Francesca Jones (tennis)

Francesca Jones
Singles
Jones at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(2000-09-19) 19 September 2000 (age 23) Leeds, England
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 434,071
Career record	181–101 (64.2%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 149 (21 February 2022)
Current ranking	No. 214 (1 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2021)
French Open	Q2 (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
US Open	Q2 (2021)
Doubles
Career record	10–6 (62.5%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 541 (22 February 2021)
Current ranking	No. 833 (1 April 2024)
Last updated on: 1 April 2024.

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

Jones has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 149 by the WTA.^[1] She had a career-high ITF juniors ranking of world No. 31, achieved on 1 May 2017.^[2]

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Career

At 20 years of age, she made her Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open after coming through qualifying and her WTA Tour debut, at the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic, falling in the first round to Nadia Podoroska.^[3]

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]

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).^[5]^[6]

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

**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 2023 French Open.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	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

^ "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".
^ "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

External links

Francesca Jones at the Women's Tennis Association
Francesca Jones at the International Tennis Federation

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top British female singles tennis players
As of 1 April, 2024
1. Katie Boulter (28 2) 2. Harriet Dart (88 1) 3. Jodie Burrage (94 9) 4. Lily Miyazaki (138 26) 5. Heather Watson (144 1)
6. Francesca Jones (214 56) 7. Amarni Banks (252 22) 8. Sonay Kartal (257 1) 9. Emma Raducanu (300 12) 10. Katy Dunne (315 7)

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