Jessica Kirkland (born November 10, 1987) is a former professional tennis player 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 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 held at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida after a straight sets win in the final against Alla Kudryavtseva. Kirkland's career highlight was reaching the fourth round of the Tier I Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells in March 2005, beating No. 22 seeded Marion Bartoli in straight sets en route.'Tennis - WTA Indian Wells results - Jessica Kirkland' (Retrieved March 15, 2005) Her biggest ITF title came when she won the singles of the $50,000 event at Carson, California, in June 2007.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' singles: 1 (1 runner–up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 2004 US Open Hard Michaëlla Krajicek 1–6, 1–6
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (3 title, 1 runner–ups) Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Apr 2004ITF Poza Rica, Mexico25,000 Hard Frederica Piedade 6–1, 6–2Win 2–0 May 2004ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico25,000 Hard Laura Pous Tió 6–0, 6–4Loss 2–1 Jan 2006ITF Waikoloa, United States50,000 Hard Lilia Osterloh 4–6, 1–6Win 3–1 Jun 2007ITF Carson, United States50,000 Hard Lauren Albanese 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 May 2006ITF Indian Harbor Beach, United States50,000 Clay Edina Gallovits-Hall Maria Fernanda Alves Stéphanie Dubois 6–3, 6–2Loss 1–1 Apr 2007ITF Putignano, Italy25,000 Hard Carmen Klaschka Andreja Klepač Monica Niculescu 2–6, 5–7
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.
Singles Tournament20032004200520062007SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1RQ2Q10 / 10–1French OpenAAQ1Q2A0 / 00–0WimbledonAAQ2Q2A0 / 00–0US OpenQ11R1R1RA0 / 30–3Win–loss0–00–10–20–10–00 / 40–4WTA 1000Indian Wells1RA4R2RQ10 / 34–3Miami OpenAQ21RAA0 / 10–1Cincinnati OpenAA1R1RA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–10–03–31–20–00 / 64–6
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