Jessica Pegula Net Worth – Income, (Updated 2023)

Jessica Pegula is an American professional tennis player and heiress from New York, with a net worth of $10 million. She is one of the rising players in the tennis world and grabbed the attention of larger audiences through her incredible skills.

Over the years Jessica Pegula earned various achievements including having a career-high WTA singles ranking of number seven in the globe. In March of 2021, she has broken into the “Top 40” of the official WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) singles rankings.

Moreover, in October of 2021 Pegula has broken into the “Top 100” of the official doubles rankings. In 2020 she managed to reach the third round of the United States Open. Jessica rose to fame when she made it to the quarter-final of the 2021 Australian Open.

According to some reports, through the tournament rewards, Jessica Pegula made over $5 million. In addition, she found herself being ranked number 7 in the global rankings.

Jessica Pegula Net Worth 2023:

Name	Jessica Pegula
Net Worth	$10 Million
Age	28 years old
Date Of Birth	February 24, 1994
Salary	$5 million annually
Profession	Tennis Player, heiress
Gender	Female
Zodiac Sign	Pisces

Background:

On the other hand, Jessica’s mother is also a businesswoman and works as the president of Pegula Sports and Entertainment, as well as the founder of Black River Entertainment.

After selling their East Resources business, the couple spent that money on various other companies including properties, fracking, professional teams, and entertainment as well. In 2011 the family decided to buy the Buffalo Sabres NHL team and its arena for which they paid $189 million which is more than $700 million as of now.

In the year 2014, the two spent almost $1.4 billion on buying the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League.

The good thing about that team is, that it doesn’t have any debt and also has no other associates. Some sources say that Buffalo Bills are worth around $4 billion which is quite impressive.

Early Life:

The 28 years old Jessica Pegula was born in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, on February 24, 1994, to father Terry and mother Kim Pegula. Jessica grew up in a rich family while her mother Kim had a struggling face. Her mother Kim began spending her childhood in an orphanage after she was abandoned on the streets as a kid, however, she was born in Seoul.

Kim was just 5 years old when she was adopted by a family who was living in the United States. She spent her childhood in South Korea and didn’t remember her childhood days as well as her biological father and mother.

At the time Kim met Terry when she was at the restaurant for a waitress job in Belfast, New York. Around that time Terry was a successful businessman and was running his natural gas company called East Resources. He was dining at the restaurant at that time and Terry began his conversation with Kim.

Later Terry offered her a job at his company shortly after being in touch for a couple of weeks. Kim accepted that offer and began working for his company in the early 1990s. From that point forward the two began their relationship and eventually tied a knot in 1993.

At that time Terry already had a son Michael and a daughter Laura from his previous relationships. While Kim gave birth to three kids including, Jessica Pegula, her sister Kelly and a brother named Matthew.

Jessica Pegula Career, Biography, Salary

Career:

Jessica’s professional career started back in mid-2011 when she got a chance to receive a wildcard entry into the main draw of the US Open doubles, pairing with Taylor Townsend. In the 3rd round, they lost the tournament.

In the next year, she was again granted a wildcard for the tournament at Indian Wells. She lost in the 1st round in 3 sets after being qualified for the main draw.

Later at the Us Open 2015, Jessica was selected for her very first Grand Slam singles tournament. She eventually won her first tournament after reaching the main draw but lost in three sets in the 2nd round.

Jessica had broken into the Top 100 in the year 2018 and her rankings went to number 55 when she won the winning the singles championship at the Washington Open. Her performance in the first tournament was enough to rank her at number 76 in the ‘Top 100’ of the world for the first time.

Jessica’s performance at the 2020 US Open led her to reach the 3rd round of the match, becoming the first time Jessica had reached so distantly in a Grand Slam.

At the 2021 Australian Open, Jessica reached a Grand Slam quarterfinal after cracking the top 20. She got a chance to defeat the leading player Naomi Osaka to advance to the 2nd round of the Italian Open in May of 2021. That match led her to the quarterfinal.

In the following month, Jessica went on to reach the French Open’s 3rd round and the German Open’s quarterfinals. It was the first time that Jessica breached the top 25 rankings with these two victories.

Then at the 2022 US Open and Australian, and French events, Jessica reached the quarterfinals. After entering into the US Open Jessica Pregula earned the world’s number 8 ranking title.

Relationship:

Jessica started her relationship with Taylor Gahagen and the couple married in the year 2021. Taylor is an executive at Pegula Sports and Entertainment and the two even met through his work at the company. Moreover, Taylor is also an animal philanthropist.

Other Ventures:

Apart from Jessica’s appearance as a tennis player she also spent her free time in some other ventures including a restaurant named Healthy Scratch. In 2016, Jessica teamed up with her sister and they launched this restaurant. The sisters followed this up with another truck business called Healthy Scratch food which they launched in the next year.

In addition to this, Jessica also came up with the launch of her own skincare brand named Ready 24 in 2017.