Makenna Jones (born February 26, 1998) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 236, achieved October 23, 2023, and a best doubles ranking of 107, set on July 3, 2023.
Jones played college tennis at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she won the 2021 NCAA doubles championships with partner Elizabeth Scotty.
Professional
Jones made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Silicon Valley Classic, where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament. She also received a wildcard for the 2021 US Open, partnering Elizabeth Scotty.
She received another wildcard for the 2023 Miami Open, partnering Sloane Stephens.
Jones also received a wildcard for the 2023 US Open singles qualifying competition and for the main draw in doubles, partnering Jamie Loeb.
Makenna is coached by her father, former world nomber-one doubles player, Kelly Jones.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendW25 tournaments (2–0)W15 tournaments (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jun 2022ITF San Diego, United StatesW15 Hard Megan McCray 3–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss 1–1 Jul 2022ITF Fountain Valley, USW15 Hard Yang Ya-yi 2–6, 2–6Win 2–1 Apr 2023ITF Zephyrhills, USW25 Clay Hanna Chang 5–7, 6–4, 6–1Win 3–1 Jun 2023ITF Madrid, SpainW25 Hard Sakura Hosogi 6–2, 6–3
Doubles: 21 (15 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–1)W60 tournaments (4–1)W40/50 tournaments (1–0)W25/35 tournaments (6–3)W15 tournaments (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (7–4)Clay (8–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jun 2022ITF San Diego, USW15 Hard Kimmi Hance Maria Kozyreva Veronika Miroshnichenko 6–3, 6–3Loss 1–1 Jun 2022ITF San Diego, USW15 Hard Sara Daavettila Bunyawi Thamchaiwat Yang Ya-yi 3–6, 4–6Win 2–1 Jul 2022ITF Lakewood, USW15 Hard Brienne Minor Taylor Cataldi Isabella Chhiv 6–4, 6–0Win 3–1 Jan 2023ITF Naples, USW25 Clay Reese Brantmeier Emily Appleton Quinn Gleason 6–4, 6–2Win 4–1 Jan 2023Vero Beach International Open, USW60 Clay Francesca Di Lorenzo Quinn Gleason Elixane Lechemia 4–6, 6–3, [10–3]Loss 4–2 Mar 2023ITF Boca Raton, USW25 Clay Francesca Di Lorenzo Hailey Baptiste Whitney Osuigwe 2–6, 2–6Win 5–2 Mar 2023ITF Boca Raton, USW25 Clay Jamie Loeb Sofia Sewing Fanny Stollár 5–7, 6–3, [10–8]Win 6–2 May 2023Bonita Springs Championship, USW100 Clay Jamie Loeb Ashlyn Krueger Robin Montgomery 5–7, 6–4, [10–2]Win 7–2 May 2023ITF Orlando, USW25 Clay Maria Mateas Katarina Jokić Dalayna Hewitt 6–4, 6–2Win 8–2 May 2023ITF Pelham, USW60 Clay Jamie Loeb Robin Anderson Elysia Bolton 6–4, 7–5Win 9–2 Jun 2023Open Madrid Arcadis, SpainW60 Hard Jamie Loeb Destanee Aiava Berfu Cengiz 6–4, 5–7, [10–6]Win 10–2 Jun 2023ITF Tauste-Zaragoza, SpainW25+H Hard Jamie Loeb Gao Xinyu Ekaterina Ovcharenko 6–2, 5–7, [10–6]Loss 10–3 Jul 2023Dallas Summer Series, USW60 Hard Jamie Loeb Sophie Chang Ashley Lahey 2–6, 2–6Win 11–3 Oct 2023Rancho Santa Fe Open, USW60 Hard Yulia Starodubtseva Tatiana Prozorova Madison Sieg 6–3, 4–6, [10–6]Loss 11–4 Sep 2024ITF San Rafael, USW35 Hard Jamie Loeb Robin Anderson Alana Smith 5–7, 2–6Win 12–4 Oct 2024ITF Hilton Head Island, USW35 Hard Fiona Crawley Angella Okutoyi Merna Refaat 6–2, 6–7(5), [10–7]Loss 12–5 Oct 2024ITF Norman, USW35 Hard (i) Park So-hyun Jessica Failla Maribella Zamarripa 6–3, 2–6, [5–10]Win 13–5 Nov 2024ITF Clemson, USW15 Hard Sara Daavettila Olivia Bergler Sophia Biolay 6–0, 6–2Win 14–5 Dec 2024ITF Tampa, USW50 Clay Alana Smith Lexington Reed Mia Yamakita 7–5, 6–1Win 15–5 Mar 2025ITF Antalya, TurkiyeW35 Clay Lia Karatancheva Ilinca Amariei Cristina Dinu 6–2, 6–2Loss 15–6 Apr 2025Bonita Springs Championship, USW100 Clay Angela Kulikov Maria Kozyreva Iryna Shymanovich 2–6, 2–6
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