Jessika Ponchet
Jessika Ponchet (born 26 September 1996) is a French professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 119 in singles, achieved on 8 May 2023, and 101 in doubles, achieved on 28 November 2022.
.jpg.webp) Ponchet at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) |  France |
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| Residence | Angresse, France |
| Born | 26 September 1996 Bayonne, France |
| Turned pro | 2011 |
| Plays | Right (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $848,458 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 302–210 (59.0%) |
| Career titles | 9 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 119 (8 May 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 149 (18 September 2023) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2018, 2019) |
| French Open | 1R (2018, 2019, 2023) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2022) |
| US Open | Q1 (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 134–117 (53.4%) |
| Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger |
| Highest ranking | No. 101 (28 November 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 159 (18 September 2023) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| French Open | 1R (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) |
| Last updated on: 18 September 2023. | |
Career
Ponchet did not play any ITF Junior Circuit tournaments, plunging straight into the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14.[1]
2011–2013
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. She played a total of 11 and 18 ITF tournaments in 2012 and 2013, respectively.[2]
2014–2015
Ponchet played a total of 17 tournaments on the ITF Circuit in 2014. She suffered a major setback when torn knee ligaments forced her to miss tournaments in the first eight months of 2015. She played the singles events of seven tournaments and the doubles event of one tournament on the 2015 ITF Circuit.[1][2]
2016
Ponchet played a total of 22 tournaments on the ITF Circuit in the 2016 season.[2]
2017
She made her major singles' debut at the French Open, after receiving a qualifying wildcard; however, after defeating Dalma Gálfi (the 2015 ITF World Champion in the girls' combined category), she lost to the No. 4 seed, Richèl Hogenkamp, in the second round.[2][3]
Ponchet made her WTA 125 tournaments debut at the Open de Limoges, entering only its singles event. She received a wildcard for the main draw, where she defeated her compatriot, Chloé Paquet, in the first round and lost to the No. 7 seed Kaia Kanepi in the second.[2][3]
Ponchet finished 2017 with a final win–loss record of 42–24 for singles matches.[1]
2018
She made her Grand Slam singles' main-draw debut at the Australian Open, after receiving a wildcard for the main draw,[4] where she lost in the first round to the No. 3 seed Garbiñe Muguruza. Prior to the Australian Open, Ponchet had in her entire career played in the singles main-draw event of just one tournament that was at a higher level than the ITF Women's Circuit (the 2017 Open de Limoges) and had never even faced a player ranked in the top 100 of WTA singles rankings.[5]
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 Šafářová, in straight sets.
2019
At the Australian Open, 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.
On 9 April, in her first-round match at the $25k tournament in Sunderland, Ponchet was leading Tara Moore 6–0, 5–0 and had a match point to achieve a double bagel, but Moore staged a comeback to win 0–6, 7–6, 6–3.[6]
2023
She received wildcards for the 2023 French Open for the singles main draw and in doubles partnering Elixane Lechemia.
She entered the 2023 Guangzhou Open main draw as a lucky loser.
Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
Current through the 2023 French Open.
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| French Open | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | NH | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Career total: 6 | ||
| Overall win-loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
Doubles
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2020 | WTA 125 Newport Beach, United States | Hard | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Marie Benoît |
 Hayley Carter  Luisa Stefani |
1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Dec 2021 | WTA 125 Limoges, France | Hard (i) | Estelle Cascino |
 Monica Niculescu  Vera Zvonareva |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | May 2022 | WTA 125 Saint-Malo, France | Clay | Estelle Cascino |
 Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya |
6–7(1–7), 1–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Oct 2023 | WTA 125 Rouen, France | Hard |  Maia Lumsden |
 Anna Bondár Kimberley Zimmermann |
6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2015 | ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia | 10,000 | Hard |  Valeriya Strakhova |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 2016 | Torneo Conchita Martínez, Spain | 10,000 | Hard |  Marie Bouzková |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Jul 2016 | ITF Getxo, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Ioana Loredana Roșca |
4–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–2 | Jul 2016 | ITF El Espinar, Spain | 10,000 | Hard |  Rocío de la Torre Sánchez |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2016 | ITF Vinaròs, Spain | 10,000 | Clay |  Andrea Gamiz |
6–1, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Nov 2016 | ITF Benicarló, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Amanda Carreras |
6–0, 7–6(6) |
| Win | 4–3 | Jul 2018 | ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard | Eva Guerrero Álvarez |
7–6(4), 6–2 |
| Win | 5–3 | Feb 2019 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK | 25,000 | Hard (i) |  Mariam Bolkvadze |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Mar 2020 | ITF Mâcon, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Océane Dodin |
6–3, 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Jun 2021 | ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard | Tessah Andrianjafitrimo |
7–6(3), 1–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 6–5 | Sep 2021 | ITF Leiria, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard |  Anastasia Kulikova |
7–6(3), 6–0 |
| Loss | 6–6 | Jul 2022 | ITF Palma del Río, Spain | 25,000+H | Hard | Marina Bassols Ribera |
7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 7–6 | Jul 2022 | Open Araba en Femenino, Spain | 60,000 | Hard | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jenny Dürst |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 8–6 | Sep 2022 | ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France | 25,000 | Clay | Séléna Janicijevic |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–6 | Feb 2023 | ITF Mâcon, France | 40,000 | Hard (i) | Yanina Wickmayer |
6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 9–7 | Jul 2023 | Open Araba en Femenino, Spain | 100,000 | Hard | Daria Snigur |
6–3, 4–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 20 (12 titles, 8 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2014 | ITF Gonesse, France | 10,000[lower-alpha 1] | Clay (i) | Karolína Stuchlá |
 Carolin Daniels Lena-Marie Hofmann |
6–7(4), 6–3, [10–3] |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2016 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Marina Shamayko |
Ainhoa Atucha Gómez María José Luque Moreno |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jul 2016 | ITF Getxo, Spain | 10,000 | Clay |  Carla Lucero |
Oleksandra Korashvili Ioana Loredana Roșca |
0–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2016 | ITF El Espinar, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | Ioana Loredana Roșca |
 Charlotte Roemer Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic |
2–6, 6–7(4) |
| Win | 3–2 | Dec 2016 | ITF Castellón de la Plana, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Laura Pigossi |
Arabela Fernández Rabener .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Isabelle Wallace |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Apr 2017 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | 15,000 | Clay | Manon Arcangioli |
Gabriela Cé Andrea Gamiz |
1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Apr 2018 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | 25,000 | Carpet | Ganna Poznikhirenko |
Sarah Beth Grey Olivia Nicholls |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Jul 2018 | ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard |  Sviatlana Pirazhenka |
Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Andrea Gamiz |
2–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 4–5 | May 2019 | ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | 60,000 | Hard | Eden Silva |
Jodie Burrage Olivia Nicholls |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–5 | Aug 2019 | Lexington Challenger, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Robin Anderson |
Ann Li Jamie Loeb |
7–6(4), 6–7(5), [10–7] |
| Win | 6–5 | Sep 2019 | Oeste Ladies Open, Portugal | 60,000 | Hard |  Isabella Shinikova |
 Anna Danilina Vivian Heisen |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–5 | Nov 2019 | Toronto Challenger, Canada | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Robin Anderson |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mélodie Collard Leylah Annie Fernandez |
7–6(7), 6–2 |
| Win | 8–5 | Oct 2020 | ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Robin Anderson |
Harriet Dart Sarah Beth Grey |
4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Win | 9–5 | May 2021 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | 60,000 | Clay | Estelle Cascino |
Eden Silva Kimberley Zimmermann |
0–6, 7–5, [10–7] |
| Win | 10–5 | Nov 2021 | Open Nantes Atlantique, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Samantha Murray |
Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 11–5 | Jan 2022 | Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Estelle Cascino |
Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls |
6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 11–6 | Apr 2022 | ITF Calvi, France | 25,000+H | Hard | Estelle Cascino |
Sofya Lansere Valeriya Strakhova |
4–6, 6–7(5) |
| Win | 12–6 | Apr 2022 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 25,000 | Hard | Estelle Cascino |
Polina Kudermetova Sofya Lansere |
6–0, 4–6, [10–7] |
| Loss | 12–7 | Oct 2022 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | 80,000 | Hard (i) | Renata Voráčová |
Miriam Kolodziejová Markéta Vondroušová |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 12–8 | Nov 2022 | GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK | 100,000 | Hard (i) | Renata Voráčová |
Miriam Kolodziejová Markéta Vondroušová |
6–7(4), 2–6 |
Notes
- The $10,000 tournaments were reclassified as $15,000 in 2017. However, there were some $15k events even before 2017.
References
- "Getting to know you: Introducing Melbourne's Grand Slam debutantes". 14 January 2018.
- "ITF profile of Jessika Ponchet". ITF. Archived from the original on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- "Jessika Ponchet WTA website". WTA Tour official website.
- "Open d'Australie : Des wild cards pour Corentin Moutet et Jessika Ponchet". Eurosport. 8 December 2017.
- "Muguruza made to work by Ponchet for Melbourne win". WTA Tour official website. 16 January 2018.
- "Tara Moore saves match point at 0–6 0–5 down before beating Jessika Ponchet". BBC Sport. 9 April 2019.
External links
- Jessika Ponchet at the Women's Tennis Association
- Jessika Ponchet at the International Tennis Federation
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