Tennis player Francesca Jones (245th, UK), who has four fingers on both hands, won his first victory in the finals of the Women’s Professional Tennis (WTA) Tour.
Jones won Chung Psy (44th place, China) 2-1 (6-2) in the first round of the singles final on the second day of the WTA Tour Phillip Island Trophy ($235,000 in total prize money) held in Melbourne, Australia on the 14th (local time). 3-6 6-2).
This year, 21-year-old Jones won the WTA Tour singles final for the first time in his life, and also won his first win against a player in the world ranking 100.
Jones is a player with four fingers each from birth and three toes on the right and four on the left.
It is a physical condition that is inevitably disadvantageous for a tennis player who has to hold a racket and run around the court diligently.
Jones, who had already been on the operating table more than 10 times, was told by a doctor as a child that “it is impossible to succeed as a tennis player.”
However, he passed the Australian Open qualifier held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in January of this year with three consecutive wins, advancing to the singles finals of the major tournament where 128 best tennis players from all over the world compete.
At the time, Jones took Monica Niculescu (146th, Romania) 2-0 (6-3 6-2) in the first round of the qualifying round, but Niculescu was a veteran who was ranked 28th in the 2012 world rankings.
Jones, who lost 0-2 (4-6 1-6) to Selby Rogers (57th, USA) in the first round of the Australian Open earlier this month, the first major tournament in her life, was held in Melbourne, Australia, the same place as the Australian Open. He competed in the tournament and won a valuable victory.
In particular, Rogers, who was Jones’ first round opponent at the Australian Open, is also a player who has advanced to the round of 16.
Jones has previously won the qualifying rounds of major or tour tournaments, 125K tournaments lower than the tour, or the International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament, but has never won the Tour Singles Finals.
Jeong Psy, who was defeated by Jones on this day, took second place in the women’s doubles at the 2019 French Open, and was a player who climbed to the 34th in the world rankings last year in singles.
Jones’ second-round opponent is Patricia Maria Tigg (56th place, Romania).