A biography for Jessica Pegulahasn’t been written yet.
“I don't want to be that person overthinking and changing things. It's not how I am.”
“I see girls I played challengers with and now I feel so weird being a top five player in the world. It feels weird. I'm always kind of wondering if they're like: 'How the hell did that happen?'”
“What I've learned about athletes is they're very into other athletes.”
“A lot of people don't know that I'm half-Korean.”
“Going into the 2023 Australian Open, I decided to wear the number 3 patch to honor Damar Hamlin.”
“I just have to keep telling myself to put myself in good positions, keep getting better and working on things.”
“Doubles is something fun and something I can win at and still be good at. But I wouldn't say I prioritise doubles.”
“Some people have a lot going on in their personal life and it really affects them on court. To me, tennis has always been more of a stress relief, in a way.”
“My parents have helped me achieve this dream I am living.”
“I've kind of peaked at an older age, though I've always been kind of low-key - I don't do as much on social media; I don't think of myself as particularly popular.”
“Not a lot bothers me.”
“I don't have this massive serve where I'm hitting 10 aces a match.”
“I don't grunt, I'm not super physical, so I think that's why it doesn't seem like it... but I hit pretty hard!”
“Kobe's journey really was the entire dream for him. I think that was really cool, and spoke true to how I want to have my career.”
“I can win so many matches just by being solid on the baseline.”
“I really want to do well at Slams; I think it's time. I'm not really afraid to talk about it.”
“We wanted to help people afford service dogs. Not only is that about dogs helping people, it's about people helping dogs, because we only work with rescues. It goes both ways.”
“My mom was adopted and didn't know much about her heritage growing up. She became more successful, she started understanding more and more how much it meant to be a successful Korean woman in America. She started finding a network of fellow Koreans who really supported her.”