Francesca Jones (tennis)
![]() Jones at the 2023 French Open | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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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
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.[citation needed]
Performance timeline
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
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
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2024 | San Luis Potosí Open, Mexico | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)
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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 | ![]() |
6–3, 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Nov 2017 | ITF Asunción, Paraguay | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(0) |
Win | 2–1 | Apr 2018 | ITF Villa Dolores, Argentina | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2018 | ITF Vienna, Austria | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
0–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Jul 2018 | Tampere Open, Finland | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 7–6(2) |
Win | 4–2 | Jun 2019 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 1–6, 6–2 |
Win | 5–2 | Jun 2019 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(6), 4–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 5–3 | Apr 2021 | ITF Villa Maria, Argentina | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 6–3 | Jul 2021 | Open de Biarritz, France | W60 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 7–6(4) |
Loss | 6–4 | Sep 2021 | Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland | W60 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 6–5 | Apr 2023 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 6–6 | Feb 2024 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | W35 | Clay | ![]() |
1–2 ret. |
Doubles: 1 (runner–up)
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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 | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
References
- ^ "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