'I Don't Have That Money': Pegula Not Bothered By 'World's Richest Tennis Player' Tag

Tuesday, 11 July 2023 at 01:35

byBalasz Virag

Jessica Pegula isn't that known in the United Kingdom except for the part which mentions her billionaire father but it's not something she's bothered by.

Jessica Pegula has a very fascinating story. It's not a typical rags-to-riches story because her father is a well-known billionaire who has been involved in sports for a very long time. His ownership of the Buffalo Bills NFL Franchise, as well as the NHL Buffalo Sabres Franchise, is well known in the US, but less so in the United Kingdom.

She's mostly known as the daughter of some billionaire along with the tag of 'World's Richest Tennis Player'. Even so, Pegula worked extremely hard to achieve everything in her career and it's not been an easy road as she didn't have an early major breakout on the WTA Tour, but rather steadily improved over several years to get where she is.

Yeah, I mean, people say that. I personally don't have that money. It's probably my dad or my parents. I don't know why that kind of stuck. I mean, I understand, though. My family obviously is pretty well-known back in America.

— Pegula on being called the world's richest player<br>

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Yeah, I mean, it is what it is. I mean, it doesn't really bother me. It would be nice if people didn't say that. But do I really care? I mean, not really. It is what is. But, yeah, I mean, I don't really think it matters how much money you have. Yeah, it would be great to win Wimbledon 'cause then I would also have a lot of money from winning Wimbledon (smiling).