Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
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Born | Bradford, England | 19 September 2000
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 518,282 |
Singles | |
Career record | 190–107 |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 149 (21 February 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 207 (15 July 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2021) |
French Open | Q2 (2023) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2021, 2024) |
US Open | Q2 (2021) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 10–6 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 541 (22 February 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 824 (15 July 2024) |
Last updated on: 15 July 2024. |
Francesca Jones (born 19 September 2000) is a British professional tennis player.
Jones has a career-high singles ranking of No. 149 by the WTA. [1] She had a career-high ITF juniors ranking of world No. 31, achieved on 1 May 2017. [2]
At 20 years of age, she made her Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open after coming through qualifying. She also made her WTA Tour debut a couple week earlier, at the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic, falling in the first round to Nadia Podoroska. [3]
Using protected ranking, she reached her first WTA semifinal defeating sixth seed Laura Pigossi at the 2023 Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, Colombia, before losing to eventual champion Tatjana Maria. [4]
She reached her first WTA 125 final at the 2024 San Luis Open and moved more then 50 positions back up in the rankings to No. 214 on 1 April 2024. She lost again to Nadia Podoroska in the final, in straight sets. Ranked No. 249, she reached her second career quarterfinal and first on grass as a wildcard, at the 2024 Nottingham Open defeating two Americans, eighth seed Caroline Dolehide and Ashlyn Krueger. [5] She withdrew before taking the court for her quarterfinal match against Emma Raducanu due to a shoulder injury. [6] Jones received a wildcard for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, [7] losing 6-3, 1-6, 2-6 to Petra Martić in the first round. [8]
She was born with a thumb and three fingers on each hand, and with only seven toes, as a result of a rare genetic condition, Ectrodactyly Ectodermal Dysplasia (EED). [9] [10]
Jones, not related to former Wimbledon champion Ann Jones, started playing tennis at the age of five, after being enrolled at a tennis camp.[ citation needed ]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Current through the 2024 French Open.
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Wimbledon | Q1 | Q1 | NH | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
US Open | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |
Career statistics | ||||||||||
Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Career total: 7 | |||
Overall win-loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2024 | San Luis Potosí Open, Mexico | Clay | Nadia Podoroska | 1–6, 2–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2017 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | W15 | Clay | Emily Arbuthnott | 6–3, 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Nov 2017 | ITF Asunción, Paraguay | W15 | Clay | Fernanda Brito | 6–3, 7–6(0) |
Win | 2–1 | Apr 2018 | ITF Villa Dolores, Argentina | W15 | Clay | Victoria Bosio | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2018 | ITF Vienna, Austria | W15 | Clay | Marta Leśniak | 0–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Jul 2018 | Tampere Open, Finland | W15 | Clay | Bojana Marinković | 6–2, 7–6(2) |
Win | 4–2 | Jun 2019 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | W25 | Clay | Stephanie Wagner | 6–3, 1–6, 6–2 |
Win | 5–2 | Jun 2019 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | W25 | Clay | Jaqueline Cristian | 7–6(6), 4–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 5–3 | Apr 2021 | ITF Villa Maria, Argentina | W25 | Clay | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 7–5, 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 6–3 | Jul 2021 | Open de Biarritz, France | W60 | Clay | Oksana Selekhmeteva | 6–4, 7–6(4) |
Loss | 6–4 | Sep 2021 | Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland | W60 | Clay | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 6–5 | Apr 2023 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | W25 | Clay | Julia Riera | 2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 6–6 | Feb 2024 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | W35 | Clay | Lucija Ćirić Bagarić | 1–2 ret. |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2016 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | W10 | Clay | Emmanuelle Girard | Natalija Kostić Ganna Poznikhirenko | 4–6, 4–6 |
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