Jessica Pegula kept Pegula tennis moving Friday with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Jessica Bouzas Maneiro that sent her into the Wimbledon fourth round. The No. 4 seed finished it in 52 minutes and said it was the cleanest match she has played in the tournament.
“I thought it was really clean,” Pegula said after the match. “Definitely the best match I've had since I've been in the tournament. So that's always nice. Really nice weather out today. Conditions felt good. I just kind of executed my game plan really well. Came out with good energy and was able to play a solid match.”
Wimbledon and Pegula’s bracket
The result pushed Pegula into the round of 16 at Wimbledon for just the second time. Before this year’s run, she had won only eight main-draw matches in six previous Wimbledon appearances, and half of those wins came during her quarterfinal run in 2023.
That history is what makes this result stand out. Wimbledon had been Pegula’s least successful Grand Slam, even as she has usually been a threat elsewhere, so a routine-looking score line carried more weight than the numbers on the page suggest. This was not just a straight-sets win; it was a move past a tournament that has rarely given her room to build momentum.
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro pushes back
Bouzas Maneiro, ranked No. 52, briefly led 2-1 in the second set after breaking serve. Pegula answered by winning the next five games, and the match never shifted back.
The first set gave the same picture. Pegula broke in the opening game and moved ahead 4-0 before Bouzas Maneiro got on the board, then closed the match without allowing the rank gap to turn into noise. The win also improved Pegula to 2-0 against Bouzas Maneiro on the WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz and to 13-1 this season against opponents ranked outside the Top 50.
Iva Jovic waits next
Iva Jovic now waits after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 on Court 12 in 2 hours, 30 minutes. The 18-year-old reached the Wimbledon fourth round for the first time and earned her third victory over a Top 20 opponent.
Pegula and Jovic will face off on American Independence Day weekend. Pegula already beat her twice on tour in 2026, 6-4, 6-2 in Dubai in February and 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in Charleston, which gives the next round a familiar edge even before the first ball is struck.
