Introduction
Jamie Loeb (born March 8, 1995) is an American tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 132 in singles, achieved in February 2018, and 120 in doubles, achieved in July 2018. Loeb has won eight singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
She won the New York State high-school title as a sophomore. Loeb won the singles and doubles 18s championships at the 2012 USTA National Winter Championship, and won the doubles at the 2013 USTA International Spring Championship. Loeb attended the University of North Carolina for her freshman and sophomore years (2013–15), and won the Singles NCAA Championship in 2015.
Personal life
Born in Bronxville, New York, Loeb was raised in Ossining, New York. Her parents are Jerry, who owns a butcher business, and Susan Loeb, who is a substitute teacher. She is the youngest of four siblings, and is Jewish. For middle school, she attended the Anne M. Dorner Middle School, while playing high school tennis.
Tennis career
Her mother, a tennis instructor, was her first coach. She began hitting tennis balls at Club Fit in Briarcliff at age five, and then at the Hardscrabble Club in Brewster at age seven, and by the age of 11 she was competing in national tournaments. She won a New York State title for Ossining High School as a sophomore, following in the footsteps of her sister Jenna who had won three. She finished her high school studies on-line.
She trained at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy at Randall’s Island where on occasion she hit with McEnroe.
Loeb won the singles and doubles 18s championships at the 2012 USTA National Winter Championship, won the doubles and finished runner-up in singles at the 2013 USTA International Spring Championship, and was a quarterfinalist at the 2013 Wimbledon Juniors.
Loeb attended the University of North Carolina for her freshman and sophomore years (2013–15), studying sports administration. She played tennis for the North Carolina Tar Heels, and became the first freshman in close to 30 years to win both the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championship (defeating Carol Zhao of Stanford in the final of the 2015 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships; making her the NCAA Women's Singles Tennis National Champion) and the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship. She was also the first singles national champion in UNC women's tennis history.After she won the national championship, the Village and Town of Ossining declared August 3 to be Jamie Loeb Day. In both her freshman and her sophomore seasons, she was named Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year and ITA All American.
She then decided to compete in tennis as a professional, leaving UNC with an 84-9 career-record in singles competition.
Loeb won her biggest title to date at the 2015 Stockton Challenger in the doubles event, partnering Sanaz Marand. She received a wild card at the 2015 US Open and played Danish fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the first round, losing in straight sets. Loeb won two ITF singles titles in 2016, at tournaments in Surprise, Arizona, and El Paso, Texas.
WTA 125K finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Jan 2018 | WTA Newport Beach, United States | Hard | Rebecca Peterson | Misaki Doi Jil Teichmann |
6–7, 6–1, [8–10] | |
| Loss | Sep 2019 | WTA New Haven, United States | Hard | Usue Maitane Arconada | Anna Blinkova Oksana Kalashnikova |
2–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner–ups)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Legend |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (6–2) |
| Clay (2–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Hard (6–2) |
| Clay (2–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Jun 2012 | ITF Buffalo, United States | 10,000 | Clay | Tornado Alicia Black | 7–6, 6–2 | |
| Win | Sep 2012 | ITF Amelia Island, United States | 10,000 | Clay | Mari Osaka | 6–3, 7–5 | |
| Win | May 2013 | ITF Sumter, United States | 10,000 | Hard | Brooke Austin | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | Jul 2015 | ITF El Paso, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Jennifer Brady | 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Win | Feb 2016 | ITF Surprise, United States | 25,000 | Hard | CiCi Bellis | 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 | |
| Win | Jul 2016 | ITF El Paso, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Caitlin Whoriskey | 7–5, 6–3 | |
| Win | Feb 2017 | ITF Launceston, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | Tamara Zidansek | 7–6, 6–3 | |
| Loss | Oct 2017 | ITF Templeton, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Sachia Vickery | 1–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | Feb 2018 | ITF Midland, United States | 100,000 | Hard (i) | Madison Brengle | 1–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | Oct 2019 | ITF Dallas, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Anhelina Kalinina | 6–0, 6–7, 6–0 |
Doubles: 19 (8 titles, 11 runner–ups)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Legend |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $50,000/60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (6–10) |
| Clay (2–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $50,000/60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Hard (6–10) |
| Clay (2–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Jun 2012 | ITF Buffalo, United States | 10,000 | Clay | Nika Kukharchuk | Fatma Al-Nabhani Jacqueline Cako |
1–6, 6–3, [10–8] | |
| Loss | May 2013 | ITF Sumter, United States | 10,000 | Hard | Sanaz Marand | Kristy Frilling Alexandra Mueller |
4–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | Jun 2014 | ITF El Paso, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Ashley Weinhold | Danielle Lao Hsu Chieh-yu |
4–6, 6–4, [15–13] | |
| Loss | Jul 2014 | ITF Vancouver, Canada | 100,000 | Hard | Allie Will | Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez |
3–6, 6–1, [8–10] | |
| Win | Aug 2014 | ITF Landisville, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Sanaz Marand | Lena Litvak Alexandra Mueller |
7–6, 6–1 | |
| Win | Oct 2014 | ITF Florence, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Sanaz Marand | Danielle Lao Keri Wong |
6–3, 7–6 | |
| Win | Jul 2015 | ITF Stockton, United States | 50,000 | Hard | Sanaz Marand | Kaitlyn Christian Danielle Lao |
6–3, 6–4 | |
| Loss | Jun 2016 | ITF Sumter, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Carol Zhao | Ashley Weinhold Caitlin Whoriskey |
6–7, 1–6 | |
| Loss | Jun 2016 | ITF Baton Rouge, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Ingrid Neel | Lauren Herring Ellen Perez |
3–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | Jul 2016 | ITF Sacramento, United States | 50,000 | Hard | Chanel Simmonds | Ashley Weinhold Caitlin Whoriskey |
4–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | Aug 2016 | ITF Granby, Canada | 50,000 | Hard | An-Sophie Mestach | Julia Glushko Olga Govortsova |
6–4, 6–4 | |
| Loss | Oct 2016 | ITF Las Vegas, United States | 50,000 | Hard | Chanel Simmonds | Michaëlla Krajicek Maria Sanchez |
5–7, 1–6 | |
| Loss | Nov 2016 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | 100,000 | Hard | An-Sophie Mestach | Rika Fujiwara Yuki Naito |
4–6, 7–6, [8–10] | |
| Loss | Nov 2017 | ITF Tyler, United States | 80,000 | Hard | Rebecca Peterson | Jessica Pegula Taylor Townsend |
4–6, 1–6 | |
| Loss | Apr 2018 | ITF Dothan, United States | 80,000 | Clay | Sofia Kenin | Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe |
4–6, 6–2, [9–11] | |
| Win | May 2018 | ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | Ana Sofia Sanchez | Chiara Scholl Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers |
6–3, 6–2 | |
| Win | Jul 2019 | ITF Honolulu, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Hayley Carter | Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide |
6–4, 6–4 | |
| Loss | Aug 2019 | ITF Lexington, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Ann Li | Robin Anderson Jessika Ponchet |
6–7, 7–6, [7–10] | |
| Loss | Aug 2019 | ITF Landisville, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Hayley Carter | Vania King Claire Liu |
6–4, 2–6, [5–10] |