Francesca Jones (tennis)

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Francesca Jones
Jones RGQ23.jpg
Jones at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Born (2000-09-19) 19 September 2000 (age 24)
Bradford, England
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$572,086
Singles
Career record202–115
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 149 (21 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 152 (9 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2021)
French Open Q2 (2023)
Wimbledon 1R (2021, 2024)
US Open Q2 (2021, 2024)
Doubles
Career record10–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 541 (22 February 2021)
Current rankingNo. 855 (9 December 2024)
Last updated on: 9 December 2024.

Francesca Jones (born 19 September 2000) is a British professional tennis player.

Contents

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]

Career

2021: WTA Grand Slam and debuts

At 20 years of age, Jones made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the Australian Open after coming through qualifying, [3] losing in the first round to Shelby Rogers. [4] She also made her WTA Tour debut a couple week earlier, at the Yarra Valley Classic, falling in the first round to 14th seed Nadia Podoroska. [5]

2023: First WTA semifinal

Using her protected ranking, Jones reached her first WTA semifinal defeating third seed Nuria Parrizas-Diaz, [6] Carol Zhao, [7] and sixth seed Laura Pigossi [8] at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, Colombia, before losing to second seed and eventual champion Tatjana Maria. [9]

2024: First WTA 125 final, Wimbledon wildcard

Wins over Yulia Starodubtseva, [10] Anna Bondár, [11] Robin Montgomery [12] and Julia Riera [13] saw Jones reach her first WTA 125 final at the San Luis Open, which she lost to Nadia Podoroska in straight sets. [14] As a result she moved more than 50 positions back up in the rankings to No. 214 on 1 April.[ citation needed ]

Ranked No. 249, she reached her second career quarterfinal and first on grass as a wildcard, at the Nottingham Open defeating eighth seed Caroline Dolehide [15] and Ashlyn Krueger. [16] She withdrew before taking the court for her quarterfinal match against Emma Raducanu due to a shoulder injury. [17]

Jones received a wildcard entry for Wimbledon, [18] losing in three sets to Petra Martić in the first round. [19]

At the WTA 125 Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana, she overcame top seed Chloé Paquet, [20] Petra Marčinko [21] and Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva [22] to make it through to the semifinals, where her run was ended by eventual champion Jil Teichmann. [23]

Personal life

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). [24] [25]

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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.

Singles

Current through the 2024 French Open.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA 1R Q1 A Q2 0 / 10–10%
French Open AAA Q1 A Q2 A0 / 00–0 – 
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 NH 1R AA 1R 0 / 20–20%
US Open AAA Q2 AA Q2 0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00–00–20–00–00–10 / 30–30%
Career statistics
Tournaments000601Career total: 7
Overall win-loss0–00–00–01–60–03–10 / 74–736%

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Mar 2024 San Luis Potosí Open, MexicoClay Flag of Argentina.svg Nadia Podoroska 1–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (2–1)
W25/35 tournaments (2–3)
W15 tournaments (3–2)
Finals by surface
Clay (7–6)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Sep 2017ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW15Clay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Arbuthnott 6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Win1–1Nov 2017ITF Asunción, ParaguayW15Clay Flag of Chile.svg Fernanda Brito 6–3, 7–6(0)
Win2–1Apr 2018ITF Villa Dolores, ArgentinaW15Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Victoria Bosio 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss2–2Jul 2018ITF Vienna, AustriaW15Clay Flag of Poland.svg Marta Leśniak 0–6, 3–6
Win3–2 Jul 2018 Tampere Open, FinlandW15Clay Flag of Serbia.svg Bojana Marinković6–2, 7–6(2)
Win4–2Jun 2019ITF Minsk, BelarusW25Clay Flag of Germany.svg Stephanie Wagner 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win5–2Jun 2019ITF Minsk, BelarusW25Clay Flag of Romania.svg Jaqueline Cristian 7–6(6), 4–6, 6–1
Loss5–3Apr 2021ITF Villa Maria, ArgentinaW25Clay Flag of Brazil.svg Beatriz Haddad Maia 7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Win6–3 Jul 2021 Open de Biarritz, FranceW60Clay Flag of Russia.svg Oksana Selekhmeteva 6–4, 7–6(4)
Loss6–4 Sep 2021 Montreux Ladies Open, SwitzerlandW60Clay Flag of Brazil.svg Beatriz Haddad Maia4–6, 3–6
Loss6–5Apr 2023ITF Guayaquil, EcuadorW25Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Julia Riera 2–6, 5–7
Loss6–6Feb 2024ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW35Clay Flag of Croatia.svg Lucija Ćirić Bagarić 1–2 ret.
Win7–6May 2024ITF Grado, ItalyW75Clay Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Kathinka von Deichmann 6–1, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Legend
W10 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Clay (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 2016ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW10Clay Flag of France.svg Emmanuelle Girard Flag of Serbia.svg Natalija Kostić
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ganna Poznikhirenko 		4–6, 4–6

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