Jessica Pegula is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 7 in the world. Check it out here.

Jessica Pegula : Ranking | Wedding | Husband | Stats

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

Jessica Pegula : Ranking | Wedding | Husband | Stats

Born February 24, 1994 (age 28)
Buffalo, New York
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro 2009
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach David Witt (2019– )

She has won one WTA singles title and four WTA doubles titles, one WTA Challenger doubles title, and seven ITF doubles titles.

She is a four-time Grand Slam singles quarterfinalist, having reached this stage twice at the 2021 and 2022 Australian Open, once at the 2022 French Open and once at the 2022 US Open.

Pegula is also a Grand Slam finalist in doubles, achieving this feat at the 2022 French Open with teammate Coco Gauff.

Jessica Pegula ranking 

She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 7 in the world, achieved on July 18th, 2022 and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 6, achieved on August 29th, 2022. 

Jessica Pegula : Ranking | Wedding | Husband | Stats

Singles 

      Highest ranking       No. 7 (July 18, 2022)
Current ranking No. 8 (August 29, 2022)

Doubles 

     Highest ranking       No. 6 (August 29, 2022)
Current ranking No. 6 (August 29, 2022)

On August 30, 2011, Pegula was granted a wildcard 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 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 Magdaléna Rybáriková in three sets.

Jessica Pegula wedding 

Tennis player Jessica Pegula married her long-time boyfriend/fiancé Taylor Gahagen in a lavish wedding ceremony on Biltmore Estate, in Asheville, North Carolina on October 22.

American WTA players that attended the wedding included new mom Taylor Townsend, Samantha Crawford, Jennifer Brady, and Asia Muhammad, who got engaged to fellow tennis player Dayne Kelly last December.

Jessica Pegula : Ranking | Wedding | Husband | Stats

Talking to the press at this month’s BNP Paribas Open, the 27-year-old Pegula expressed concern over Brady’s wedding outfit: “I don’t know if she has a dress, she keeps saying she’s going to look for one but every time I ask her she’s like ‘yeah I’ll go look today’ and I’m like you’re not. She says that every single day.”

Brady got ready in time and proudly showed her long-sleeved glittery silver wedding dress on Instagram. Pegula commented that Brady was trying to outshine her on her big day, but Brady responded “never”.

Husband 

Jessica, who’s in the mean time 28 years earlier, was born on February 24, 1994. Taylor Gagahen, her husband, is taken into account 27 years earlier.

They are a newlywed couple with a one-year age distinction who adore being collectively.

Jessica Pegula : Ranking | Wedding | Husband | Stats

Taylor acquired a BSc in enterprise administration from the State University of New York at Fredonia and an MBA from Canisius College.

The two have toured the world collectively and share a love of canine, nonetheless there are few specifics about how they first met.

The pair not typically posts footage of themselves collectively on social media on account of they need to preserve their personal life personal.

In October 2021, the couple exchanged vows on the magnificent Biltmore Estate in North Carolina. Only their closest family and buddies had been present on the extraordinarily quiet wedding ceremony ceremony.

Stats

Seeded seventh at the Canadian Open, she reached the back-to-back semifinals in singles, for the fourth time at the WTA 1000 level in her career and third for the season, defeating defending champion Camila Giorgi and Yulia Putintseva before losing to Simona Halep.

Singles
Career record 325–209 (60.9%)
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 7 (July 18, 2022)
Current ranking No. 8 (August 29, 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open QF (2021, 2022)
French Open QF (2022)
Wimbledon 3R (2022)
US Open QF (2022)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record 177–112 (61.2%)
Career titles 4
       Highest ranking        No. 6 (August 29, 2022)
Current ranking No. 6 (August 29, 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2020, 2022)
French Open F (2022)
Wimbledon 3R (2021)
US Open 3R (2011)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games QF (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2022)
French Open 1R (2022)
Wimbledon 1R (2021)
US Open SF (2021)

Seeded 11th at the French Open, she reached the quarterfinals for the first time at this major defeating former world No. 12 Wang Qiang, Anhelina Kalinina, 2021 French Open semifinalist and 24th seed Tamara Zidansek, and Irina-Camelia Begu.

At the Cincinnati Open, she reached back-to-back quarterfinals defeating 10th seed Emma Raducanu, her fourth WTA 1000 quarterfinal of the season.

Seeded 8th at the US Open she reached the fourth round, defeating Viktorija Golubic, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and qualifier Yue Yuan.

Next she defeated 21th seed Petra Kvitova to reach her first quarterfinal at her home slam and the third major quarterfinal of the season, where she lost to world No. 1 Światek for the third time this year.

By Rishabh

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