Jessica Pegula was born on February 24,1994 and is an American professional tennis player.
48 Facts About Jessica Pegula
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Jessica Pegula has career-high WTA rankings in singles of world No 3, achieved on October 24,2022 and in doubles of world No 2 achieved on May 22,2023.
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Jessica Pegula has won two singles titles and seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA Challenger doubles title, and seven ITF doubles titles.
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Jessica Pegula is a five-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in singles, having reached this stage thrice at the Australian Open, once at the 2022 French Open, and once at the 2022 US Open.
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Jessica Pegula is a major finalist in doubles, achieving this feat at the 2022 French Open with teammate Coco Gauff.
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Jessica Pegula is half-Korean, as her mother was born in Seoul before being adopted at age 5.
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Jessica Pegula has four siblings: Kelly, Matthew, Michael, and Laura.
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In 2021, Jessica Pegula married Taylor Gahagen, a corporate executive for Jessica Pegula Sports and Entertainment and an animal philanthropist.
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In 2017, Jessica Pegula introduced her own skin-care line called Ready 24.
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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.
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Jessica Pegula made her major singles debut at the US Open as a qualifier.
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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.
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In 2018, Jessica Pegula reached her first WTA singles final at the Tournoi de Quebec in September as a qualifier.
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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.
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Jessica Pegula competed in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament other than the US Open for the first time.
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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.
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Jessica Pegula achieved the best result of her career at the start of the North American hardcourt season when she won her first WTA career singles title at the Washington Open, defeating Camila Giorgi in the final.
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Jessica Pegula started her 2020 tennis season at the Auckland Open where she defeated CiCi Bellis in the first round.
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Jessica Pegula followed this up with two more straight set victories over Tamara Zidansek and Alize Cornet to reach the semifinals.
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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.
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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.
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Jessica Pegula's run came to an end with a straight-sets loss to 14th seed Elise Mertens.
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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.
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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.
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Jessica Pegula attained major 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 Grand Slam quarterfinal where she lost to eventual runner-up, Jennifer Brady, despite winning the first set.
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Jessica Pegula next prevailed over Ekaterina Alexandrova to set up a quarterfinal with Petra Martic.
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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.
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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.
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Jessica Pegula then went on to reach her first WTA 1000 semifinal and second semifinal for the season, defeating 13th seed Ons Jabeur in 88 minutes.
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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 WTA doubles title with Asia Muhammad, beating former doubles world No 1, Sara Errani, and Jasmine Paolini, in the final.
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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.
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Jessica Pegula reached her seventh WTA 1000 quarterfinal at the Madrid Open defeating Bianca Andreescu, in straight sets.
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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.
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Jessica Pegula reached the third round of the Italian Open as well, but lost to Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets.
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Jessica Pegula lost to top seed and eventual champion Iga Swiatek in the quarterfinals.
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Jessica Pegula reached her first major final in doubles, partnering with Gauff.
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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.
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Jessica Pegula defeated fourth seed Maria Sakkari in straight sets to win her second and biggest singles title of her career, becoming the first American woman to win a WTA 1000 title since Madison Keys in 2019.
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On her debut at the WTA Finals, Jessica Pegula lost all her matches of the group stage, winning only one set in three matches.
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Jessica Pegula began her season playing at the inaugural edition of the United Cup.
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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.
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Jessica Pegula breezed through her first three matches with straight set wins over Jaqueline Cristian, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and Marta Kostyuk.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jessica Pegula became the first American woman to reach back to back semifinals in Miami since Serena Williams in 2014 and 2015.
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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.
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Jessica Pegula emerged as one of the top players in the WTT 2020 season.