Jessika Ponchet
![]() Ponchet at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Angresse, France |
Born | Bayonne, France | 26 September 1996
Turned pro | 2011 |
Plays | Right (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $954,411 |
Singles | |
Career record | 319–222 |
Career titles | 10 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 119 (8 May 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 141 (4 March 2024) |
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 | 150–122 |
Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger, 14 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 101 (28 November 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 150 (4 March 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) |
Last updated on: 5 March 2024. |
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.
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 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 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 % |
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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
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WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2020 | Newport Beach Challenger, United States |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Dec 2021 | Open de Limoges, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | May 2022 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(1–7), 1–6 |
Win | 1–3 | Oct 2023 | Open de Rouen, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2015 | ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia | W10 | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | May 2016 | ITF Monzón, Spain | W10 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Jul 2016 | ITF Getxo, Spain | W10 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 2–2 | Jul 2016 | ITF El Espinar, Spain | W10 | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2016 | ITF Vinaròs, Spain | W10 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Nov 2016 | ITF Benicarló, Spain | W10 | Clay | ![]() |
6–0, 7–6(6) |
Win | 4–3 | Jul 2018 | ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(4), 6–2 |
Win | 5–3 | Feb 2019 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK | W25 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 5–4 | Mar 2020 | ITF Mâcon, France | W25 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–5 | Jun 2021 | ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(3), 1–6, 0–6 |
Win | 6–5 | Sep 2021 | ITF Leiria, Portugal | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(3), 6–0 |
Loss | 6–6 | Jul 2022 | ITF Palma del Río, Spain | W25+H | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 7–6 | Jul 2022 | Open Araba en Femenino, Spain | W60 | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 8–6 | Sep 2022 | ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 9–6 | Feb 2023 | ITF Mâcon, France | W40 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 9–7 | Jul 2023 | Open Araba en Femenino, Spain | W100 | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 10–7 | Oct 2023 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | W80 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 7–6(2) |
Loss | 10–8 | Jan 2024 | Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | W75 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 23 (14 titles, 9 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 | W10 | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(4), 6–3, [10–3] |
Win | 2–0 | Jun 2016 | ITF Madrid, Spain | W10 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–1 | Jul 2016 | ITF Getxo, Spain | W10 | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2016 | ITF El Espinar, Spain | W10 | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–7(4) |
Win | 3–2 | Dec 2016 | ITF Castellón de la Plana, Spain | W10 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–3 | Apr 2017 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 3–4 | Apr 2018 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | W25 | Carpet | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 3–5 | Jul 2018 | ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 4–5 | May 2019 | ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | W60 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 5–5 | Aug 2019 | Lexington Challenger, United States | W60 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(4), 6–7(5), [10–7] |
Win | 6–5 | Sep 2019 | Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal | W60 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 7–5 | Nov 2019 | Toronto Challenger, Canada | W60 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7), 6–2 |
Win | 8–5 | Oct 2020 | ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France | W25 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Win | 9–5 | May 2021 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | W60 | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 7–5, [10–7] |
Win | 10–5 | Nov 2021 | Open Nantes, France | W60 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 11–5 | Jan 2022 | Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | W60 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 11–6 | Apr 2022 | ITF Calvi, France | W25+H | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–7(5) |
Win | 12–6 | Apr 2022 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–0, 4–6, [10–7] |
Loss | 12–7 | Oct 2022 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | W80 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 12–8 | Nov 2022 | GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK | W100 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(4), 2–6 |
Win | 13–8 | Sep 2023 | ITF Tokyo Open, Japan | W100 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–1, [10–7] |
Win | 14–8 | Oct 2023 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | W80 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 14–9 | Mar 2024 | Open de Seine-et-Marne, France | W60 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–7(4) |
Notes
References
- ^ a b c "Getting to know you: Introducing Melbourne's Grand Slam debutantes". 14 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "ITF profile of Jessika Ponchet". ITF. Archived from the original on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ a b "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.