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 117 in doubles, achieved in July 2023. Loeb has won eleven singles and 18 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 U18s championships at the 2012 USTA National Winter Championship, and won the doubles at the 2013 USTA International Spring Championship. She attended the University of North Carolina for her freshman and sophomore years (2013–15), and won the singles NCAA Championship in 2015.
Biography Born in Bronxville, New York, Loeb was raised in Ossining, New York."Rising Jewish star Loeb ousted," The Jerusalem Post. 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."Brengle leads three Jewish tennis players at Rogers Cup in Toronto," The Canadian Jewish News."Meet Jamie Loeb, a 20-Year-Old From Ossining, NY, Who Will Make Her Pro Tennis Debut at The U.S. Open," Tablet Magazine. For middle school, she attended the Anne M. Dorner Middle School, while playing high school 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."McEnroe spurring Loeb on to big time," The Jewish Chronicle.
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.University of North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site
Loeb attended the University of North Carolina for her freshman and sophomore years (2013–15), studying sports administration."Malan Award-winning Loeb likes to talk tennis as much as playing it," Midland Daily News. 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 wildcard for the 2015 US Open and played fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the first round, losing in straight sets. Loeb won two singles titles in 2016 at 25k tournaments in Surprise, Arizona, and El Paso, Texas.
She reached her first WTA 125 singles final at the 2021 LTP Women's Open, losing to Varvara Lepchenko in three sets.
Loeb received a main-draw wildcard for the 2023 US Open, partnering with Makenna Jones.
Grand Slam performance timeline
Doubles
WTA Challenger finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Charleston Pro, US Clay Varvara Lepchenko 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 4–6
Doubles: 2 (runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Newport Beach Challenger, United States Hard Rebecca Peterson Misaki Doi Jil Teichmann 6–7(4–7), 6–1, [8–10]Loss 0–2 New Haven Challenger, United States Hard Usue Maitane Arconada Anna Blinkova Oksana Kalashnikova 2–6, 6–4, [4–10]
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 16 (11 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (0–1)W60 tournaments (1–1)W40/50 tournaments (1–0)W25/35 tournaments (6–3)W10 tournaments (3–0)Finals by surfaceHard (9–3)Clay (2–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Jun 2012ITF Buffalo, United States10,000 Clay Tornado Alicia Black 7–6(5), 6–2Win 2–0 Sep 2012ITF Amelia Island, United States10,000 Clay Mari Osaka 6–3, 7–5Win 3–0 May 2013ITF Sumter, United States10,000 Hard Brooke Austin 6–4, 6–3Win 4–0 Jul 2015ITF El Paso, United States25,000 Hard Jennifer Brady 6–7(7), 6–4, 6–2Win 5–0 Feb 2016ITF Surprise, United States25,000 Hard CiCi Bellis 3–6, 6–1, 6–3Win 6–0 Jul 2016ITF El Paso, United States25,000 Hard Caitlin Whoriskey 7–5, 6–3Win 7–0 Feb 2017Launceston International, Australia60,000 Hard Tamara Zidanšek 7–6(4), 6–3Loss 7–1 Oct 2017ITF Templeton Pro, United States60,000 Hard Sachia Vickery 1–6, 2–6Loss 7–2 Feb 2018Midland Tennis Classic, US100,000 Hard (i) Madison Brengle 1–6, 2–6Win 8–2 Oct 2019ITF Dallas, United StatesW25 Hard Anhelina Kalinina 6–0, 6–7(3), 6–0Loss 8–3 May 2021ITF Pelham, United StatesW25 Clay Panna Udvardy 7–6(5), 4–6, 3–6Win 9–3 Jul 2022ITF Figueira da Foz, PortugalW25+H Hard Kimberly Birrell 7–5, 6–4Loss 9–4 Oct 2022ITF Redding, United StatesW25 Hard Kayla Day 3–6, 4–6Win 10–4 Jan 2023ITF Malibu, United StatesW25 Hard Renata Zarazúa 6–4, 6–1Win 11–4 Feb 2024ITF Mexico City, MexicoW50 Hard Dalayna Hewitt 6–2, 6–2Loss 11–5 Apr 2024ITF Jackson, United StatesW35 Clay Katrina Scott 6–7(9), 6–7(6)
Doubles: 37 (18 titles, 19 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–2)W80 tournaments (0–3)W50/60 tournaments (7–7)W25/35 tournaments (9–6)W10 tournaments (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (12–18)Clay (6–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jun 2012ITF Buffalo, US10,000 Clay Nika Kukharchuk Fatma Al-Nabhani Jacqueline Cako 1–6, 6–3, [10–8]Loss 1–1 May 2013ITF Sumter, US10,000 Hard Sanaz Marand Kristy Frilling Alexandra Mueller 4–6, 3–6Win 2–1 Jun 2014ITF El Paso, US25,000 Hard Ashley Weinhold Danielle Lao Hsu Chieh-yu 4–6, 6–4, [15–13]Loss 2–2 Jul 2014Vancouver Open, Canada100,000 Hard Allie Will Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez 3–6, 6–1, [8–10]Win 3–2 Aug 2014Landisville Challenge, US25,000 Hard Sanaz Marand Lena Litvak Alexandra Mueller 7–6(5), 6–1Win 4–2 Oct 2014ITF Florence, US25,000 Hard Sanaz Marand Danielle Lao Keri Wong 6–3, 7–6(5)Win 5–2 Jul 2015Stockton Challenger, US50,000 Hard Sanaz Marand Kaitlyn Christian Danielle Lao 6–3, 6–4Loss 5–3 Jun 2016ITF Sumter, US25,000 Hard Carol Zhao Ashley Weinhold Caitlin Whoriskey 6–7(5), 1–6Loss 5–4 Jun 2016ITF Baton Rouge, US25,000 Hard Ingrid Neel Lauren Herring Ellen Perez 3–6, 3–6Loss 5–5 Jul 2016Sacramento Challenger, US50,000 Hard Chanel Simmonds Ashley Weinhold Caitlin Whoriskey 4–6, 4–6Win 6–5 Aug 2016Challenger de Granby, Canada50,000 Hard An-Sophie Mestach Julia Glushko Olga Govortsova 6–4, 6–4Loss 6–6 Oct 2016Las Vegas Open, US50,000 Hard Chanel Simmonds Michaëlla Krajicek Maria Sanchez 5–7, 1–6Loss 6–7 Nov 2016Tokyo Open, Japan100,000 Hard An-Sophie Mestach Rika Fujiwara Yuki Naito 4–6, 7–6(12), [8–10]Loss 6–8 Nov 2017Tyler Pro Challenge, US80,000 Hard Rebecca Peterson Jessica Pegula Taylor Townsend 4–6, 1–6Loss 6–9 Apr 2018Dothan Pro Classic, US80,000 Clay Sofia Kenin Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe 4–6, 6–2, [9–11]Win 7–9 May 2018ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain25,000 Clay Ana Sofia Sanchez Chiara Scholl Yvonne Cavallé Reimers 6–3, 6–2Win 8–9 Jul 2019Championships of Honolulu, USW60 Hard Hayley Carter Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide 6–4, 6–4Loss 8–10 Aug 2019Lexington Challenger, USW60 Hard Ann Li Robin Anderson Jessika Ponchet 6–7(4), 7–6(5), [7–10]Loss 8–11 Aug 2019Landisville Tennis Challenge, USW60 Hard Hayley Carter Vania King Claire Liu 6–4, 2–6, [5–10]Win 9–11 Oct 2020ITF Porto, PortugalW25 Hard Ana Sofia Sanchez Jana Fett Erin Routliffe 2–6, 6–3, [10–8]Loss 9–12 Oct 2020Tennis Classic of Macon, USW80 Hard Francesca Di Lorenzo Magdalena Fręch Katarzyna Kawa 5–7, 1–6Loss 9–13 Nov 2020ITF Orlando, USW25 Hard Erin Routliffe Rasheeda McAdoo Alycia Parks 6–4, 1–6, [9–11]Loss 9–14 Jul 2022ITF Guimarães, PortugalW25 Hard Sarah Beth Grey Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge 3–6, 1–6Loss 9–15 Sep 2022Caldas da Rainha Open, PortugalW60 Hard Elysia Bolton Adriana Reami Anna Rogers 4–6, 5–7Win 10–15 Oct 2022ITF Austin, USW25 Hard Elysia Bolton Martyna Kubka Ashley Lahey 6–3, 6–3Loss 10–16 Oct 2022Toronto Challenger, CanadaW60 Hard (i) Elysia Bolton Michaela Bayerlová Jang Su-jeong 3–6, 2–6Loss 10–17 Mar 2023ITF Fredericton, CanadaW25 Hard (i) Quinn Gleason Jessie Aney Dalayna Hewitt 6–7(2), 4–6Win 11–17 Apr 2023ITF Boca Raton, USW25 Clay Makenna Jones Sofia Sewing Fanny Stollár 5–7, 6–3, [10–8] Win 12–17 May 2023Bonita Springs Championship, USW100 Clay Makenna Jones Ashlyn Krueger Robin Montgomery 5–7, 6–4, [10–2]Win 13–17 May 2023ITF Pelham, USW60 Clay Makenna Jones Robin Anderson Elysia Bolton 6–4, 7–5Win 14–17 Jun 2023ITF Madrid, SpainW60 Hard Makenna Jones Destanee Aiava Berfu Cengiz 6–4, 5–7, [10–6]Win 15–17 Jun 2023ITF Tauste-Zaragoza, SpainW25+H Hard Elysia Bolton Gao Xinyu Ekaterina Ovcharenko 6–2, 5–7, [10–6]Loss 15–18 Jul 2023Dallas Summer Series, USW60 Hard (i) Makenna Jones Sophie Chang Ashley Lahey 2–6, 2–6Win 16–18 Jan 2024ITF Buenos Aires, ArgentinaW35 Clay Ana Sofía Sánchez Romina Ccuno Daria Lodikova 7–5, 7–6(2)Win 17–18 Feb 2024Georgia's Rome Open, USW75 Hard (i) Angela Kulikov Hailey Baptiste Whitney Osuigwe w/oLoss 17–19 Sep 2024ITF San Rafael, USW35 Hard Makenna Jones Robin Anderson Alana Smith 5–7, 2–6Win 18–19 Oct 2024Toronto Challenger, Canada W75 Hard (i) Justina Mikulskytė Julie Belgraver Jasmijn Gimbrère 6–2, 6–1
See also 2015 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships List of select Jewish tennis players
References
External links
North Carolina Tar Heels bio Interview with Tennis Served Fresh