set en route to the semifinals, before falling to the tenth seeds, Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara.

Jessica Pegula defeated former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko and world No 2, Petra Kvitova en route, before losing to top-ranked Iga Swiatek, in straight sets.

Jessica Pegula repeated the feat at Miami where again she came back from a set down and won against 26th seed Potapova, saving two match points, to reach this time the semifinals, after several match postponements due to a four hours rain delay.

Jessica Pegula became the first American woman to reach back to back semifinals in Miami since Serena Williams in 2014 and 2015.

Afflicted by a bout of food poisoning just days before the French Open, Jessica Pegula was upset by the 28th seed Elise Mertens in the third round in Paris, but reached the semifinals in doubles with Gauff, before falling to the tenth seeds, Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend.

Jessica Pegula won her second singles title of the season and fourth overall at the Korea Open.

Jessica Pegula became the first American to claim three wins in a season against the WTA's No 1 since Serena Williams in 2012.

Since 2000, Jessica Pegula was fourth to achieve the feat after Williams, Lindsay Davenport, and Jennifer Capriati.

Jessica Pegula became the first player in the Open Era to play the No 1, No 2, No 3 and No 4 player in the same tournament.

Jessica Pegula returned to the tour at the San Diego Open with a new coaching team and reached the semifinals.

Jessica Pegula defended her title at the Canadian Open in Toronto, defeating Karolina Pliskova, qualifier Ashlyn Krueger, Peyton Stearns, 14th seed Diana Shnaider and Amanda Anisimova in the final.

Jessica Pegula reached another WTA 1000 final at the Cincinnati Open with wins over Karolina Muchova, Leylah Fernandez, qualifier Taylor Townsend, and Paula Badosa.

Jessica Pegula then defeated world No 1, Iga Swiatek, in straight sets for her first semifinal, and Karolina Muchova in three sets for her first Grand Slam final.

Jessica Pegula lost to world No 2 Aryna Sabalenka in the championship match.

Jessica Pegula then withdrew from the event before her final contest with Iga Swiatek due to a knee injury.

Jessica Pegula reached the final at the Adelaide International, losing to Madison Keys in three sets.

Jessica Pegula reached the final in Miami defeating wildcard Alexandra Eala.

In 2017, Jessica Pegula introduced her own skin-care line called Ready 24.

Jessica Pegula made her World TeamTennis debut in 2020 joining the Orlando Storm at the start of the season, which was played at The Greenbrier.

Jessica Pegula emerged as one of the top players in the WTT 2020 season.