Jessica Pegula, an American tennis player, was born on February 24, 1994. On July 18, 2022, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 7 in the world.

Pegula has advanced to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament three times, twice in the Australian Open in 2021 and 2022 and once at the French Open in 2022. Additionally, she and her colleague Coco Gauff won the Grand Slam doubles title.

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She beat Anhelina Kalinina, Bernarda Pera, Nuria Párrizas Dáz, and fifth-seeded Maria Sakkari at the Australian Open in 2022 to advance to her second consecutive quarterfinal at this major.

In Doha, she and unseeded Coco Gauff won the WTA 1000 doubles championship, defeating third seeds Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova in the process. As a result, on February 28, 2022, she moved up to No. 29 in the doubles rankings.

After retiring in the first set of the quarterfinal against Paula Badosa in the round of 16 against Kalinina at the Miami Open, she advanced to her second WTA 1000 semifinal of her career.

She was defeated in straight sets by the incoming No. 1 Iga Witek. She increased her chances of breaking into the top 10 of the rankings and reached a career-high world No. 11 position on May 9, 2022.

On July 18, 2022, she attained a career-high rating of No. 7 in the world, surpassing Danielle Collins to become the top player in America.

Pegula beat last year’s semifinalist Tamara Zidansek in the third round and Irina-Camelia Begu in the fourth to go to the quarterfinals at the French Open, where she was seeded eleventh.

She was then defeated in straight sets by first seed Iga Swiatek. As a result, she and Jocelyn Gauff advanced to their first Grand Slam doubles final.

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