Jessica Moore (tennis)

Jessica Moore

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Williams, Australia
Born	(1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 Perth, Australia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right handed-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$291,474
Singles
Career record	198–157
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 132 (27 October 2008)
Current ranking	No. 313 (29 December 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2008)
US Open	2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	149–110
Career titles	20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 109 (13 June 2011)
Current ranking	No. 168 (17 November 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2011)
Last updated on: 12 May 2014.

Jessica Moore

Medal record
Tennis
Competitor for  Australia
Commonwealth Games
	2010 Delhi	Women's Doubles

Jessica Moore (born 16 August 1990) is an Australian professional tennis player. Formerly coached by Milo Bradley, Moore works with the Australian Institute of Sport. Her preferred surface is hard court.^[1]

Moore has a career high WTA singles ranking of 132 achieved on 27 October 2008. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 109 achieved on 13 June 2011.

Tennis career

2008

Moore reached the second round of the 2008 Australian Open after defeating Julie Ditty 6–3, 6–2. There she lost to Israeli 17th seed Shahar Pe'er, 6–0, 7–5. This made her the youngest Australian to win a match at the Australian Open since Jelena Dokić in 1999. Moore also reached the final of the 2008 Australian Open girls' singles, in which she lost to Arantxa Rus. She was the first Australian to make the final in 13 years.^[2] In February 2008, the young Australian made her Fed Cup debut, becoming the youngest Australian to play for Australia since Jelena Dokić in 2000.

After recovering from a shoulder injury, Moore won both the French Open and Wimbledon junior doubles titles with Slovenia's Polona Hercog. At the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, Moore reached the second round of the 2008 US Open after defeating American wildcard Melanie Oudin 7–6(5), 7–6(5). However, she lost in the second round to Anna-Lena Grönefeld of Germany 6–1, 6–3.

2009

Moore was awarded a wilcard into the 2009 Australian Open after improving her ranking up 230 places to 140 in 2008.^[3] In the first round she defeated fellow wildcard Christina McHale 1–6, 6–3, 9–7. More than took on the number twelve seed Flavia Pennetta but was defeated 4–6, 1–6.

Moore played the rest of the year on the ITF Circuit. She struggled to find form only winning one out of five matches in February and March before returning to form with a semi-final appearance in a $25,000 tournament in Bundaberg. She was defeated by Olivia Rogowska 5–7, 4–6. In July Moore reached the quarterfinals of a $100,000 tournament in Biarritz. She knocked out then world number 107 Arantxa Rus 2–6, 6–4, 6–2. Rus had defeated Moore in the 2008 Australian Open girls' singles final in 2008. Moore went on to play in qualifying at the 2009 US Open. Moore was defending main draw second round points, however she lost in the first round of qualifying 2–6, 4–6 against Lina Stančiūtė. After losing early in her next few tournaments, she recovered to finish the year with a semi-final performance at a $25,000 tournament in Kalgoorlie. She lost to a returning Alicia Molik 1–6, 2–6.

Moore ended 2009 ranked 244 in the world. 108 places lower than she finished in 2008. She was also in the negative with wins and losses. Recording 20 losses to just 13 wins.

2010

Moore started 2010 at the 2010 Brisbane International in the qualifying draw. She lost her opening match to compatriot Anastasia Rodionova 4–6, 0–6. She then competed in the qualifying at the 2010 Medibank International Sydney where she again lost in the opening round to Varvara Lepchenko 1–6, 2–6. Moore received a wildcard into the qualifying of the 2010 Australian Open where eventual qualifier Han Xinyun 4–6, 4–6. Starting her year on the ITF Women's Circuit, Moore traveled down to Tasmania to compete in the 2010 McDonald's Burnie International. She reached the quarterfinals and defeated seventh seed Çağla Büyükakçay 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 but lost her semi-final against Arina Rodionova 1–6, 1–6.

After suffering multiple early losses throughout Australia and Korea, Moore reached the semi-final of a $25,000 tournament in Bundaberg losing to Natsumi Hamamura 2–6, 6–4, 2–6. Moore then played six tournaments in Italy with her best result coming at a $25,000 in Padova where she reached the quarterfinals after defeating Tereza Mrdeža 6–2, 6–0 and Maria Joao Koehler 6–1, 6–3. However she fell in the quarterfinals to Audrey Bergot 0–6,2–6. Moore continued to play European tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit in which she played in Hungary, Germany and France with Moore reaching a semi-final in a $25,000 tournament in Les Contamines-Montjoie where she lost to the number one seed Andrea Hlaváčková 4–6, 1–6. She also reached a quarterfinal in Versmold where she lost to the number four seed Aleksandra Krunić 4–6, 1–6.

Moore then returned to Australia to compete in seven $25,000 events. The first event was held in Darwin in which Moore made the quarterfinals and then defeated Victoria Larriere 6–3, 6–2. She lost in the semi-final to number three seed Naomi Cavaday 3–6, 4–6. After a second round loss in Alice Springs to Pemra Özgen, Moore headed to Delhi for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in which Tennis first appeared in the games. Although she did not compete in the singles she did compete in the doubles with Olivia Rogowska. They opened the tournament in the quarterfinals after a first round bye due to them being seeded third. They opened with a 6–0, 6–1 win over Pinki Montlha and Nthabiseng Nqosa from Lesotho. Moore and Rogowska scraped through the semi-final with a 5–7, 6–3, 7–5 win over Nirupama Sanjeev and Poojashree Venkatesha from India to set up an all Australian final with Anastasia Rodionova and Sally Peers. Moore and Rogowska won silver after going down in the final in three sets 3–6, 6–2, 3–6. Moore then returned to Australia to finish off the remaining five $25,000 tournaments. She reached the second round in Mount Gambier after defeating Isabella Holland 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 but was shocked in the second round by qualifier Jade Hopper 4–6, 3–6. Moore reached the quarterfinal in Kalgoorlie where she defeated fourth seed Irina-Camelia Begu 6–3, 7–5. She lost the semi-final to Julia Glushko 7–6(1), 5–7, 4–6. Moore ended her season on the ITF Circuit with two first round losses in Esperance and Traralgon. Then a second round loss in Bendigo.

Moore finished 2010 with a win loss record of 34 wins to 29 losses on the. She also finished with a ranking of 250. Six places lower than she finished in 2009.

2011

Moore began 2011 in qualifying at the 2011 Brisbane International losing in the first round to Ksenia Pervak 3–6, 0–6. Then at the 2011 Moorilla Hobart International Moore upset world number 122 Olivia Sanchez 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2 in the first round of qualifying before going down in the next round to second seed Simona Halep 5–7, 0–6. Moore and Daniella Jeflea reached the quarterfinals in the Women's Doubles after defeating Maria Kondratieva and Sophie Lefèvre 6–3, 6–3. They lost in the quarterfinals to third seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 1–6, 1–6. Moore was unable to compete in the 2011 Australian Open due to missing qualifying because poor weather in Hobart meant the tournament was delayed for a few days. Moore then began her year on the ITF Women's Circuit at the 2011 McDonald's Burnie International where she reached the second round. In February Moore and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn reached the final of the 2011 Malaysian Open where they lost to Dinara Safina and Galina Voskoboeva 5–7, 6–2, 5–10. This was Moore's first WTA final.

Moore then competed in WTA Tour qualifying events and $100,000 and $50,000 ITF events up until July with a win loss record of ten wins to twelve losses. Moore then decided that after a few years of constantly being on the road, she decided to take an indefinite break and experience what it was like to live an ordinary life.^[4]

Moore finished 2011 with twelve wins and fifteen losses and a ranking of 412 after not playing for the second half of the year. However she still finished the year ranked 117 in doubles.

2012

Moore returned to tennis at a $25,000 event in Ipswich where she qualified and made the second round. Moore then headed over to the United States to play five ITF tournaments with her best result coming at a $10,000 tournament in Hilton Head Island where she reached the final.

Later in July she won a $10,000 tournament in Knokke where she defeated Ysaline Bonaventure in the final 6–1, 7–6(7). and followed the result up with a quarterfinal again in Belgium but this time losing to Bonaventure 0–6, 5–7. After a string of early losses through Belgium and Australia, Moore turned her form around making a quarterfinal of a $25,000 event in Margaret River. She then made a semi-final in Traralgon taking out first seed and world number 110 Olivia Rogowska in the second round 1–6, 6–3, 6–3. Then eighth seed Sally Peers in the quarterfinal 6–4, 7–6(7). She went down to Arina Rodionova 6–7(7), 4–6. She finished her year on the ITF circuit in Bendigo going down the first round to Alison Bai 6–7(7), 6–3, 6–7(9). Moore lost in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff against Arina Rodionova 5–7, 3–6.

Moore finished 2012 with a win loss record off 27 wins and 14 losses and a ranking of 414 which is 2 places lower than her end of year ranking in 2011.

2013

Moore started the year at the 2013 Moorilla Hobart International after receiving a wild card into qualifying. She lost in the opening round to world number 129 Duan Yingying 3–6, 5–7. Moore again received a wildcard this time into qualifying at the 2013 Australian Open where she beaten convincingly 2–6, 1–6 by Karin Knapp. Moore then competed at the 2013 McDonald's Burnie International where she qualified into the main draw where she stunned fourth seed Erika Sema in the first round 6–3, 6–2 before being crushed by Sun Shengnan 6–3, 6–0. Moore also reached the doubles final alongside Bojana Bobusic.

In early March Moore reached the final of a $10,000 tournament where she defeated sixth and eighth seeds Tamara Čurović and Kaori Onishi in the quarterfinals and the semi-finals. She played Viktorija Rajicic in the final. Moore took the first set before Rajicic came storming back to win the match 7–5, 3–6, 2–6. After early losses in tournaments in Australia and the USA Moore returned to form reaching another final in a $10,000 tournament this time in Bethany Beach. She lost the final 6–7(3), 3–6 to Brianna Morgan. She backed this up with a quarterfinal appearance the next week in a $10,000 tournament in Buffalo losing to returning former top 30 player Alisa Kleybanova 4–6, 2–6.

After four straight first round losses more reached the final of a $15,000 tournament in Cairns. She knocked out world number 487 Miyu Kato in the quarterfinals 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 and world number 290 and the tournaments first seed Zuzana Zlochová in the semi-finals 6–2, 3–6, 6–2. She was defeated in the final 3–6, 6–3, 2–6 by Azra Hadzic. Moore finished her year on the ITF Circuit with a second round defeat at the $50,000 2013 Bendigo Women's International (2). She defeated Nives Baric in the first round 6–2, 6–3. She then went down to second seed Olivia Rogowska 2–6, 3–6.

Moore finished her year playing at the Australian Open Wilcard Playoff where she stunned second seed and world number 163 Anastasia Rodionova 5–7, 6–1, 9–7. She went down in the quarterfinals to seventh seed Viktorija Rajicic 2–6, 6–3, 2–6. Moore finished 2013 with a ranking of number 470.

2014

Moore commenced 2014 by losing in the qualifying rounds of the 2014 Apia International Sydney then returned to play on the ITF circuit in Australia and Asia for the rest of the year. Her best performances were semi-finals in Mildura (in March), Zhengzhou (in May) and a finalist in Toowoomba (in October). Moore finished 2014 with a ranking of number 409.

2015

Moore commenced 2015 by losing in qualifying rounds of the 2015 Apia International Sydney and 2015 Australian Open before returning to the Australian ITF circuit, where she made 3 consecutive quarterfinals in Clare, Port Pirie and Mildura (in February and March). Moore then headed to the USA and continues to play on the ITF circuit. Following a quarter final result at Indian Harbour Beach, Moore's ranking re-entered the top 300.^[5]

Career statistics

WTA Tour finals (0–1)

Doubles (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	6 March 2011	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Dinara Safina Galina Voskoboeva	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]

ITF Circuit singles finals: 10 (4–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 June 2007	Davos, Switzerland	Clay	Stephanie Vogt	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	2.	30 July 2007	Ilkley, Great Britain	Grass	Lizaan Du Plessis	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	22 October 2007	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Sandy Gumulya	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	7 July 2008	Rome, Italy	Clay	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	28 May 2012	Hilton Head Island, United States	Hard	Mayo Hibi	3–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	16 July 2012	Knokke, Belgium	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	6–1, 7–6(7)
Runner-up	7.	4 March 2013	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Viktorija Rajicic	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	10 June 2013	Bethany Beach, United States	Clay	Brianna Morgan	6–7(7), 3–6
Runner-up	9.	16 September 2013	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Azra Hadzic	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	18 October 2014	Toowoomba, Australia	Hard	Ellen Allgurin	1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 31 (22–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1 May 2007	Bournemouth, Great Britain	Clay	Alenka Hubacek	Melanie Klaffner Nicole Riner	5–7 6–4 6–4
Runner-up	1.	8 October 2007	Rockhampton, Australia	Hard	Alison Bai	Courtney Nagle Robin Stephenson	4–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	30 May 2008	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Maria Fernanda Alves María Irigoyen	3–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Runner-up	2.	13 June 2008	Campobasso, Italy	Clay	Nicole Clerico	María Irigoyen Roxane Vaisemberg	3–6 2–6
Runner-up	3.	10 October 2008	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	Natalie Grandin Robin Stephenson	4–6 2–6
Winner	3.	1 February 2010	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Tímea Babos Anna Arina Marenko	6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	21 February 2010	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Casey Dellacqua	Jarmila Groth Jade Hopper	6–2, 7–6
Winner	5.	7 March 2010	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Sophie Ferguson Trudi Musgrave	W/O
Winner	6.	3 May 2010	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Marija Mirkovic	Viktorija Rajicic Emelyn Starr	6–3 1–6 10–7
Winner	7.	1 November 2010	Kalgoorlie, Australia	Hard	Daniella Jeflea	Tímea Babos Monika Wejnert	6–4 2–6 6–4
Winner	8.	8 November 2010	Esperance, Australia	Hard	Daniella Jeflea	Chiaki Okadaue Remi Tezuka	7–6 (7) 6–3
Winner	9.	30 April 2012	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Marie-Ève Pelletier Alyona Sotnikova	6–7 (6) 6–3 10–8
Runner-up	4.	28 January 2013	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Bojana Bobusic	Shuko Aoyama Erika Sema	W/O
Runner-up	5.	4 March 2013	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Anja Dokic	Alison Bai Tyra Calderwood	6–7 4–6
Runner-up	6.	6 May 2013	Raleigh, United States	Clay	Sally Peers	Asia Muhammad Allie Will	3–6, 3–6
Winners	10.	28 February 2014	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Miyabi Inoue Hiroko Kuwata	6–4, 6–3
Runners-up	7.	7 March 2014	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Su-jeong Jang So-ra Lee	1–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Winners	11.	5 April 2014	Glen Iris, Australia	Clay	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Tammi Patterson Ellen Perez	6–4, 6–2
Winners	12.	13 April 2014	Melbourne, Australia	Clay	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Miyu Kato Yuuki Tanaka	7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Winners	13.	6 October 2014	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Abbie Myers	Ayaka Okuno Alison Bai	6–2, 6–2
Winners	14.	13 October 2014	Toowoomba, Australia	Hard	Abbie Myers	Lizette Cabrera Priscilla Hon	6–3, 6–3
Runners-up	8.	20 October 2014	Perth, Australia	Hard	Abbie Myers	Veronika Kapshay Alizé Lim	2–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Winners	15.	9 November 2014	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Abbie Myers	Naiktha Bains Karolina Wlodarczak	6–4, 6–0
Winners	16.	14 November 2014	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Abbie Myers	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Varunya Wongteanchai	3–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Winner	17.	27 February 2015	Clare, Australia	Hard	Jennifer Elie	Mana Ayukawa Kotomi Takahata	6–3, 7–5
Winner	18.	6 March 2015	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Abbie Myers	Liu Chang Tian Ran	6–0, 6–3
Runners-up	9.	11 April 2015	Jackson, United States	Clay	Kateřina Kramperová	Alexa Guarachi Caitlin Whoriskey	7–6(7–4), 3–6, [9–11]
Winner	19.	25 July 2015	Granby, Canada	Hard	Storm Sanders	Laura Robson Erin Routliffe	7–5, 6–2
Winner	20.	1 August 2015	Gatineau, Canada	Hard	Carol Zhao	Victoria Rodríguez Marcela Zacarías	6–3, 6–4
Winner	21.	16 August 2015	Landisville, United States	Hard	Ivana Jorović	Brynn Boren Nadja Gilchrist	6–1, 6–3
Winner	22.	10 October 2015	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Storm Sanders	Jennifer Elie Asia Muhammad	6–0, 6–3
Winner	23.	14 February 2016	Perth, Australia	Hard	Ashleigh Barty	Alison Bai Abbie Myers	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]

Singles performance timeline

Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

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

Women's Tennis Association: Top Australian female doubles tennis players as of 1 February 2016 1. Casey Dellacqua (3 ) 2. Anastasia Rodionova (38 ) 3. Arina Rodionova (44 ) 4. Samantha Stosur (70 ) 5. Jessica Moore (135 ) 6. Jarmila Wolfe (137 ) 7. Storm Sanders (170 ) 8. Daria Gavrilova (183 ) 9. Kimberly Birrell (270 ) 10. Alison Bai (317 )