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Jessica Kirkland

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Miami, Florida, United States
Born	(1987-11-10) November 10, 1987 (age 37) Dayton, Ohio, United States
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$187,373
Singles
Career record	83–80
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 151 (21 March 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2005)
French Open	Q2 (2006)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2005, 2006)
US Open	1R (2004, 2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	14–27
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 269 (16 April 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2004, 2005, 2006)

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.

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. 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)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2004	US Open	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	1–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (3 title, 1 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2004	ITF Poza Rica, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Frederica Piedade	6–1, 6–2
Win	2–0	May 2004	ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Laura Pous Tió	6–0, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Jan 2006	ITF Waikoloa, United States	50,000	Hard	Lilia Osterloh	4–6, 1–6
Win	3–1	Jun 2007	ITF Carson, United States	50,000	Hard	Lauren Albanese	7–6, 6–2

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2006	ITF Indian Harbor Beach, United States	50,000	Clay	Edina Gallovits-Hall	Maria Fernanda Alves Stéphanie Dubois	6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Apr 2007	ITF Putignano, Italy	25,000	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

References

1. "Murray wins US junior crown". BBC Sport. September 12, 2004.
2. David Leggat (January 2, 2005). "Tennis: Weight of expectation worn lightly". The New Zealand Herald.
3. "Past champions". OrangeBowl.
4. "USTA Orange Bowl". Past champions.
5. "Orange Bowl International Tennis Champions" (pdf). USTA. USTA.
6. 'Tennis - WTA Indian Wells results - Jessica Kirkland' (Retrieved March 15, 2005)
7. "Leylah Fernandez". Australian Open. Retrieved December 9, 2020.

External links

• Jessica Kirkland at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jessica Kirkland at the International Tennis Federation

Sporting positions
Preceded by Nicole Vaidišová	Orange Bowl Girls' Singles Champion Category: 18 and under 2004	Succeeded by Caroline Wozniacki

• Living people
• 1987 births
• American female tennis players
• Tennis players from Miami
• Sportspeople from Dayton, Ohio
• Tennis players from Ohio
• 21st-century American women