Jamie Loeb

American tennis player (born 1995)

Jamie Loeb
Loeb at Wimbledon in 2018
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceOssining, New York
Born (1995-03-08) March 8, 1995 (age 29)
Bronxville, New York
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of North Carolina (2013–15)
Prize moneyUS$781,674
Singles
Career record272–233 (53.9%)
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 132 (February 5, 2018)
Current rankingNo. 341 (January 15, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2017)
French OpenQ2 (2018)
WimbledonQ3 (2017)
US Open1R (2015, 2021)
Doubles
Career record202–147 (57.9%)
Career titles15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 117 (July 3, 2023)
Current rankingNo. 148 (January 15, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (2018)
US Open1R (2018, 2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open1R (2017, 2018, 2021)
Last updated on: January 15, 2024.

Jamie Loeb (born March 8, 1995) is an American tennis player.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 132 in singles, achieved in February 2018, and 117 in doubles, achieved in July 2023. Loeb has won ten singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She won the New York State high-school title as a sophomore. Loeb won the singles and doubles U18s championships at the 2012 USTA National Winter Championship, and won the doubles at the 2013 USTA International Spring Championship. She attended the University of North Carolina for her freshman and sophomore years (2013–15), and won the singles NCAA Championship in 2015.

Biography

Born in Bronxville, New York, Loeb was raised in Ossining, New York.[1] Her parents are Jerry, who owns a butcher business, and Susan Loeb, who is a substitute teacher.[2][3] She is the youngest of four siblings, and is Jewish.[4][5] For middle school, she attended the Anne M. Dorner Middle School, while playing high school tennis.[3]

Tennis career

Her mother, a tennis instructor, was her first coach.[6] She began hitting tennis balls at Club Fit in Briarcliff at age five, and then at the Hardscrabble Club in Brewster at age seven, and by the age of 11, she was competing in national tournaments.[3][6] She won a New York State title for Ossining High School as a sophomore, following in the footsteps of her sister Jenna who had won three.[6][3] She finished her high school studies on-line.[3]

She trained at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy at Randall’s Island where on occasion she hit with McEnroe.[6][7]

Loeb won the singles and doubles 18s championships at the 2012 USTA National Winter Championship, won the doubles and finished runner-up in singles at the 2013 USTA International Spring Championship, and was a quarterfinalist at the 2013 Wimbledon Juniors.[8]

Loeb attended the University of North Carolina for her freshman and sophomore years (2013–15), studying sports administration.[9][5] She played tennis for the North Carolina Tar Heels, and became the first freshman in close to 30 years to win both the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championship (defeating Carol Zhao of Stanford in the final of the 2015 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships; making her the NCAA Women's Singles Tennis National Champion) and the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship.[5] She was also the first singles national champion in UNC women's tennis history.[10] After she won the national championship, the Village and Town of Ossining declared August 3 to be Jamie Loeb Day.[11] In both her freshman and her sophomore seasons, she was named Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year and ITA All American.[1][10][8]

She then decided to compete in tennis as a professional, leaving UNC with an 84–9 career-record in singles competition.[5][10]

Loeb won her biggest title to date at the 2015 Stockton Challenger in the doubles event, partnering Sanaz Marand. She received a wildcard for the 2015 US Open and played fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the first round, losing in straight sets. Loeb won two singles titles in 2016 at $25k tournaments in Surprise, Arizona, and El Paso, Texas.

She received a wildcard for the 2023 US Open (tennis) for the main draw in doubles partnering Makenna Jones.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Loeb at UNC in 2013

Singles

Doubles

WTA 125 tournament finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2021 WTA Charleston Pro, United States Clay (green) United States Varvara Lepchenko 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2018 Newport Beach Challenger,
United States
Hard Sweden Rebecca Peterson Japan Misaki Doi
Switzerland Jil Teichmann
6–7(4–7), 6–1, [8–10]
Loss 0–2 Sep 2019 New Haven Challenger,
United States
Hard United States Usue Maitane Arconada Russia Anna Blinkova
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
2–6, 6–4, [4–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (6–2)
$10,000 tournaments (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–3)
Clay (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2012 ITF Buffalo, United States 10,000 Clay United States Tornado Alicia Black 7–6(5), 6–2
Win 2–0 Sep 2012 ITF Amelia Island, United States 10,000 Clay Japan Mari Osaka 6–3, 7–5
Win 3–0 May 2013 ITF Sumter, United States 10,000 Hard United States Brooke Austin 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–0 Jul 2015 ITF El Paso, United States 25,000 Hard United States Jennifer Brady 6–7(7), 6–4, 6–2
Win 5–0 Feb 2016 ITF Surprise, United States 25,000 Hard United States CiCi Bellis 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win 6–0 Jul 2016 ITF El Paso, United States 25,000 Hard United States Caitlin Whoriskey 7–5, 6–3
Win 7–0 Feb 2017 Launceston International, Australia 60,000 Hard Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek 7–6(4), 6–3
Loss 7–1 Oct 2017 ITF Templeton Pro, United States 60,000 Hard United States Sachia Vickery 1–6, 2–6
Loss 7–2 Feb 2018 Midland Tennis Classic, United States 100,000 Hard (i) United States Madison Brengle 1–6, 2–6
Win 8–2 Oct 2019 ITF Dallas, United States 25,000 Hard Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 6–0, 6–7(3), 6–0
Loss 8–3 May 2021 ITF Pelham, United States 25,000 Clay Hungary Panna Udvardy 7–6(5), 4–6, 3–6
Win 9–3 Jul 2022 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal 25,000+H Hard Australia Kimberly Birrell 7–5, 6–4
Loss 9–4 Oct 2022 ITF Redding, United States 25,000 Hard United States Kayla Day 3–6, 4–6
Win 10–4 Jan 2023 ITF Malibu, United States 25,000 Hard Mexico Renata Zarazúa 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 35 (17 titles, 18 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–2)
$80,000 tournaments (0–3)
$50/60,000 tournaments (6–7)
$25,000 tournaments (9–5)
$10,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (11–17)
Clay (6–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2012 ITF Buffalo, United States 10,000 Clay Russia Nika Kukharchuk Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani
United States Jacqueline Cako
1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 1–1 May 2013 ITF Sumter, United States 10,000 Hard United States Sanaz Marand United States Kristy Frilling
United States Alexandra Mueller
4–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Jun 2014 ITF El Paso, United States 25,000 Hard United States Ashley Weinhold United States Danielle Lao
Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu
4–6, 6–4, [15–13]
Loss 2–2 Jul 2014 Vancouver Open, Canada 100,000 Hard United States Allie Will United States Asia Muhammad
United States Maria Sanchez
3–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Win 3–2 Aug 2014 Landisville Challenge, United States 25,000 Hard United States Sanaz Marand United States Lena Litvak
United States Alexandra Mueller
7–6(5), 6–1
Win 4–2 Oct 2014 ITF Florence, United States 25,000 Hard United States Sanaz Marand United States Danielle Lao
United States Keri Wong
6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 5–2 Jul 2015 Stockton Challenger, United States 50,000 Hard United States Sanaz Marand United States Kaitlyn Christian
United States Danielle Lao
6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Jun 2016 ITF Sumter, United States 25,000 Hard Canada Carol Zhao United States Ashley Weinhold
United States Caitlin Whoriskey
6–7(5), 1–6
Loss 5–4 Jun 2016 ITF Baton Rouge, United States 25,000 Hard United States Ingrid Neel United States Lauren Herring
Australia Ellen Perez
3–6, 3–6
Loss 5–5 Jul 2016 Sacramento Challenger, United States 50,000 Hard South Africa Chanel Simmonds United States Ashley Weinhold
United States Caitlin Whoriskey
4–6, 4–6
Win 6–5 Aug 2016 Challenger de Granby, Canada 50,000 Hard Belgium An-Sophie Mestach Israel Julia Glushko
Belarus Olga Govortsova
6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–6 Oct 2016 Las Vegas Open, United States 50,000 Hard South Africa Chanel Simmonds Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
United States Maria Sanchez
5–7, 1–6
Loss 6–7 Nov 2016 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan 100,000 Hard Belgium An-Sophie Mestach Japan Rika Fujiwara
Japan Yuki Naito
4–6, 7–6(12), [8–10]
Loss 6–8 Nov 2017 Tyler Pro Challenge, United States 80,000 Hard Sweden Rebecca Peterson United States Jessica Pegula
United States Taylor Townsend
4–6, 1–6
Loss 6–9 Apr 2018 Dothan Pro Classic, United States 80,000 Clay United States Sofia Kenin Chile Alexa Guarachi
New Zealand Erin Routliffe
4–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Win 7–9 May 2018 ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain 25,000 Clay Mexico Ana Sofia Sanchez United States Chiara Scholl
Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
6–3, 6–2
Win 8–9 Jul 2019 Championships of Honolulu, United States 60,000 Hard United States Hayley Carter United States Usue Maitane Arconada
United States Caroline Dolehide
6–4, 6–4
Loss 8–10 Aug 2019 Lexington Challenger, United States 60,000 Hard United States Ann Li United States Robin Anderson
France Jessika Ponchet
6–7(4), 7–6(5), [7–10]
Loss 8–11 Aug 2019 Landisville Challenge, United States 60,000 Hard United States Hayley Carter United States Vania King
United States Claire Liu
6–4, 2–6, [5–10]
Win 9–11 Oct 2020 ITF Porto, Portugal 25,000 Hard Mexico Ana Sofia Sanchez Croatia Jana Fett
New Zealand Erin Routliffe
2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 9–12 Oct 2020 Tennis Classic of Macon, United States 80,000 Hard United States Francesca Di Lorenzo Poland Magdalena Fręch
Poland Katarzyna Kawa
5–7, 1–6
Loss 9–13 Nov 2020 ITF Orlando, United States 25,000 Hard New Zealand Erin Routliffe United States Rasheeda McAdoo
United States Alycia Parks
6–4, 1–6, [9–11]
Loss 9–14 Jul 2022 ITF Guimarães, Portugal 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey Portugal Francisca Jorge
Portugal Matilde Jorge
3–6, 1–6
Loss 9–15 Sep 2022 Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal 60,000 Hard United States Elysia Bolton United States Adriana Reami
United States Anna Rogers
4–6, 5–7
Win 10–15 Oct 2022 ITF Austin, United States 25,000 Hard Australia Elysia Bolton Poland Martyna Kubka
United States Ashley Lahey
6–3, 6–3
Loss 10–16 Oct 2022 Toronto Challenger, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) Australia Elysia Bolton Czech Republic Michaela Bayerlová
South Korea Jang Su-jeong
3–6, 2–6
Loss 10–17 Mar 2023 ITF Fredericton, Canada 25,000 Hard (i) United States Quinn Gleason United States Jessie Aney
United States Dalayna Hewitt
6–7(2), 4–6
Win 11–17 Apr 2023 ITF Boca Raton, United States 25,000 Clay United States Makenna Jones United States Sofia Sewing
Hungary Fanny Stollár
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 12–17 May 2023 ITF Bonita Springs, United States 100,000 Clay United States Makenna Jones United States Ashlyn Krueger
United States Robin Montgomery
5–7, 6–4, [10–2]
Win 13–17 May 2023 ITF Pelham, United States 60,000 Clay United States Makenna Jones United States Robin Anderson
Australia Elysia Bolton
6–4, 7–5
Win 14–17 Jun 2023 ITF Madrid, Spain 60,000 Hard United States Makenna Jones Australia Destanee Aiava
Turkey Berfu Cengiz
6–4, 5–7, [10–6]
Win 15–17 Jun 2023 ITF Zaragoza, Spain 25,000 Hard Australia Elysia Bolton China Gao Xinyu
Ekaterina Ovcharenko
6–3, 6–3
Loss 15–18 Jul 2023 ITF Dallas, United States 60,000 Hard United States Makenna Jones United States Sophie Chang
United States Ashley Lahey
2–6, 2–6
Win 16–18 Jan 2024 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 25,000 Clay Mexico Ana Sofía Sánchez Peru Romina Ccuno
Daria Lodikova
7–5, 7–6(2)
Win 17–18 Jan 2024 ITF Rome, United States 75,000 Hard (i) United States Angela Kulikov United States Hailey Baptiste
United States Whitney Osuigwe
walkover

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b "Rising Jewish star Loeb ousted," The Jerusalem Post.
  2. ^ WTA Staff (June 30, 2018). "Jamie Loeb". wtatennis.com. WTA Tennis. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Jamie Loeb, Ossining's Rising Tennis Star". Ossining-Croton-On-Hudson, NY Patch. September 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "Brengle leads three Jewish tennis players at Rogers Cup in Toronto," The Canadian Jewish News.
  5. ^ a b c d "Meet Jamie Loeb, a 20-Year-Old From Ossining, NY, Who Will Make Her Pro Tennis Debut at The U.S. Open," Tablet Magazine.
  6. ^ a b c d Coffey, Wayne. "Jamie Loeb, 20, ready to take stage at U.S. Open". nydailynews.com.
  7. ^ "McEnroe spurring Loeb on to big time," The Jewish Chronicle.
  8. ^ a b University of North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site
  9. ^ "Malan Award-winning Loeb likes to talk tennis as much as playing it," Midland Daily News.
  10. ^ a b c "UNC's Jamie Loeb finishes spectacular season, claims individual title". May 25, 2015.
  11. ^ "Village of Ossining Proclaims August 3 as Jamie Loeb Day".

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