American star Jessica Pegula has recently revealed her motto and the mindset she had for her 2025 season, which she concluded on a high note. The World No. 5 made her fourth consecutive WTA Finals appearance and delivered impressive performances, finishing second in the Stefanie Graf Group with a 2-1 score.
Jessica Pegula Reflects on Her 2025 Season, Acknowledging the Challenges
Pegula began her 2025 season at the Adelaide International, where she lost the finals to Madison Keys, with whom she hosts “The Player’s Box Podcast” along with other hosts, including Jennifer Brady and Desirae Krawczyk. She won the ATX Open, the Charleston Open, and the Bad Homburg Open.
Apart from winning the titles, she reached the final rounds at the Wuhan Open and the Miami Open and the semifinal stages at the China Open and the prestigious US Open. While acknowledging her challenges and her achievements, she added, highlighting her humour, “Motto of the year – it’s not easy 😂”
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Her single loss in the group stage came from World No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka, who defeated her with a concluding score of 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. They have played 12 matches against each other, and Sabalenka leads their head-to-head record with nine wins.
Considering her group stage loss, she had mentioned while appreciating the competition between them, “I do think we have really great matches, memorable matches. I wish I won more of them … even my coaches were saying, they’re like, ‘Whenever you guys play each other, it seems like you guys seem to bring out such a high level in each other.'”
She advanced to the semi-final round, losing the match to the eventual champion, Elena Rybakina. The Russian-Kazakhstani star went on to defeat Sabalenka with a 6-3, 7-6 (0) score, lifting her first Billie Jean King Trophy, a historic mark that made her the first player from her homeland to achieve this feat.
Despite losing to the champion, Pegula expressed optimistic thoughts on her performance, further commending the former’s form, she added, “Tough loss. Kudos to her, she played some really good tennis, always serving well. I felt like in these conditions and on these court, especially with her serve, it’s tough when she’s getting free points every single game. But regardless, I thought I played at a really high level today.”
Pegula had defeated fellow American, World No. 3, Coco Gauff, and Jasmine Paolini in her group stage matches.