Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro (born 24 September 2002) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Bouzas Maneiro has career-high rankings of world No. 56 in singles by the WTA achieved on 28 October 2024, and No. 201 in doubles, attained on 9 January 2023.[1] She is currently the No. 2 Spanish player.
She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as eleven singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Early life
Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro was born in Vilagarcía de Arousa to father Juan Jesús and mother Gloria.[2] She began playing tennis at the age of five at the Club de Tenis O Rial in her hometown. At the age of 13, she moved to Alicante to train at the Ferrer Tennis Academy.[3] In 2022, she moved to Madrid to train under Javier Martí, the former coach of Paula Badosa.[4] In September 2023, she hired Roberto Ortega Olmedo as her coach.[5]
Career
2020–2021: ITF Circuit titles
In December 2020, Bouzas Maneiro reached her first professional singles final at the $15k Torneo Internacional de Tenis Ciudad Raqueta in Madrid, but was defeated by Conny Perrin.[6][7] The following month, in January 2021, she won her maiden singles title at the $15k event in Cairo, defeating Chantal Škamlová in the final.[8] In March 2021, she reached the final of the $15k Internationaux de Tennis Féminin in Gonesse, but lost to Marine Partaud.[9] At the $15k Open du Havre in Le Havre, she reached the quarterfinals, eventually losing to Léolia Jeanjean.[10] In June 2021, she won another title at the $15k event in Heraklion and reached the final of the $25k Ciudad Raqueta event in Madrid.
2022–2023: Major and United Cup debuts
In February 2022, she won the $15k event in Villena, defeating Ashley Lahey in the final.[11] A month later, she won her second title of the year at the $15k Vilas Academy Calvià Open in Palma Nova.[12] In May, she reached the final of the $25k event in Platja d'Aro, but lost to compatriot Guiomar Maristany.[13] At the end of June, she won the bronze medal in singles and a gold medal in doubles at the Mediterranean Games. Partnering Maristany, they defeated the Maltese pair of Francesca Curmi and Elaine Genovese to clinch the medal.[14]
2024: WTA 125 title and 1000 debut, top 10 win, two major third rounds
In March, she won her maiden WTA 125 title at the Antalya Challenger.[17] The following month, she reached the final of the Zaragoza Open, but lost to Moyuka Uchijima. She subsequently made her WTA top 100 debut on 15 April 2024, reaching a new career-high ranking of world No. 90.[18] She made her WTA 1000 main-draw debut, after qualifying for the Madrid Open where she defeated compatriot Paula Badosa in the first round for her first win at this level.[19][20]
At Wimbledon, Bouzas Maneiro reached the third round of a major for the first time in her career, after upsetting defending champion Markéta Vondroušová in straight sets,[21][22] her first top 10 win, and defeating compatriot Cristina Bucșa.[5][23] Her victory over Vondroušová marked the first time since 1994 that the defending women's Wimbledon champion was eliminated in the first round.[24] She exited the tournament after retiring due to a back injury while trailing in her round three match against eventual champion Barbora Krejčíková.[25]
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Maristany made her debut representing Spain in multi-sports event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games where she won the singles bronze and the women's doubles gold medal.
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