Jessica Pegula Beats Liudmila Samsonova 6-1, 6-0 in 49 minutes to win third career title

World No.3 Jessica Pegula captured her third career title and second WTA 1000 trophy after defeating No.18 Liudmila Samsonova 6-1, 6-0 in the final of the Omnium Banque Nationale.

“We’re out on tour to win tournaments and to win titles every single week, but tennis can be really tough where you sometimes lose a lot,” Pegula said. “Even when you’re winning a lot of matches, you’re still not winning tournaments, so it can get tough.

“Winning a week like this week makes it all worth it and makes you want to keep going for more. I’ll be right back at it tomorrow in Cincinnati.”

Pegula’s victory over Samsonova capped off a phenomenal week for the top-ranked American. After easing through the first two rounds with straight-set wins over Yulia Putintseva and Jasmine Paolini, Pegula edged out her doubles partner and No.7 Coco Gauff in the quarterfinals before earning her second win of the year over World No.1 Iga Swiatek in the semifinals.

“Beating Coco and beating Iga were two really tough wins back-to-back,” Pegula said, “and being able to do that and then just come out today and play a really clean match was kind of great. I felt like I didn’t have a ton of pressure at any point or I wasn’t worried too much today.”

Pegula is the first American to win the Canadian Open in a decade, following Serena Williams’ victory in 2013. The last American to win the tournament when it was hosted in Montreal was Monica Seles in 1998. Having won her first WTA 1000 title last fall in Guadalajara, Pegula is now the third American to win multiple WTA 1000 titles, joining Serena and Venus Williams.