Jessica Pegula vs Shelby Rogers – US Open Tennis Prediction and Pick 8/27/24

Jessica Pegula will play fellow American Shelby Rogers in the first round of the 2024 US Open. The match is scheduled for Tuesday, August 27, 2024. Here’s our Jessica Pegula vs Shelby Rogers prediction. This article will also contain a Jessica Pegula vs Shelby Rogers pick.

Jessica Pegula vs Shelby Rogers Preview

Jessica Pegula enters the 2024 US Open as one of the favorites. She won the WTA 1000 in Toronto, whereby she became the first woman to successfully defend the Canadian Open title in more than two decades. Pegula would make the final of the Cincinnati Open and lost to the red-hot Aryna Sabalenka.

So, she is the most in-form player coming to the US Open in terms of wins during the summer hard-court swing. But PEgula has not advanced beyond the quarterfinal at a major in her career. If she is to do it, you have to feel it is this fortnight. And she doesn’t have the burden of playing doubles with Coco Gauff. So, Pegula will have a good shot at the title.

Opponent Shelby Rogers is set for an emotional farewell. This will be her last tournament as she announced on Instagram that she is retiring from professional tennis after the 2024 US Open. Rogers is a former Top 30 player and probably one of the best WTA players not to win a career title at the top level in her career (barring the extraordinary of winning this year’s US Open).

She is currently ranked outside the Top 300 and plays this tournament with a special ranking after an injury-ravaged second half of 2023. She has played just 15 matches this season and has lost her last five matches in a row.

Jessica Pegula vs Shelby Rogers Head-To-Head

• Pegula and Rogers have never played each other at the WTA Tour before this.

Jessica Pegula vs Shelby Rogers Prediction

This will very well be the last match of Shelby Rogers’ career as she is set to hang up her racket after the US Open. She’s been perturbed by injuries in recent years and revealed in her retirement announcement that her body is not up to par with the demands of the Tour. Fully expecting a comprehensive win for Pegula who is the most in-form player coming to New York.