Jessica Kirkland (born November 10, 1987) is a former professional
tennis player
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
from the United States. In her career, Kirkland won a total of four
ITF titles, of which three were in singles and one in doubles. As a junior, she was runner-up in singles at the
2004 US Open and was ranked No. 1 junior in the world in 2005. Her highest ranking on the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ...
was world No. 151 in March 2005.
Career
Kirkland started playing tennis at the age of four.
In 2004 Kirkland won the Girls'18-and-under singles title at the
Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Miami metropolitan area. Played annually since 1935 Orange Bowl, January 1, 1935, it is tied with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl as the second-oldest bowl games in ...
held at
Crandon Park
Crandon Park is an urban park in metropolitan Miami, occupying the northern part of Key Biscayne. It is connected to mainland Miami via the Rickenbacker Causeway.
History
The land Crandon Park occupies was once part of the largest coconut ...
in Key Biscayne, Florida after a straight sets win in the final against
Alla Kudryavtseva
Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player.
Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circ ...
. Kirkland's career highlight was reaching the fourth round of the
Tier I
The WTA Tier I tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis elite tournaments held from 1990 until the end of the 2008 season. From 1988 to 1990, the different levels of WTA tournaments were referred to by the term 'Category', and there ...
Pacific Life Open at
Indian Wells in March 2005, beating No. 22 seeded
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli (; born 2 October 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. Bartoli won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title, after previously being runner-up in 2007 Wimbledo ...
in straight sets en route. Her biggest ITF title came when she won the singles of the $50,000 event at
Carson, California
Carson is a city in the South Bay (Los Angeles County), South Bay and the Los Angeles Harbor Region, Harbor regions of Los Angeles County, California, located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately away from Los Angeles International ...
, in June 2007.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' singles: 1 (1 runner–up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 4 (3 title, 1 runner–ups)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Performance timelines
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
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Singles
References
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Living people
1987 births
American female tennis players
Tennis players from Miami
Sportspeople from Dayton, Ohio
Tennis players from Ohio
21st-century American women