Francesca Jones (born 19 September 2000) is a British professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 65 by the WTA, achieved on 9 February 2026. Jones has won four WTA 125 titles and nine titles on the ITF Circuit, breaking into the top 100, after winning 2025 Palermo Ladies Open in Italy. She had a career-high ITF juniors ranking of world No. 31, achieved on 1 May 2017.
Career 2021: WTA Tour and major debuts At 20 years of age, Jones made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the Australian Open, after coming through qualifying, losing in the first round to Shelby Rogers. She had made her WTA Tour debut a couple of weeks earlier, at the Yarra Valley Classic, falling in the first round to 14th seed Nadia Podoroska. Given a wildcard entry, Jones made her maiden main-draw appearance at Wimbledon, losing to 14th seed Coco Gauff in the first round.
2023: First WTA Tour semifinal Using her protected ranking, Jones reached her first tour semifinal defeating third seed Nuria Parrizas-Diaz, Carol Zhao, and sixth seed Laura Pigossi at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia, before losing to second seed and the eventual champion, Tatjana Maria.
2024: First WTA 125 final Wins over Yulia Starodubtseva, Anna Bondár, Robin Montgomery and Julia Riera saw Jones reach her first WTA 125 final at the San Luis Open which she lost to Nadia Podoroska in straight sets. As a result, she moved more than 50 positions back up in the rankings to No. 214 on 1 April.
Ranked No. 249, she reached her second career quarterfinal and first on grass at the Nottingham Open as a wildcard entrant defeating eighth seed Caroline Dolehide and Ashlyn Krueger. She withdrew, before taking the court for her quarterfinal match against Emma Raducanu due to a shoulder injury.
Jones received a wildcard entry for Wimbledon, losing in three sets to Petra Martić in the first round.
At the WTA 125 Ljubljana Open, she overcame top seed Chloé Paquet, Petra Marčinko and Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva to make it through to the semifinals, where her run was ended by eventual champion Jil Teichmann.
2025: WTA 125 title, US Open debut, top 100 Jones qualified for the Transylvania Open, but lost in the first round to fifth seed Kateřina Siniaková in three sets. The following week, she reached the semifinals at the WTA 125 Cancún Open, with wins over Aliona Bolsova, Sachia Vickery and Iryna Shymanovich, before losing to eventual champion Emiliana Arango. Remaining in Mexico the next week, Jones qualified for the Mérida Open and overcame Mayar Sherif in the first round. She retired during the third set of her next match against fellow qualifier Emiliana Arango.
In March, Jones won the W75 Vacaria Open in Brazil defeating Léolia Jeanjean in the final. At the Copa Colsanitas in Colombia in the first week of April, she collapsed while serving in the third set of her first round match against Julia Riera and was taken off court in a wheelchair. Jones qualified to make her WTA 1000 main-draw debut at the Madrid Open, losing to Dayana Yastremska in the first round.
Wins over Lea Bošković and Mai Hontama saw her reach the final qualifying round at the French Open, where her run was ended by Anastasiia Sobolieva.
Moving onto the grass-court season, Jones entered the Nottingham Open thanks to a wildcard and defeated Harriet Dart in the first round, before losing to seventh seed Linda Nosková in her next match. The following week at the Eastbourne Open, she again entered the main draw thanks to a wildcard and defeated qualifier Greet Minnen to reach the second round, where she lost to Dayana Yastremska. She was awarded a wildcard into the main draw debut at Wimbledon, but lost to Yuliia Starodubtseva in the first round.
Back on clay courts later in July, Jones won her first WTA 125 title at Contrexéville, defeating Elsa Jacquemot in the final. As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 104 on 14 July 2025. Two weeks later, Jones claimed her second WTA 125 title at the Palermo Ladies Open, going the entire tournament without dropping a set and defeating Anouk Koevermans in the final, a result which saw her enter the world's top 100 for the first time, at No. 84 on 28 July 2025.
Entering the US Open as top seed in qualifying, Jones recorded straight-sets wins over Viktória Hrunčáková, Ekaterine Gorgodze and Arianne Hartono to make it into the main draw at the event for the first time. She lost to Eva Lys in the first round.
In September at the SP Open in Brazil, she defeated second seed Solana Sierra in the quarterfinals to reach her second WTA Tour semifinal, but lost to Janice Tjen. As a result of her run at the tournament, Jones achieved a new career-high ranking of world No. 73, on 15 September 2025.
2026: Top 15, major and WTA 1000 wins Jones started her 2026 season at the Auckland Open in New Zealand where she recorded her first win against a top-15 ranked player, defeating world No. 15 and second seed, Emma Navarro, in the first round. She then overcame qualifier Sinja Kraus in three sets to reach the quarterfinals. Jones retired due to a thigh injury having lost the first set of her last eight match against Wang Xinyu.
At the Australian Open, Jones gained direct entry into the main draw of a major for the first time thanks to her ranking. However, she retired in the first round due to a gluteal injury in her right leg, having lost the opening set against qualifier Linda Klimovičová.
In March at the Miami Open, Jones defeated Venus Williams in the opening round to record her first WTA 1000-level win, before retiring while trailing by a set and a break of serve against fifth seed Jessica Pegula in her next match.
Jones gained direct entry via her ranking to make her main-draw debut at the French Open and defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia in three sets for her first win at a Grand Slam tournament at her seventh attempt. She lost to 27th seed Marie Bouzková in the second round. At Wimbledon, she once again gained direct entry into the main draw for the third major in a row but lost to Diane Parry in the first round.
Back on clay courts in July, Jones won her third WTA 125 title at the ATV Tennis Open in Rome, defeating Lucia Bronzetti in the final. The following week as top seed she retained her title at the Palermo Ladies Open, overcoming Fiona Ferro in the final which was decided in a third set tiebreak.
Switching to hardcourts, the next month in the qualifying rounds at the US Open, Jones defeated Nuria Brancaccio, Mona Barthel, and Joanna Garland to make it into the main draw for the second year in a row. She overcame Magda Linette for her first main-draw win at this major in a three set match which was played over two days due to a number of rain delays. Jones lost to 14th seed Iva Jovic in the second round.
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–cleft syndrome (EEC).Australian Open qualifying: Britain's Francesca Jones on proving doubters wrong, Russell Fuller, BBC Sport, 8 January 2021
Performance timeline 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 2026 US Open. Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open A A A A1RQ1 AQ2Q21R0 / 20–2French Open A A A AQ1 AQ2 AQ32R0 / 11–1Wimbledon AQ1Q1NH1R A A1R1R1R0 / 40–4US Open A A A AQ2 A AQ21R2R0 / 21–2Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–4 0 / 9 2–9 WTA 1000 tournamentsQatar Open A A A A A A A A A A0 / 00–0Dubai Open A A A A A A A A A A0 / 00–0Indian Wells Open A A ANH A A A A A1R0 / 10–1Miami Open A A ANH A A A A A2R0 / 11–1Madrid Open A A ANH A A A A1R A0 / 10–1Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A0 / 00–0Canadian Open A A ANH A A A A A A0 / 00–0Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A A0 / 00–0China Open A A ANHNHNHNH A A0 / 00–0Wuhan Open A A ANHNHNHNH A A0 / 00–0Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0 / 3 1–3 Career statistics 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Win %Tournaments 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 3 12 12Career total: 34Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Career total: 0Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Career total: 0Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–6 3–5 0 / 14 8–14 Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 0 / 7 5–7 Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–4 3–4 0 / 12 7–12 Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–6 0–0 3–1 3–2 6–12 7–12 0 / 33 20–33 Win % Career total: Year-end ranking 817 399 347 241 151 348 288 160 77Career high: No. 65
WTA 125 finals Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 San Luis Open, Mexico Clay Nadia Podoroska 1–6, 2–6Win 1–1 Contrexéville Open, France Clay Elsa Jacquemot 6–4, 7–6(7–2)Win 2–1 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy Clay Anouk Koevermans 6–3, 6–2Win 3–1 ATV Rome Open, Italy Clay Lucia Bronzetti 6–3, 6–1Win 4–1 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy (2) Clay Fiona Ferro 6–0, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournaments (4–1)W25/35 tournaments (2–3)W15 tournaments (3–2)Finals by surfaceClay (9–6) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2017ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW15 Clay Emily Arbuthnott 6–3, 5–7, 4–6Win 1–1 Nov 2017ITF Asunción, ParaguayW15 Clay Fernanda Brito 6–3, 7–6(0)Win 2–1 Apr 2018ITF Villa Dolores, ArgentinaW15 Clay Victoria Bosio 4–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss 2–2 Jul 2018ITF Vienna, AustriaW15 Clay Marta Leśniak 0–6, 3–6Win 3–2 Jul 2018Tampere Open, FinlandW15 Clay Bojana Marinković 6–2, 7–6(2)Win 4–2 Jun 2019ITF Minsk, BelarusW25 Clay Stephanie Wagner 6–3, 1–6, 6–2Win 5–2 Jun 2019ITF Minsk, BelarusW25 Clay Jaqueline Cristian 7–6(6), 4–6, 6–1Loss 5–3 Apr 2021ITF Villa Maria, ArgentinaW25 Clay Beatriz Haddad Maia 7–5, 4–6, 2–6Win 6–3 Jul 2021Open de Biarritz, FranceW60 Clay Oksana Selekhmeteva 6–4, 7–6(4)Loss 6–4 Sep 2021Montreux Ladies Open, SwitzerlandW60 Clay Beatriz Haddad Maia 4–6, 3–6Loss 6–5 Apr 2023ITF Guayaquil, EcuadorW25 Clay Julia Riera 2–6, 5–7Loss 6–6 Feb 2024ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W35 Clay Lucija Ćirić Bagarić 1–2 ret.Win 7–6 May 2024Grado Tennis Cup, ItalyW75 Clay Kathinka von Deichmann 6–1, 7–5Win 8–6 Mar 2025Vacaria Open, BrazilW75 Clay Léolia Jeanjean 1–6, 6–4, 6–1Win 9–6 May 2025Prague Open, CzechiaW75 Clay Ena Shibahara 6–3, 6–4
Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendW10 tournaments (0–1)Finals by surfaceClay (0–1) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss May 2016ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW10 Clay Emmanuelle Girard Natalija Kostić Ganna Poznikhirenko 4–6, 4–6
WTA Tour career earnings Current as of 27 July 2026.
Year Grand Slamsingles titles WTAsingles titles Totalsingles titles Earnings ($) Money list rank 2017 0 0 0 4,446 892 2018 0 0 0 19,178 401 2019 0 0 0 23,398 381 2020 0 0 0 42,366 Not available 2021 0 0 0 220,289 164 2022 0 0 0 21,584 454 2023 0 0 0 40,786 363 2024 0 0 0 193,451 207 2025 0 0 0 424,804 131 2026 0 0 0 488,366 104 Career 0 0 0 1,500,933 457 * The career total also includes prize money earned before 2017.
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