Upcoming Event: Women's Tennis at Kitty Harrison Invitational on September 12, 2025
Women's Tennis
at Kitty Harrison Invitational
2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster
Jackson, Emma
Emma Jackson
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- La Grange Park, Ill.
Bio
Honors:
All-ACC Third Team - Singles (2023) ... All-ACC Third Team (2022) … NCAA Singles Qualifier (2023, 2024) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete (2024, 2025) ... CSC Academic All-District (2025) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) … ACC Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024).
Career:
Earned All-ACC honors in each of her first two seasons at Duke ... collected an 89-51 singles and 75-38 doubles ledger over four years ... tallied 18 match-clinching wins to rank fourth on Duke’s all-time charts ... registered 20+ singles wins in each of her first two years at Duke ... finished 5-2 in NCAA team action ... her 25 ACC singles wins ranked tied for 20th on Duke’s all-time charts, while her 27 singles wins at the No. 3 position ranked fifth ... one of only 33 Blue Devils to register three 20-win singles seasons.
2024-25:
ITA Scholar Athlete selection ... All-ACC Academic Team honoree ... closed her career with her best season as a Blue Devil with a 27-11 singles, 14-6 dual match and 8-2 ACC ledger ... in doubles, logged a 27-7 overall, 23-4 dual match and 11-1 ACC record ... finished the season ranked No. 21 nationally in the ITA ... teamed with Liv Hovde to earn ACC Doubles Team of the Week on April 1 ... Jackson and Hovde totaled an impressive 17-1 overall, 17-1 dual match and 10-1 ACC record together at No. 3 doubles ... they won their final 16 matches in a row and went 4-0 in the NCAA Tournament ... their 10 ACC wins ranked tied for second-most in a season in Duke history ... in singles action, won 12 out of her last 15 matches to conclude the season ... posted nine wins against ranked opponents, including one against No. 9 Nicole Khriin of Texas A&M ... went 9-3 at No. 3 singles on the season ... finished the year with five match-clinching wins against 20th-ranked South Carolina, 32nd-ranked Syracuse, 29th-ranked Georgia Tech, 24th-ranked Clemson and 61st-ranked SMU ... in the Duke season record book, ranked tied for 11th with 22 dual match doubles wins ... advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Regionals Main Draw and then defeated Malak El Allami of Columbia in a ITA Sectionals singles playoff to earn a NCAA singles invite ... knocked off 56th-ranked Alina Shcherbinina of Oklahoma in the NCAA Singles Championship, before falling to 12th-ranked Julia Fliegner of Michigan ... helped guide Duke to a 12-0 record in the ACC and the regular season title ... collected 23 dual match doubles wins to rank tied for eighth on Duke’s season charts.
2023-24:
ITA Scholar-Athlete honoree ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... totaled a 17-14 singles and 17-16 doubles mark ... ranked as high as No. 36 nationally in singles and finished the year ranked No. 81 ... in the Carolina Region, finished the season ranked No. 14 ... had a stretch during dual match play where she won seven out of nine singles contests ... registered one of the biggest wins of her collegiate career on the road at Miami as she defeated 10th-ranked Alexa Noel, 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 ... Noel went on to win the NCAA Singles Championship ... also collected singles ranked wins against No. 100 Miyuka Kimoto of Syracuse, No. 86 Eleni Louka (twice) of Clemson, No. 52 Isabella pfennig of Miami, No. 49 Sofiya Chekhlystova of Penn State and No. 17 Elza Tomase of Tennessee ... earned a doubles ranking of No. 48 nationally in the preseason with Karolina Berankova ... teamed with Shavit Kimchi to collect a 4-2 ledger at the No. 2 doubles slot ... won seven out of her first eight doubles matches with Ellie Coleman.
2022-23:
All-ACC Third Team selection in singles ... All-ACC Academic Team ... collected a 22-12 overall and 7-4 ACC singles ledger ... went 16-6 in dual match play and tallied a 13-5 ledger at the No. 3 singles slot ... her 13 wins at No. 3 singles was tied for the 14th-most in school history ... registered the match-clinching wins against NCCU, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Syracuse and Boston College ... ranked as high as No. 21 nationally in singles and No. 59 in doubles along with Karolina Berankova ... went 4-1 in the ITA Fall Regionals Main Draw, before falling to teammate Chloe Beck in the championship ... opened the fall season with a 6-4, 7-5 win over No. 10 Irina Cantos Siemers of Ohio State ... also knocked off No. 3 Daria Frayman of Princeton, 6-1, 6-3, in the Fall Ranked Spotlight ... posted five wins against ranked singles foes ... in doubles action, posted a 19-8 overall, 4-2 ACC and 14-4 dual match record ... played at all three slots in doubles ... finished the season ranked No. 12 in the ITA Carolina Region ... received a NCAA Singles Championship invite, before falling in the first round to Ayana Akli of South Carolina, 3-6, 3-6.
2021-22:
All-ACC Third Team … ranked as high as No. 26 in ITA singles rankings (Jan. 14-Feb. 5) … totaled 23 singles victories … registered an overall record of 23-14, going 11-9 in dual match play … primarily played in flight three, going 6-4 … beat six ranked opponents … finished second on the team with six match-clinching points, the first coming against No. 12 Virginia on March 4, helping Duke complete a 3-1 comeback … named ACC Freshman of the Week on March 8 following the performance … also clinched match against the seventh-ranked Cavaliers on April 24 to give Duke its 18th ACC Championship … posted 12-7 mark in doubles play, going 3-2 in dual matches … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke:
Entered Duke following a prolific amateur career … ranked as high as the No. 2 recruit on Tennis Recruiting Network in 2019 and reached a high of No. 18 in 2021 … qualified for and played with the 2018 Team USA National Junior Team … qualified for the 2018 U.S. Junior Open, playing in the same draw as future teammate Georgia Drummy and reaching the second round before falling to future professional Caty McNally … competed in several Grade I ITF events, reaching the singles final of one in Ecuador in 2019 … reached the quarterfinals at the 2019 Easter Bowl in California … finished with a career high of No. 84 in junior ITF rankings.
Personal:
Born Emma Hailey Jackson in La Grange, Ill. … daughter of Michael and Meghan Jackson … has one younger brother, Ryan ... received a degree in sociology in May of 2025.
All-ACC Third Team - Singles (2023) ... All-ACC Third Team (2022) … NCAA Singles Qualifier (2023, 2024) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete (2024, 2025) ... CSC Academic All-District (2025) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) … ACC Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024).
Career:
Earned All-ACC honors in each of her first two seasons at Duke ... collected an 89-51 singles and 75-38 doubles ledger over four years ... tallied 18 match-clinching wins to rank fourth on Duke’s all-time charts ... registered 20+ singles wins in each of her first two years at Duke ... finished 5-2 in NCAA team action ... her 25 ACC singles wins ranked tied for 20th on Duke’s all-time charts, while her 27 singles wins at the No. 3 position ranked fifth ... one of only 33 Blue Devils to register three 20-win singles seasons.
2024-25:
ITA Scholar Athlete selection ... All-ACC Academic Team honoree ... closed her career with her best season as a Blue Devil with a 27-11 singles, 14-6 dual match and 8-2 ACC ledger ... in doubles, logged a 27-7 overall, 23-4 dual match and 11-1 ACC record ... finished the season ranked No. 21 nationally in the ITA ... teamed with Liv Hovde to earn ACC Doubles Team of the Week on April 1 ... Jackson and Hovde totaled an impressive 17-1 overall, 17-1 dual match and 10-1 ACC record together at No. 3 doubles ... they won their final 16 matches in a row and went 4-0 in the NCAA Tournament ... their 10 ACC wins ranked tied for second-most in a season in Duke history ... in singles action, won 12 out of her last 15 matches to conclude the season ... posted nine wins against ranked opponents, including one against No. 9 Nicole Khriin of Texas A&M ... went 9-3 at No. 3 singles on the season ... finished the year with five match-clinching wins against 20th-ranked South Carolina, 32nd-ranked Syracuse, 29th-ranked Georgia Tech, 24th-ranked Clemson and 61st-ranked SMU ... in the Duke season record book, ranked tied for 11th with 22 dual match doubles wins ... advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Regionals Main Draw and then defeated Malak El Allami of Columbia in a ITA Sectionals singles playoff to earn a NCAA singles invite ... knocked off 56th-ranked Alina Shcherbinina of Oklahoma in the NCAA Singles Championship, before falling to 12th-ranked Julia Fliegner of Michigan ... helped guide Duke to a 12-0 record in the ACC and the regular season title ... collected 23 dual match doubles wins to rank tied for eighth on Duke’s season charts.
2023-24:
ITA Scholar-Athlete honoree ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... totaled a 17-14 singles and 17-16 doubles mark ... ranked as high as No. 36 nationally in singles and finished the year ranked No. 81 ... in the Carolina Region, finished the season ranked No. 14 ... had a stretch during dual match play where she won seven out of nine singles contests ... registered one of the biggest wins of her collegiate career on the road at Miami as she defeated 10th-ranked Alexa Noel, 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 ... Noel went on to win the NCAA Singles Championship ... also collected singles ranked wins against No. 100 Miyuka Kimoto of Syracuse, No. 86 Eleni Louka (twice) of Clemson, No. 52 Isabella pfennig of Miami, No. 49 Sofiya Chekhlystova of Penn State and No. 17 Elza Tomase of Tennessee ... earned a doubles ranking of No. 48 nationally in the preseason with Karolina Berankova ... teamed with Shavit Kimchi to collect a 4-2 ledger at the No. 2 doubles slot ... won seven out of her first eight doubles matches with Ellie Coleman.
2022-23:
All-ACC Third Team selection in singles ... All-ACC Academic Team ... collected a 22-12 overall and 7-4 ACC singles ledger ... went 16-6 in dual match play and tallied a 13-5 ledger at the No. 3 singles slot ... her 13 wins at No. 3 singles was tied for the 14th-most in school history ... registered the match-clinching wins against NCCU, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Syracuse and Boston College ... ranked as high as No. 21 nationally in singles and No. 59 in doubles along with Karolina Berankova ... went 4-1 in the ITA Fall Regionals Main Draw, before falling to teammate Chloe Beck in the championship ... opened the fall season with a 6-4, 7-5 win over No. 10 Irina Cantos Siemers of Ohio State ... also knocked off No. 3 Daria Frayman of Princeton, 6-1, 6-3, in the Fall Ranked Spotlight ... posted five wins against ranked singles foes ... in doubles action, posted a 19-8 overall, 4-2 ACC and 14-4 dual match record ... played at all three slots in doubles ... finished the season ranked No. 12 in the ITA Carolina Region ... received a NCAA Singles Championship invite, before falling in the first round to Ayana Akli of South Carolina, 3-6, 3-6.
2021-22:
All-ACC Third Team … ranked as high as No. 26 in ITA singles rankings (Jan. 14-Feb. 5) … totaled 23 singles victories … registered an overall record of 23-14, going 11-9 in dual match play … primarily played in flight three, going 6-4 … beat six ranked opponents … finished second on the team with six match-clinching points, the first coming against No. 12 Virginia on March 4, helping Duke complete a 3-1 comeback … named ACC Freshman of the Week on March 8 following the performance … also clinched match against the seventh-ranked Cavaliers on April 24 to give Duke its 18th ACC Championship … posted 12-7 mark in doubles play, going 3-2 in dual matches … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke:
Entered Duke following a prolific amateur career … ranked as high as the No. 2 recruit on Tennis Recruiting Network in 2019 and reached a high of No. 18 in 2021 … qualified for and played with the 2018 Team USA National Junior Team … qualified for the 2018 U.S. Junior Open, playing in the same draw as future teammate Georgia Drummy and reaching the second round before falling to future professional Caty McNally … competed in several Grade I ITF events, reaching the singles final of one in Ecuador in 2019 … reached the quarterfinals at the 2019 Easter Bowl in California … finished with a career high of No. 84 in junior ITF rankings.
Personal:
Born Emma Hailey Jackson in La Grange, Ill. … daughter of Michael and Meghan Jackson … has one younger brother, Ryan ... received a degree in sociology in May of 2025.
| SINGLES | DOUBLES | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Dual | Conference | Overall | Dual | Conference | Overall |
| 2021-22 | 11-9 | 5-4 | 23-14 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 12-7 |
| 2022-23 | 16-6 | 7-4 | 22-12 | 14-4 | 4-2 | 19-8 |
| 2023-24 | 9-7 | 5-6 | 17-14 | 10-13 | 4-7 | 17-16 |
| 2024-25 | 14-6 | 8-2 | 27-11 | 23-4 | 11-1 | 27-7 |
| Career | 50-28 | 25-16 | 89-51 | 50-23 | 21-11 | 75-38 |
Eleana Yu Post Match vs. Auburn
Saturday, May 10
Jame Ashworth Post Match vs. Auburn
Saturday, May 10
Ellie Coleman Post Match vs. FAU
Saturday, May 03
Jamie Ashworth Post Match vs. FAU
Saturday, May 03
