Here is all you need to know about Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, the Spanish tennis player along with her age, career, bio and ranking as she stuns defending champion Marketa Vondrousova at Wimbledon 2024
The 2024 Wimbledon Championship is seeing a lot of underdogs knocking down some heavy favourites from the tournament. Another young player has stunned a player in the first round of the tournament and the player got defeated was defending champion.
After downing Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in straight sets in an hour and 7 minutes with a score of 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday at Centre Court, Marketa Vondrousova became the first Wimbledon women’s champion to lose in the first round of the following year since 1994.
Who is Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, bio, age, height, family, parents, tennis ranking and net worth
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro is a Spanish tennis player who was born on September 24, 2002, in Vilagarcía de Arousa, Galicia, Spain. The 21-year-old stands 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) tall.
A look at Jessica Bouzas Maneiro’s career
Bouzas Maneiro reached her career-high WTA ranking of No. 83 in singles on June 24, 2024, and No. 201 in doubles on January 9, 2023. In addition to eleven singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, she has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour.
She relocated to Alicante when she was 13 years old to attend the Ferrer Tennis Academy. She started playing tennis when she was just 15 years old. Moving to Madrid in 2022, she trained under Paula Badosa’s former coach, Javier Marti.
Bouzas Maneiro won her biggest match to date with ease. She has only been defeated by Jelena Ostapenko in Madrid earlier this year, the only player in the top ten in her career. At the ongoing Wimbledon this year, it was just her third Grand Slam major draw.
She has now reached the third round of the third Grand Slam of the year and will face tough competition from Barbora Krejcikova.
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro’s parents
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro was born to her mother Gloria and father Juan Jesus.
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro’s net worth
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro has won around US$522,497 in prize money. Her net worth is not known.