Jamie Loeb


Jamie Loeb 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, 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, 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 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 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)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jun 2012ITF Buffalo, United States10,000Clay Tornado Alicia Black7–6, 6–2
Win2–0Sep 2012ITF Amelia Island, United States10,000Clay Mari Osaka6–3, 7–5
Win3–0May 2013ITF Sumter, United States10,000Hard Brooke Austin6–4, 6–3
Win4–0Jul 2015ITF El Paso, United States25,000Hard Jennifer Brady6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win5–0Feb 2016ITF Surprise, United States25,000Hard CiCi Bellis3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win6–0Jul 2016ITF El Paso, United States25,000Hard Caitlin Whoriskey7–5, 6–3
Win7–0Feb 2017ITF Launceston, Australia60,000Hard Tamara Zidansek7–6, 6–3
Loss7–1Oct 2017ITF Templeton, United States60,000Hard Sachia Vickery1–6, 2–6
Loss7–2Feb 2018ITF Midland, United States100,000Hard Madison Brengle1–6, 2–6
Win8–2Oct 2019ITF Dallas, United States25,000Hard Anhelina Kalinina6–0, 6–7, 6–0

Doubles: 19 (8 titles, 11 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jun 2012ITF Buffalo, United States10,000Clay Nika Kukharchuk Fatma Al-Nabhani
Jacqueline Cako		1–6, 6–3,
Loss1–1May 2013ITF Sumter, United States10,000Hard Sanaz Marand Kristy Frilling
Alexandra Mueller		4–6, 3–6
Win2–1Jun 2014ITF El Paso, United States25,000Hard Ashley Weinhold Danielle Lao
Hsu Chieh-yu		4–6, 6–4,
Loss2–2Jul 2014ITF Vancouver, Canada100,000Hard Allie Will Asia Muhammad
Maria Sanchez		3–6, 6–1,
Win3–2Aug 2014ITF Landisville, United States25,000Hard Sanaz Marand Lena Litvak
Alexandra Mueller		7–6, 6–1
Win4–2Oct 2014ITF Florence, United States25,000Hard Sanaz Marand Danielle Lao
Keri Wong		6–3, 7–6
Win5–2Jul 2015ITF Stockton, United States50,000Hard Sanaz Marand Kaitlyn Christian
Danielle Lao		6–3, 6–4
Loss5–3Jun 2016ITF Sumter, United States25,000Hard Carol Zhao Ashley Weinhold
Caitlin Whoriskey		6–7, 1–6
Loss5–4Jun 2016ITF Baton Rouge, United States25,000Hard Ingrid Neel Lauren Herring
Ellen Perez		3–6, 3–6
Loss5–5Jul 2016ITF Sacramento, United States50,000Hard Chanel Simmonds Ashley Weinhold
Caitlin Whoriskey		4–6, 4–6
Win6–5Aug 2016ITF Granby, Canada50,000Hard An-Sophie Mestach Julia Glushko
Olga Govortsova		6–4, 6–4
Loss6–6Oct 2016ITF Las Vegas, United States50,000Hard Chanel Simmonds Michaëlla Krajicek
Maria Sanchez		5–7, 1–6
Loss6–7Nov 2016ITF Tokyo, Japan100,000Hard An-Sophie Mestach Rika Fujiwara
Yuki Naito		4–6, 7–6,
Loss6–8Nov 2017ITF Tyler, United States80,000Hard Rebecca Peterson Jessica Pegula
Taylor Townsend		4–6, 1–6
Loss6–9Apr 2018ITF Dothan, United States80,000Clay Sofia Kenin Alexa Guarachi
Erin Routliffe		4–6, 6–2,
Win7–9May 2018ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain25,000Clay Ana Sofia Sanchez Chiara Scholl
Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers		6–3, 6–2
Win8–9Jul 2019ITF Honolulu, United States60,000Hard Hayley Carter Usue Maitane Arconada
Caroline Dolehide		6–4, 6–4
Loss8–10Aug 2019ITF Lexington, United States60,000Hard Ann Li Robin Anderson
Jessika Ponchet		6–7, 7–6,
Loss8–11Aug 2019ITF Landisville, United States60,000Hard Hayley Carter Vania King
Claire Liu		6–4, 2–6,