Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro Explained

Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
Birth Date:2002 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Vilagarcía de Arousa, Galicia
Height:1.7m (05.6feet)
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach:Roberto Ortega Olmedo
Careerprizemoney:US$ 937,828
Singlestitles:1 WTA Challenger
Highestsinglesranking:No. 55 (4 November 2024)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 55 (4 November 2024)
Australianopenresult:Q3 (2023)
Frenchopenresult:1R (2024)
Wimbledonresult:3R (2024)
Usopenresult:3R (2024)
Doublestitles:4 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 201 (9 January 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 1333 (9 September 2024)
Updated:28 October 2024

Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro (born 24 September 2002) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Bouzas Maneiro has career-high rankings of world No. 56 in singles by the WTA achieved on 28 October 2024, and No. 201 in doubles, attained on 9 January 2023.[1] She is currently the No. 2 Spanish player.

She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as eleven singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life

Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro was born in Vilagarcía de Arousa to father Juan Jesús and mother Gloria.[2] She began playing tennis at the age of five at the Club de Tenis O Rial in her hometown. At the age of 13, she moved to Alicante to train at the Ferrer Tennis Academy.[3] In 2022, she moved to Madrid to train under Javier Martí, the former coach of Paula Badosa.[4] In September 2023, she hired Roberto Ortega Olmedo as her coach.[5]

Career

2020–2021: ITF Circuit titles

In December 2020, Bouzas Maneiro reached her first professional singles final at the $15k Torneo Internacional de Tenis Ciudad Raqueta in Madrid, but was defeated by Conny Perrin.[6] [7] The following month, in January 2021, she won her maiden singles title at the $15k event in Cairo, defeating Chantal Škamlová in the final.[8] In March 2021, she reached the final of the $15k Internationaux de Tennis Féminin in Gonesse, but lost to Marine Partaud.[9] At the $15k Open du Havre in Le Havre, she reached the quarterfinals, eventually losing to Léolia Jeanjean.[10] In June 2021, she won another title at the $15k event in Heraklion and reached the final of the $25k Ciudad Raqueta event in Madrid.

2022–2023: Major and United Cup debuts

In February 2022, she won the $15k event in Villena, defeating Ashley Lahey in the final.[11] A month later, she won her second title of the year at the $15k Vilas Academy Calvià Open in Palma Nova.[12] In May, she reached the final of the $25k event in Platja d'Aro, but lost to compatriot Guiomar Maristany.[13] At the end of June, she won the bronze medal in singles and a gold medal in doubles at the Mediterranean Games. Partnering Maristany, they defeated the Maltese pair of Francesca Curmi and Elaine Genovese to clinch the medal.[14]

In 2023, she competed for Spain as a substitute at the United Cup, and was victorious on her debut over Olivia Gadecki.[15] She made her major debut at the Wimbledon Championships by qualifying for the main draw.[16]

2024: WTA 125 title and 1000 debut, top 10 win, two major third rounds

In March, she won her maiden WTA 125 title at the Antalya Challenger.[17] The following month, she reached the final of the Zaragoza Open, but lost to Moyuka Uchijima. She subsequently made her WTA top 100 debut on 15 April 2024, reaching a new career-high ranking of world No. 90.[18] She made her WTA 1000 main-draw debut, after qualifying for the Madrid Open where she defeated compatriot Paula Badosa in the first round for her first win at this level.[19] [20]

At Wimbledon, Bouzas Maneiro reached the third round of a major for the first time in her career, after upsetting defending champion Markéta Vondroušová in straight sets,[21] [22] her first top 10 win, and defeating compatriot Cristina Bucșa.[23] Her victory over Vondroušová marked the first time since 1994 that the defending women's Wimbledon champion was eliminated in the first round.[24] She exited the tournament after retiring due to a back injury while trailing in her round three match against eventual champion Barbora Krejčíková.[25]

She also made her debut at the Cincinnati Open when she defeated fellow lucky loser Lucia Bronzetti[26] before losing to Elina Svitolina.[27]

Bouzas Maneiro reached another major third round at the US Open with wins over Petra Martić[28] and 31st seed Katie Boulter.[29] Her run was ended by sixth seed Jessica Pegula.[30]

Performance timeline

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2024 US Open.

Tournament2021202220232024SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
style=text-align:left Australian OpenAAQ3Q10 / 00–0
style=text-align:left French OpenAAQ11R0 / 10–1
style=text-align:left WimbledonAA1R3R0 / 22–2
style=text-align:left US OpenAAQ13R0 / 12–1
style=text-align:left Win–loss0–00–00–14–30 / 44–4
WTA 1000 tournaments
Miami OpenAAAQ10 / 00–0
style=text-align:left Madrid OpenQ1bgcolor=fof8ffQ1bgcolor=fof8ffQ12R0 / 11–1
style=text-align:left Cincinnati Open2R0 / 11–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–02–20 / 22–2

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 19 (11 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–2)
W60/75 tournaments (2–1)
W50 tournaments (1–1)
W25 tournaments (3–2)
W15 tournaments (5–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (6–7)
Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentclass=unsortableScore
Loss0–1Dec 2020ITF Madrid, SpainW15Clay Conny Perrin4–6, 6–7(8)
Win1–1Jan 2021ITF Cairo, Egypt W15Clay Chantal Škamlová7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win2–1Jan 2021ITF Cairo, Egypt W15Clay Anastasia Nefedova6–0, 6–0
Loss2–2Mar 2021ITF Gonesse, FranceW15Clay (i) Marine Partaud4–6, 3–6
Win3–2Jun 2021ITF Heraklion, Greece W15Clay María Portillo Ramírez6–3, 6–0
Loss3–3Jun 2021ITF Madrid, SpainW25Clay Amandine Hesse4–6, 5–7
Win4–3Feb 2022ITF Villena, Spain W15Hard Ashley Lahey6–2, 6–1
Win5–3Mar 2022ITF Palmanova, Spain W15Hard Yvonne Cavallé Reimers6–4, 6–1
Loss5–4May 2022ITF Platja d'Aro, SpainW25Clay Guiomar Maristany6–7(2), 4–6
Win6–4Jul 2022ITF Aschaffenburg, GermanyW25Clay Katharina Hobgarski6–1, 6–2
Win7–4Oct 2022ITF Šibenik, Croatia W25Clay Leyre Romero Gormaz6–3, 6–3
Win8–4Oct 2022ITF Quinta do Lago, PortugalW25Hard Tara Würth7–5, 5–4 ret.
Loss8–5May 2023Prague Open, Czech RepublicW60Clay Darja Semenistaja6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win9–5Jul 2023ITF Roma, ItalyW60Clay Raluca Șerban6–2, 6–4
Loss9–6Aug 2023ITF Maspalomas Gran Canaria,
Spain
W100Clay Julia Grabher4–6, 4–6
Win10–6Jan 2024Porto Indoor, PortugalW75+HHard (i) Maja Chwalińska3–6, 6–0, 6–4
Loss10–7Jan 2024Porto Indoor 2, PortugalW50Hard (i) Rebecca Šramková7–6(4), 5–7, 1–6
Win11–7Feb 2024ITF Morelia, MexicoW50Hard Hailey Baptiste6–7(11), 6–1, 7–6(1)
Loss11–8Apr 2024Zaragoza Open, SpainW100Clay Moyuka Uchijima1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (3–1)
W15 tournaments (0–1)
ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Feb 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Lexie Stevens Mariana Dražić
Oana Georgeta Simion
6–4, 3–6, [10–12]
Win1–1Apr 2022ITF Oeiras, PortugalW25Clay Guiomar Maristany Francisca Jorge
Matilde Jorge
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win2–1Jul 2022ITF Getxo, SpainW25Clay Leyre Romero Gormaz Park So-hyun
Sapfo Sakellaridi
7–5, 6–0
Loss2–2Jul 2022ITF Darmstadt, GermanyW25Clay Leyre Romero Gormaz Elena Malõgina
Alice Robbe
5–7, 5–7
Win3–2Aug 2022ITF San Bartolomé de
Tirajana
, Spain
W60Clay Leyre Romero Gormaz Lucía Cortez Llorca
Rosa Vicens Mas
1–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Win4–2Sep 2022ITF Marbella, SpainW25Clay Leyre Romero Gormaz Julia Riera
Daniela Seguel
6–4, 6–2

National representation

Multi-sports event

Maristany made her debut representing Spain in multi-sports event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games where she won the singles bronze and the women's doubles gold medal.

Doubles: 1 (gold medal)

Top 10 wins

She has a 1–1 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

OpponentEventSurfaceScore
2024
1. Markéta Vondroušová6Wimbledon, United KingdomGrass1R6–4, 6–283

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro | Player Stats & More – WTA Official. Women's Tennis Association.
  2. Web site: Penedo . Pablo . Jéssica Bouzas, la niña que encuerda la futura gran raqueta femenina española . La Voz de Galicia . 2 July 2024 . es . 14 January 2016.
  3. Chantre Cancelo . Angel . 2022 . ENTREVISTA A JESSICA BOUZAS . Revista eSmás . Vilagarcía de Arousa . 38 . 2 July 2024.
  4. Web site: Penedo . Pablo . Jéssica Bouzas devuelve a Galicia al cuadro final de un «grand slam» 7 años después . La Voz de Galicia . 2 July 2024 . es . 29 June 2023.
  5. Web site: Macpherson . Alex . From tattoos to horses, five things to know about Jessica Bouzas Maneiro . Women's Tennis Association . 5 July 2024 . en . 4 July 2024.
  6. Web site: Jéssica Bouzas se mete en su primera final del circuito profesional . Diario de Arousa . 2 July 2024 . es . 12 December 2020.
  7. Web site: Jessica Bouzas Maneiro subcampeona del ITF Ciudad de la Raqueta . Deporte Galego . 2 July 2024 . es . 14 December 2020.
  8. Web site: Renton . Jamie . Bouzas Maneiro claims first pro singles title at W15 Cairo . International Tennis Federation . 2 July 2024 . 11 January 2021.
  9. Web site: Beattie . Michael . Noskova follows Fruhvirtova's lead with maiden title . International Tennis Federation . 4 July 2024 . 22 March 2021.
  10. Web site: Doval . Diego . Jéssica Bouzas cae apeada en Le Havre por la francesa Jeanjean . Faro de Vigo . 2 July 2024 . es . 27 March 2021.
  11. Web site: Penedo . Pablo . Jéssica Bouzas gana su primer torneo del año barriendo de la pista a la estadounidense Ashley . La Voz de Galicia . 2 July 2024 . es . 13 February 2022.
  12. Web site: Jessica Bouzas campioa do W15 Palmanova . Deporte Galego . 4 July 2024 . gl . 29 March 2022.
  13. Web site: Guiomar Maristany gana el internacional de Platja d'Aro ante Jessica Bouzas . Real Federación Española de Tenis . 2 July 2024 . es . 23 May 2022.
  14. Web site: Camilleri . Valhmor . Tennis duo Curmi and Genovese settle for historic silver medal at Mediterranean Games . SportsDesk . 2 July 2024 . 30 June 2022.
  15. Web site: Photos: The players contesting their first WTA main draw in 2023 . 2024-02-23 . Women's Tennis Association . en.
  16. Web site: Macpherson . Alex . Wimbledon 2023's Grand Slam debuts: Stevanovic, Naef, Bai and more . Women's Tennis Association . 2 July 2024 . 1 July 2023.
  17. Web site: Podoroska, Bouzas Maneiro pick up clay-court WTA 125 titles. Women's Tennis Association. 31 August 2024.
  18. Web site: Macpherson . Alex . Rankings Watch: Bouzas Maneiro cracks Top 100 for first time . Women's Tennis Association . 2 July 2024 . 15 April 2024.
  19. Web site: Sánchez . Gonzalo . Jéssica Bouzas jugará contra Paula Badosa en el cuadro final del Mutua Open de Madrid . Diario de Arousa . 2 July 2024 . es . 23 April 2024.
  20. Web site: Doval . Diego . Jéssica Bouzas hace historia al superar a Paula Badosa sobre la tierra del Mutua Madrid Open . Faro de Vigo . 2 July 2024 . es . 24 April 2024.
  21. Web site: Eccleshare . Charlie . Wimbledon defending champion Vondrousova loses in first round . The New York Times . 2 July 2024 . 2 July 2024.
  22. Web site: Verri . Matt . Wimbledon: Defending champion Vondrousova crashes out in first round . Evening Standard . 6 July 2024 . 2 July 2024.
  23. Web site: Solsona . Joan . El sueño de Jessica Bouzas continúa: derrota a Bucsa y pasa a tercera ronda de Wimbledon . Marca . 4 July 2024 . es . 4 July 2024.
  24. Web site: Fendrich . Howard . Marketa Vondrousova is the first defending women's Wimbledon champ out in the first round since 1994 . AP News . 2 July 2024 . 2 July 2024.
  25. Web site: Wimbledon: Krejcikova 'feeling more confident' as she moves into fourth round with Bouzas Maneiro retirement. 6 July 2024 . Tennis Majors. 31 August 2024.
  26. Web site: Bouzas Maneiro overturns 5-3 third-set deficit to deny Bronzetti. Women's Tennis Association. 31 August 2024.
  27. Web site: Svitolina eases past Bouzas Maneiro in Cincinnati second round. Women's Tennis Association. 31 August 2024.
  28. Web site: US Open: Bouzas Maneiro races into second round. 27 August 2024 . Tennis Majors. 31 August 2024.
  29. Web site: Katie Boulter out of US Open after 'horrendous' loss to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. The Independent. 31 August 2024.
  30. Web site: Jessica Pegula takes down Jessica Bouzas Maneiro to cruise into US Open fourth round. 31 August 2024 . New York Post. 31 August 2024.