Jamie Loeb
 Wimbledon qualifying 2018 | |
| Country (sports) |  United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Ossining, New York |
| Born | March 8, 1995 Bronxville, New York |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | 2015 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | University of North Carolina (2013–15) |
| Prize money | US$ 505,383 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 206–164 (55.7%) |
| Career titles | 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 132 (February 5, 2018) |
| Current ranking | No. 194 (August 30, 2021) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2017) |
| French Open | Q2 (2018) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2017) |
| US Open | 1R (2015, 2021) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 146–104 (58.4%) |
| Career titles | 9 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 120 (July 16, 2018) |
| Current ranking | No. 167 (August 30, 2021) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2018) |
| US Open | 1R (2018) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| US Open | 1R (2017, 2018, 2021) |
| Last updated on: August 30, 2021. | |
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 120 in doubles, achieved in July 2018. Loeb has won eight singles titles and nine doubles titles on the ITF 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 ITF singles titles in 2016, at tournaments in Surprise, Arizona, and El Paso, Texas.
WTA 125K series finals[]
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2021 | WTA 125 Charleston, United States | Green Clay | 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 | WTA 125 Newport Beach, United States | Hard |  Rebecca Peterson
|
 Misaki Doi  Jil Teichmann
|
6–7(4–7), 6–1, [8–10] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2019 | WTA 125 New Haven, United States | Hard | Usue Maitane Arconada
|
 Anna Blinkova  Oksana Kalashnikova
|
2–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
ITF Circuit finals[]
Singles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups)[]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2012 | ITF Buffalo, United States | 10,000 | Clay | Tornado Alicia Black
|
7–6(5), 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2012 | ITF Amelia Island, United States | 10,000 | Clay | Mari Osaka
|
6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–0 | May 2013 | ITF Sumter, United States | 10,000 | Hard | Brooke Austin
|
6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–0 | Jul 2015 | ITF El Paso, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Jennifer Brady
|
6–7(7), 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–0 | Feb 2016 | ITF Surprise, United States | 25,000 | Hard | CiCi Bellis
|
3–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–0 | Jul 2016 | ITF El Paso, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Caitlin Whoriskey
|
7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–0 | Feb 2017 | Launceston International, Australia | 60,000 | Hard |  Tamara Zidansek
|
7–6(4), 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–1 | Oct 2017 | ITF Templeton, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Sachia Vickery
|
1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 7–2 | Feb 2018 | ITF Midland, United States | 100,000 | Hard (i) | Madison Brengle
|
1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 8–2 | Oct 2019 | ITF Dallas, United States | 25,000 | Hard |  Anhelina Kalinina
|
6–0, 6–7(3), 6–0 |
| Loss | 8–3 | May 2021 | ITF Pelham, United States | 25,000 | Clay |  Panna Udvardy
|
7–6(5), 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 22 (9 titles, 13 runner–ups)[]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2012 | ITF Buffalo, United States | 10,000 | Clay | Nika Kukharchuk
|
 Fatma Al-Nabhani Jacqueline Cako
|
1–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| Loss | 1–1 | May 2013 | ITF Sumter, United States | 10,000 | Hard | Sanaz Marand
|
Kristy Frilling Alexandra Mueller
|
4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jun 2014 | ITF El Paso, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Ashley Weinhold
|
Danielle Lao  Hsu Chieh-yu
|
4–6, 6–4, [15–13] |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2014 | Vancouver Open, Canada | 100,000 | Hard | Allie Will
|
Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez
|
3–6, 6–1, [8–10] |
| Win | 3–2 | Aug 2014 | ITF Landisville, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Sanaz Marand
|
Lena Litvak Alexandra Mueller
|
7–6(5), 6–1 |
| Win | 4–2 | Oct 2014 | ITF Florence, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Sanaz Marand
|
Danielle Lao Keri Wong
|
6–3, 7–6(5) |
| Win | 5–2 | Jul 2015 | Stockton Challenger, United States | 50,000 | Hard | Sanaz Marand
|
Kaitlyn Christian Danielle Lao
|
6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Jun 2016 | ITF Sumter, United States | 25,000 | Hard |  Carol Zhao
|
Ashley Weinhold Caitlin Whoriskey
|
6–7(5), 1–6 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Jun 2016 | ITF Baton Rouge, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Ingrid Neel
|
Lauren Herring  Ellen Perez
|
3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Jul 2016 | ITF Sacramento, United States | 50,000 | Hard |  Chanel Simmonds
|
Ashley Weinhold Caitlin Whoriskey
|
4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–5 | Aug 2016 | Challenger de Granby, Canada | 50,000 | Hard |  An-Sophie Mestach
|
 Julia Glushko  Olga Govortsova
|
6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6–6 | Oct 2016 | ITF Las Vegas, United States | 50,000 | Hard | Chanel Simmonds
|
 Michaëlla Krajicek Maria Sanchez
|
5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 6–7 | Nov 2016 | Ando Securities Open, Japan | 100,000 | Hard | An-Sophie Mestach
|
Rika Fujiwara Yuki Naito
|
4–6, 7–6(12), [8–10] |
| Loss | 6–8 | Nov 2017 | Tyler Challenge, United States | 80,000 | Hard | Rebecca Peterson
|
Jessica Pegula Taylor Townsend
|
4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 6–9 | Apr 2018 | Hardee's Pro Classic, United States |
80,000 | Clay | Sofia Kenin
|
 Alexa Guarachi  Erin Routliffe
|
4–6, 6–2, [9–11] |
| Win | 7–9 | May 2018 | ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain | 25,000 | Clay |  Ana Sofia Sanchez
|
Chiara Scholl  Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
|
6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–9 | Jul 2019 | Championships of Honolulu, United States |
60,000 | Hard | Hayley Carter
|
Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide
|
6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8–10 | Aug 2019 | Lexington Challenger, United States |
60,000 | Hard | Ann Li
|
Robin Anderson  Jessika Ponchet
|
6–7(4), 7–6(5), [7–10] |
| Loss | 8–11 | Aug 2019 | Koser Jewelers Challenge, United States |
60,000 | Hard | Hayley Carter
|
Vania King Claire Liu
|
6–4, 2–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 9–11 | Oct 2020 | ITF Porto, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard | Ana Sofia Sanchez
|
 Jana Fett Erin Routliffe
|
2–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| Loss | 9–12 | Oct 2020 | Classic of Macon, United States | 80,000 | Hard | Francesca Di Lorenzo
|
 Magdalena Fręch Katarzyna Kawa
|
5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 9–13 | Nov 2020 | ITF Orlando, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Erin Routliffe
|
Alycia Parks
|
6–4, 1–6, [9–11] |
See also[]
- 2015 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
- List of select Jewish tennis players
References[]
- ^ a b "Rising Jewish star Loeb ousted," The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ WTA Staff (June 30, 2018). "Jamie Loeb". wtatennis.com. WTA Tennis. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Jamie Loeb, Ossining's Rising Tennis Star". Ossining-Croton-On-Hudson, NY Patch. September 10, 2014.
- ^ "Brengle leads three Jewish tennis players at Rogers Cup in Toronto," The Canadian Jewish News.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Coffey, Wayne. "Jamie Loeb, 20, ready to take stage at U.S. Open". nydailynews.com.
- ^ "McEnroe spurring Loeb on to big time," The Jewish Chronicle.
- ^ a b University of North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site
- ^ "Malan Award-winning Loeb likes to talk tennis as much as playing it," Midland Daily News.
- ^ a b c "UNC's Jamie Loeb finishes spectacular season, claims individual title". May 25, 2015.
- ^ "Village of Ossining Proclaims August 3 as Jamie Loeb Day".
External links[]
- American female tennis players
- Jewish tennis players
- Jewish American sportspeople
- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from Bronxville, New York
- People from Ossining, New York
- North Carolina Tar Heels women's tennis players
- 21st-century American Jews
- 21st-century American women
- Tennis people from New York (state)