Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
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Born | Leeds, England | 19 September 2000
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 451,674 |
Singles | |
Career record | 188–106 (63.9%) |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 149 (21 February 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 249 (10 June 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 (62.5%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 541 (22 February 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 835 (10 June 2024) |
Last updated on: 15 June 2024. |
Francesca Jones (born 19 September 2000) is a British 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]
Career[edit]
2021: WTA Grand Slam and debuts[edit]
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]
2023: First WTA semifinal[edit]
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]
2024: First WTA 125 final, Wimbledon wildcard[edit]
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 received a wildcard for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.[6]
Personal life[edit]
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).[7][8]
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]
Performance timeline[edit]
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.
Singles[edit]
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% |
WTA Challenger finals[edit]
Singles: 1 (runner-up)[edit]
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 |
ITF Circuit finals[edit]
Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)[edit]
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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. |
Doubles: 1 (runner–up)[edit]
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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 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Francesca Jones bio on WTA official site". WTA. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Francesca Jones junior profile at the ITF". ITF. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Welcome to the Tour: All of 2021's WTA debutantes".
- ^ "Bogota: Jones upsets No.6 seed Pigossi to reach first WTA semifinal".
- ^ "'Ons told me to serve two aces': Jones shakes off tense overnight delay". 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Emma Raducanu one of four grand slam champions to get Wimbledon wildcards". 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Wimbledon qualifying wild card Fran Jones pushes the barriers". baseline.tennis.com. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ Australian Open qualifying: Britain's Francesca Jones on proving doubters wrong, Russell Fuller, BBC Sport, 8 January 2021