JESSICA PEGULA is aiming to win her first ever Grand Slam title at the US Open.
The New York-born star made the final of her home tournament last year and has again gone deep in 2025.
Who is Jessica Pegula?
Jessica Pegula has been dubbed “the world’s richest tennis player” thanks to her mega-wealthy parents.
The American ace is ranked at No4 in the world coming into the 2025 US Open.
Pegula, who is also a former doubles world No1, has made the quarter-final at all other majors the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.
Away form the court, Pegula owns a successful skincare company called Ready24 and in 2021 she married Taylor Gahagen, a former corporate executive for Pegula Sports and Entertainment.
Who is Jessica Pegula’s dad Terry Pegula?
Her dad is Terry Pegula, who owns NFL team the Buffalo Bills.
In 2014, the billionaire triumphed over rival bids from Donald Trump and a consortium led by Bon Jovi to buy them for $1.2bn.
Terry made his fortune as a petroleum engineer with East Resources, a natural gas producer he founded in 1983 and sold for $4.7bn in 2010.
He was born in Pennsylvania in 1951 and attended Penn State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering.
He met his wife Kim while she was a waitress at a restaurant.
In 1991, Terry offered Kim a job at his natural gas company and in 1993 they got married.
What is Terry Pegula’s net worth?
As of 2025, Terry is thought to have a net worth of over $9.3bn, which equates to £6.9bn.
At his peak he was the 255th richest person in the world.
Who is Kim Pegula?
Terry’s wife Kim is the co-owner, president, and CEO of the Buffalo Bills – the first woman in NFL history to hold these positions.
She was born in Seoul, South Korea, but moved to New York, when she was five after being adopted by an American family.
In June 2022, she suffered a cardiac arrest and was saved by CPR delivered by her other daughter Kelly.
Tennis ace Jessica wrote an emotional Players’ Tribune essay in February 2023 about her recovery.
In the piece, she detailed her mum’s “significant expressive aphasia and memory issues” and that it led to a “brain injury”.
Pegula Sports and Entertainment shut down following her illness.
Who are Jessica Pegula’s siblings?
She has four siblings.
Her mother Kim has children Jessica, Kelly and Matthew with Terry.
Terry also has a son, Michael, and daughter, Laura, from his first marriage to ex-wife’s Anne Shirley.
The exact date of their wedding is unknown, but they were reportedly childhood sweethearts.
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