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Jessika Ponchet (born 26 September 1996) is a French professional player. She has career-high of world No. 104 in singles, achieved on 9 September 2024, and No. 101 in doubles, reached 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.


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.


2014–2016
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 one doubles event on the 2015 ITF Circuit.

In 2016, Ponchet played a total of 22 tournaments on the ITF Circuit in the 2016 season.


2017: WTA 125 debut
She made her major debut in the French Open qualifying, after having been handed a wildcard; however, after defeating Dalma Gálfi (the 2015 ITF World Champion in the girls' combined category), she lost to fourth seed, Richèl Hogenkamp, in the second round.

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, , in the second.

Ponchet finished 2017 with a final win–loss record of 42–24 for singles matches.


2018–2019: Grand Slam debut
She made her Grand Slam singles main draw debut at the Australian Open, after receiving a wildcard, but she lost in the first round to third 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 the .

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.

At the 2019 Australian Open, Ponchet reached the singles main draw where she lost in the first round to 19th-seeded , after winning all her three qualifying matches without dropping a set.

On 9 April 2019, in her first-round match at the $25k tournament in Sunderland, Ponchet was leading 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.


2023: First WTA 125 doubles title
Ponchet received wildcards for the French Open for the singles main draw, and in doubles partnering . She entered the Guangzhou Open main draw as a lucky loser but lost to qualifier .

Partnering , Ponchet won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the Open de Rouen, defeating top seeds Anna Bondár and Kimberley Zimmermann in straight sets in the final.


2024: US Open third round
Ponchet qualified for the Rosmalen Open but lost to Aleksandra Krunić in the first round. Ranked No. 143, Ponchet made her singles main draw debut at the US Open after winning all three of her qualifying matches in straight sets. In the main draw, she defeated in the first round to win her first Grand Slam match. and reached a Grand Slam tournament third round for the first time after receiving a walkover in the second round when fourth seed withdrew because of injury. As a result, she moved close to 40 positions up in the WTA rankings to a new career-high at No. 104 on 9 September 2024. She lost to Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets.

After entering the singles main draw of the Japan Women's Open as a , she failed to convert a match point in the third set in her first round loss to eighth seed Elisabetta Cocciaretto. In the first round of the Hong Kong Open, the unseeded Ponchet posted her second career Top 50 win by defeating fourth seed to reach the second round,where she lost to wildcard entrant .


2025: First WTA quarterfinal
Gaining entry to the main-draw as a lucky loser, Ponchet defeated qualifiers and to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the Rouen Open, where she lost to Elena-Gabriela Ruse.

Once again entering the main-draw as a lucky loser at the Prague Open, she made it through to the quarterfinals with wins over fellow lucky loser Nina Stojanović and wildcard entrant Barbora Palicová. Ponchet lost to Tereza Valentová in the last eight.


Performance timelines

Singles
Current through the 2024 US Open.
Grand Slam tournaments
A1R1RQ1AQ1Q2Q20 / 20–2
Q21R1RQ1AQ21R1R0 / 40–4
WimbledonAAQ2NHQ1Q3Q1Q10 / 00–0
US OpenAQ1Q1AQ1Q1Q13R0 / 12–1
Win–loss0–00–20–20–00–00–00–12–20 / 72–7
Career statistics
Tournaments02200112Career total: 7
Overall win-loss0–00–20–20–00–00–10–12–20 / 72–7


WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
Loss0–1 Newport Beach Challenger,
United States
HardMarie Benoît
1–6, 3–6
Loss0–2 Open de Limoges, FranceHard (i)
4–6, 4–6
Loss0–3 Open de Saint-Malo, FranceClayEstelle Cascino
6–7(1–7), 1–6
Win1–3 Open de Rouen, FranceHard (i)Anna Bondár
Kimberley Zimmermann
6–3, 7–6(7–4)


ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 19 (10 titles, 9 runner–ups)
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W100 tournaments (0–2)
W80 tournaments (1–0)
W60/75 tournaments (1–1)
W40 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (4–3)
W10 tournaments (3–3)

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Hard (7–7)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0-1)
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Loss0–1Oct 2015ITF Port El Kantaoui, TunisiaW10HardValeriya Strakhova2–6, 3–6
Loss0–2May 2016ITF Monzón, SpainW10HardMarie Bouzková4–6, 4–6
Win1–2Jul 2016ITF Getxo, SpainW10ClayIoana Loredana Roșca4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win2–2Jul 2016ITF El Espinar, SpainW10HardRocío de la Torre Sánchez6–4, 6–2
Loss2–3Nov 2016ITF Vinaròs, SpainW10Clay6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Win3–3Nov 2016ITF Benicarló, SpainW10Clay6–0, 7–6(6)
Win4–3Jul 2018ITF Figueira da Foz, PortugalW25HardEva Guerrero Álvarez7–6(4), 6–2
Win5–3Feb 2019GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UKW25Hard (i)6–3, 6–1
Loss5–4Mar 2020ITF Mâcon, FranceW25Hard (i)Océane Dodin6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Loss5–5Jun 2021ITF Figueira da Foz, PortugalW25HardTessah Andrianjafitrimo7–6(3), 1–6, 0–6
Win6–5Sep 2021ITF Leiria, PortugalW25HardAnastasia Kulikova7–6(3), 6–0
Loss6–6Jul 2022ITF Palma del Río, SpainW25+HHardMarina Bassols Ribera7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Win7–6Jul 2022Open Araba en Femenino, SpainW60HardJenny Dürst6–4, 7–5
Win8–6Sep 2022ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, FranceW25ClaySéléna Janicijevic6–1, 6–4
Win9–6Feb 2023ITF Mâcon, FranceW40Hard (i)6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Loss9–7 Open Araba en Femenino, SpainW100Hard6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Win10–7Oct 2023Internationaux de Poitiers, FranceW80Hard (i)Anna-Lena Friedsam3–6, 6–3, 7–6(2)
Loss10–8Jan 2024Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, FranceW75Hard (i)6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss10–9Jun 2024, United Kingdom100,000Grass6–4, 1–6, 4–6


Doubles: 25 (14 titles, 11 runner–ups)
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W80 tournaments (1–1)
W60/75 tournaments (7–3)
W25 tournaments (2–3)
W10/15 tournaments (3–3)
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Hard (10–8)
Clay (4–2)
Carpet (0–1)
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Win1–0Mar 2014ITF Gonesse, FranceW10Clay (i)Karolína Stuchlá
Lena-Marie Hofmann
6–7(4), 6–3, 10–3
Win2–0Jun 2016ITF Madrid, SpainW10ClayAinhoa Atucha Gómez
María José Luque Moreno
6–2, 6–3
Loss2–1Jul 2016ITF Getxo, SpainW10ClayCarla LuceroOleksandra Korashvili
Ioana Loredana Roșca
0–6, 3–6
Loss2–2Jul 2016ITF El Espinar, SpainW10HardIoana Loredana Roșca
Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic
2–6, 6–7(4)
Win3–2Dec 2016ITF Castellón de la Plana, SpainW10ClayArabela Fernández Rabener
6–1, 6–3
Loss3–3Apr 2017ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW15ClayGabriela Cé
1–6, 2–6
Loss3–4Apr 2018ITF Óbidos, PortugalW25CarpetGanna PoznikhirenkoSarah Beth Grey
2–6, 1–6
Loss3–5Jul 2018ITF Figueira da Foz, PortugalW25HardSviatlana PirazhenkaYvonne Cavallé Reimers
2–6, 5–7
Win4–5May 2019ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, SpainW60Hard
Olivia Nicholls
6–3, 6–4
Win5–5Aug 2019Lexington Challenger, United StatesW60HardRobin AndersonAnn Li
7–6(4), 6–7(5), 10–7
Win6–5Sep 2019Caldas da Rainha Open, PortugalW60HardIsabella Shinikova
6–1, 6–3
Win7–5Nov 2019Toronto Challenger, CanadaW60Hard (i)Robin AndersonMélodie Collard
7–6(7), 6–2
Win8–5Oct 2020ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, FranceW25Hard (i)Robin Anderson
Sarah Beth Grey
4–6, 6–4, 10–8
Win9–5May 2021Open Saint-Gaudens, FranceW60ClayEden Silva
Kimberley Zimmermann
0–6, 7–5, 10–7
Win10–5Nov 2021Open Nantes, FranceW60Hard (i)Samantha Murray Sharan
Olivia Nicholls
6–4, 6–2
Win11–5Jan 2022Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, FranceW60Hard (i)Estelle CascinoAlicia Barnett
Olivia Nicholls
6–4, 6–1
Loss11–6Apr 2022ITF Calvi, FranceW25+HHardEstelle Cascino
Valeriya Strakhova
4–6, 6–7(5)
Win12–6Apr 2022ITF Monastir, TunisiaW25HardEstelle CascinoPolina Kudermetova
Sofya Lansere
6–0, 4–6, 10–7
Loss12–7Oct 2022Internationaux de Poitiers, FranceW80Hard (i)Renata VoráčováMiriam Kolodziejová
Markéta Vondroušová
4–6, 3–6
Loss12–8 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UKW100Hard (i)Renata VoráčováMiriam Kolodziejová
Markéta Vondroušová
6–7(4), 2–6
Win13–8Sep 2023ITF Tokyo Open, JapanW100HardAlicia Barnett
Olivia Nicholls
4–6, 6–1, 10–7
Win14–8Oct 2023Internationaux de Poitiers, FranceW80Hard (i)Bibiane SchoofsEkaterina Maklakova
7–5, 6–4
Loss14–9 Open de Seine-et-Marne, FranceW75Hard (i)Estelle Cascino
5–7, 6–7(4)
Loss14–10Mar 2025ITF Trnava, SlovakiaW75Hard (i)Isabelle Haverlag
Elena Pridankina
2–6, 3–6
Loss14–11Mar 2025Branik Maribor Open, SloveniaW75Hard (i)
Urszula Radwańska
1–6, 4–6


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