Jessica Pula is close to winning her first Grand Slam title at the US Open with the American set to face arena sabalenka in the final this weekend Jessica Pula is on the brink of making tennis history after reaching the final of the US Open the 30-year-old who has yet to claim a grand slam title will face arena sabalenka in a match that could change her life though not financially the winner will receive a hefty $3.6 million 2.7 Ms but for pegalo this sum is merely a drop in the ocean this is due to her father Terry Pula a business tycoon who owns the Buffalo Bills NFL franchise among other assets and boasts an estimated net worth of $7 billion 5.3 BN Jessica stands to inherit a significant portion of this Fortune however the world number six doesn't depend on her father's wealth she has earned over 10 mimers in prize money throughout her career and will add at least another 1.8 be 1.4 m to her earnings this weekend regardless of the outcome of the match pegula's impressive performances at Flushing Meadows have been somewhat unexpected she has had a challenging year form wise having been eliminated in the second round at the Australian Open Wimbledon and the Olympics yet the New York native has lost only one set on her way to the US Open final which occurred during her semi-final victory over karolina muchova she defeated Shelby Rogers 64 63 in the first round before beating beting Sonia Kennan who ousted Emma raducanu 7663 in the second she then triumphed over Jessica buza Monero 63 63 in the third round before defeating Diana Schneider 64 62 in the fourth then in a pivotal moment for Pula she breezed past world number one IGA Suk in the quarterfinal