Jessica Pegula has developed into one of tennis’ most consistent and well-liked personalities, routinely enjoying deep runs at the world’s very best events.
It marks a deserved outcome after so many years of hard work, where she actually failed to really make her mark on the sport until this later period of her career.
Now a former Grand Slam finalist and a multiple-time WTA 1000 champion, Jessica Pegula is a player that nobody relishes facing.
However, at times, she even surprises herself with her own brilliance.
Jessica Pegula claims she’s made a key improvement to her game
Speaking to TennisONE, the reporter informed her of the statistic that stated she’d hit the sixth-most aces on the entire WTA Tour.
Pegula almost laughed as she admitted: “That’s crazy, I’m not sure how long that stat is going to live, so I’m going to have to screenshot it.”
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She then delved into why that might be the case, revealing the work she’s put in surrounding her serve recently and throughout her entire career.
The American claimed: “I changed it actually when I first started working with both of the Mark’s. I actually changed it like a month before I started working with them and it was something that I was like, okay, you know, my serve is something I can handle. I’m like, I have to get better. It makes sense, like, so much easier. So it’s a process, something I’ve done through my entire life.
“I’ve been changing my serve a little bit throughout my career, but nothing substantially that I felt like, really, really worked. And so, it was a process, honestly, just trying different motions, changing my grip a little bit, thinking about the toss, just how I’m hitting the ball.
“I mean, it’s still so many details and so intricate that it can be difficult, but, like, I think when you start changing things, you kind of start figuring certain things out, and I’m like, oh, you know, actually, when I toss like this, I feel like I can hit the serve better.
“And then I kind of evolve from, like, one thing onto the next, onto the next, onto the next, and then I’m just always being, I think, really open, watching a lot of other really good servers, what they do.
“I like to experiment and try different things, just to see if I can try to feel, like, oh, actually, that feels better, no, no, no, that feels worse. And I kind of just built off of that, and it’s just been a process over the last couple of years.”
The fact that Pegula can compete with stars like Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina, who are two of the biggest ball-strikers in WTA history, showcases exactly how impressive her consistent quality is.
Jessica Pegula’s incredible consistency continues
Although it may only be early in the event, Pegula’s passage into the Round of 16 at the Miami Open has been remarkably straightforward.
It is indicative of what she does best: guaranteeing deep runs at top-level tournaments.
This year alone, the 32-year-old has reached two semi-finals, another quarter-final, and won the title in Dubai.
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Now, after a solid showing in Indian Wells, she is bidding to challenge in Miami as well.
And this is all coming off the back of an outstanding 2025 campaign where she reached the semi-finals of the US Open and the China Open, whilst also making it to the finals in Miami and Wuhan, WTA 1000 events.
