Francesca Jones (tennis)

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

Francesca Jones
Jones at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (2000-09-19) 19 September 2000
Leeds, England
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 451,674
Singles
Career record188–106 (63.9%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 149 (21 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 249 (10 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2021)
French OpenQ2 (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2021, 2024)
US OpenQ2 (2021)
Doubles
Career record10–6 (62.5%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 541 (22 February 2021)
Current rankingNo. 835 (10 June 2024)
Last updated on: 15 June 2024.

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, 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

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

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

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.

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(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 SR W–L Win%
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

Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2024 San Luis Potosí Open, Mexico Clay Nadia Podoroska 1–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)
Legend
W60 tournaments (1–1)
W25/35 tournaments (2–3)
W15 tournaments (3–2)
Finals by surface
Clay (6–6)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
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)
Legend
W10 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Clay (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W10 Clay Emmanuelle Girard Natalija Kostić
Ganna Poznikhirenko		 4–6, 4–6

References
  1. "Francesca Jones bio on WTA official site". WTA. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. "Francesca Jones junior profile at the ITF". ITF. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. "Welcome to the Tour: All of 2021's WTA debutantes".
  4. "Bogota: Jones upsets No.6 seed Pigossi to reach first WTA semifinal".
  5. "'Ons told me to serve two aces': Jones shakes off tense overnight delay". 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  6. "Emma Raducanu one of four grand slam champions to get Wimbledon wildcards". 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  7. "Wimbledon qualifying wild card Fran Jones pushes the barriers". baseline.tennis.com. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  8. Australian Open qualifying: Britain's Francesca Jones on proving doubters wrong, Russell Fuller, BBC Sport, 8 January 2021
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