
Jessica Pegula rolls over Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in Charleston on Thursday after playing a terrific match to play Danielle Rose Collins in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
The American added to her prize money $ 12,650 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 25,550 after this win. If she wins the next match, Jessica will add $ 25,535 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,085 in total.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Ajla Tomljanovic Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston
Pegula’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 65 points vs. the Australian’s 41.
Pegula
Jessica served very well to win 81% of the points (29/36) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (11/22) on her second serve. The American was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8).
Tomljanovic
On the other side, Ajla had some problems converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Pegula and Tomljanovic is 3-1 for Jessica.
Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Danielle Rose Collins – stats
Pegula will square off with Rose Collins in the quarter.
This will be the 6th time that Jessica Pegula and Danielle Rose Collins play each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Pegula won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Pegula took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Ajla Tomljanovic in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Jessica managed to stage a good comeback to break Ajla in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).
Jessica missed the opportunity to break Ajla in the 8th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
One of the most important stints of the set was when Pegula won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.
Jessica converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 8th (5-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Ajla converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 66 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than Tomljanovic (41-25). The American dropped 12 points on serve (22-12). In addition, on the other side, Tomljanovic conceded 19 points on serve (13-19).
Pegula overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Ajla Tomljanovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Jessica to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Pegula was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, Ajla wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They played 40 points. Pegula won 8 points more than Ajla (24-16). Pegula dropped 6 points on serve (18-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Tomljanovic conceded 6 points on serve (10-6).
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Madison KeysKeys (6-2 6-4)
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (4-6 6-4 6-2)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-3 6-2)
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-2 6-1)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 3-6 6-3)
- Sofia KeninKenin – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 7-67)
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-4 6-4)
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-5 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Emma NavarroNavarro (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sofia KeninKenin – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H details and stats