Jessica Pegula (ranked No. 5, United States) claimed her second consecutive title at the WTA Tour Credit One Charleston Open (total prize money $2.3 million) singles event.
Pegula defeated Yuliia Starodubtseva (ranked No. 89, Ukraine) 2-0 (6-2, 6-2) in the singles final on the last day of the tournament in Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday. The winner's prize was $354,345 (approximately 530 million won).
Pegula is a Korean-American player whose mother, Kim, was adopted from Seoul to the United States in the early 1970s. The Charleston title marks Pegula's second victory of the season, following the Dubai Duty Free Championships in February. It is her 11th career WTA singles title.
Starodubtseva, born in 2000, reached a tour-level singles final for the first time in her career. Her runner-up finish at the tournament will lift her world ranking to No. 53 this week.