1. Jessika Ponchet was born on 26 September 1996 and is a French professional tennis player.
16 Facts About Jessika Ponchet
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Jessika Ponchet has career-high WTA rankings of world No 104 in singles, achieved on 9 September 2024, and No 101 in doubles, reached on 28 November 2022.
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Jessika Ponchet played the singles events of four tournaments and the doubles event of one tournament on the 2011 ITF Circuit, starting with a $100k tournament held in early July in the French city of Biarritz.
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Jessika Ponchet played a total of 11 and 18 ITF tournaments in 2012 and 2013, respectively.
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Jessika Ponchet played a total of 17 tournaments on the ITF Circuit in 2014.
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Jessika Ponchet suffered a major setback when torn knee ligaments forced her to miss tournaments in the first eight months of 2015.
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Jessika Ponchet played the singles events of seven tournaments and one doubles event on the 2015 ITF Circuit.
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In 2016, Jessika Ponchet played a total of 22 tournaments on the ITF Circuit in the 2016 season.
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Jessika Ponchet made her major debut in the French Open qualifying, after having been handed a wildcard; however, after defeating Dalma Galfi, she lost to fourth seed, Richel Hogenkamp, in the second round.
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Jessika Ponchet made her WTA 125 debut at the Open de Limoges, entering only its singles event.
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Jessika Ponchet received a wildcard for the main draw, where she defeated her compatriot, Chloe Paquet, in the first round and lost to the No 7 seed, Kaia Kanepi, in the second.
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Jessika Ponchet made her Grand Slam singles main draw debut at the Australian Open, after receiving a wildcard, but she lost in the first round to third seed Garbine Muguruza.
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Jessika Ponchet made her French Open debut, after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw, where she lost in the first round to the unseeded Lucie Safarova, in straight sets.
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At the 2019 Australian Open, Jessika Ponchet reached the singles main draw where she lost in the first round to 19th-seeded Caroline Garcia, after winning all her three qualifying matches without dropping a set.
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Jessika Ponchet received wildcards for the French Open for the singles main draw, and in doubles partnering Elixane Lechemia.
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Jessika Ponchet entered the Guangzhou Open main draw as a lucky loser but lost to qualifier Moyuka Uchijima.