Jessica Moore (born 16 August 1990) is a former professional

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player from Australia. Moore has won two doubles titles on the

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, as well as four singles and 31 doubles titles on the

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. On 27 October 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 132. On 13 May 2019, she peaked at No. 52 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for

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, Moore has a win–loss record of 1–2.

Tennis career

2008–2009

Moore reached the second round of the 2008 Australian Open, wherein lost to 17th seed

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. This made her the youngest Australian to win a match at the Australian Open since

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in 1999. Moore also reached the final of the 2008 Australian Open girls' singles, defeating future world No. 1,

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, in the semifinals. In the final, she lost to

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. She was the first Australian to make the final in 13 years. After recovering from a shoulder injury, Moore won both the French Open and

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junior doubles titles with Slovenia's

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. At the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, she reached the second round of the US Open after defeating American wildcard

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. However, she lost in the second round to

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of Germany. Moore was awarded a wildcard into the 2009 Australian Open after improving her ranking up 230 places to 140 in 2008. In the first round, she defeated fellow wildcard

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, before losing to 12th seed

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2011

In February, Moore and

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reached the final of the Malaysian Open where they lost to

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and

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. This was Moore's first

tournament final. She then competed in WTA qualifying events, and $100k and $50k events up until July, with a win–loss record of 10–12. After a few years of constantly being on the road, she decided to take an indefinite break and to experience what it was like to live an ordinary life.

Since 2015

Moore commenced 2015 by losing in qualifying rounds of the Sydney International and Australian Open before returning to the Australian circuit, where she made three consecutive quarterfinals in Clare, Port Pirie and Mildura (in February and March). Moore then headed to the USA and continued to play on the ITF Circuit. Following a quarterfinal result at Indian Harbour Beach, Moore's ranking re-entered the top 300. In July 2016, she finally realized her first WTA tournament win. Partnering

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, she won the Bucharest Open, defeating Alexandra Cadanțu and

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in the final, in straight sets.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Doubles: 43 (31 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles (0–1)

Girls' doubles (2–0)

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Jessica 1990 births Living people Australian female tennis players French Open junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Sportswomen from Western Australia Tennis players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Wimbledon junior champions Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in tennis Tennis players from Perth, Western Australia