Jessica Pegula's Siblings: All About the Tennis Star's Brothers Michael and Matthew and Sisters Kelly and Laura
- - Jessica Pegula's Siblings: All About the Tennis Star's Brothers Michael and Matthew and Sisters Kelly and Laura
Nasha SmithAugust 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Jessica Pegula, Matthew Pegula, Terry Pegula, Kelly Pegula, Laura Pegula, and Kim Pegula, stand near midfield as they pose for the media on the football field at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. on Oct. 10, 2014
Even before Jessica Pegula stepped into the spotlight with her tennis career, she was part of a prominent sports family that includes her four siblings, Michael, Laura, Kelly and Matthew.
Jessica's father, billionaire Terry Pegula, welcomed Michael and Laura from a previous marriage. Terry went on to marry Jessica's mom, Kim Pegula, in 1993, and a year later the tennis star was born, followed by Kelly and Matthew.
Terry built the family’s fortune through natural gas and petroleum, later expanding into sports ownership with Kim. Together, they own the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres.
Jessica has emerged as one of the top American players in the sport, reaching the quarterfinals in all four Grand Slams and, in 2024, breaking through to her first Grand Slam final at the US Open.
After her semifinal win, Jessica thanked her supporters, including her siblings, for being by her side.
“It's amazing,” she said in her on-court interview after the match. “I have my brother there, my sister there ... my dad and my brother-in-law, lots of friends, lots of family all scattered around."
She continued, “I have so much family here, and they have been watching a lot of my matches, so to still be here and have them still here supporting me is crazy. I am glad that they are able to share this moment with me.”
Here's everything to know about Jessica Pegula's siblings: Michael, Laura, Kelly and Matthew.
Michael is nearly 20 years older than Jessica
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Jessica Pegula in the third round on Day 9 of the Miami Open on March 24, 2024. ; Terry Pegula and Kim Pegula celebrate with Black River Entertainment, Pegula Sports & Entertainment, and The Buffalo Bills on October 10, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Michael is the elder of Terry's children from a previous marriage and has largely stayed out of the public eye. When Terry married Kim in 1993, Michael was 16 and his younger sister Laura was 11.
The couple settled in Orchard Park, N.Y., to stay close to the children, who lived nearby with their mother. Blending families during the teenage years wasn’t without challenges, and Kim has been candid about the adjustment period.
“Obviously divorce on kids is always hard — especially when you’re in those teen years, and you’re going through a bunch of other things,” she shared in an interview with Buffalo Magazine in 2015. “But I knew what I was getting into. You just have to spend the time with them. Kids get older and start seeing things differently. And time heals everything.”
Laura was also a tennis player
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Jessica Pegula's box cheers during the Women's Singles Final match against Aryna Sabalenka at the 2024 US Open
Athletic talent runs in the Pegula family, and Laura carved out her own space on the court long before Jessica turned pro.
Laura graduated from North Allegheny High School in Pennsylvania in 2000, where she proved herself a standout player. She then played collegiate tennis at the University of Pittsburgh.
During her time with the Panthers, she became a valuable contributor and was named the team’s Most Valuable Player one year.
Jessica has credited her sister with introducing her to the sport.
“My older sister, Laura, played Division I tennis, so I was always around it and followed in her footsteps,” she told Elle in March 2025.
Kelly saved their mother’s life
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Kelly Pegula takes a selfie in September 2024.
In June 2022, the Pegula family faced an emergency when Kim suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while sleeping. It was Kelly, Jessica's younger sister, who acted quickly in a moment that saved Kim's life.
Staying at her parents’ home that night, Kelly performed CPR on her unresponsive mother until paramedics arrived.
Jessica later shared just how close the call was, praising her sister’s actions in those critical minutes.
“Even though she doesn’t like to take credit for this terrible situation, she absolutely saved her life,” she wrote in an essay for The Players’ Tribune in 2023.
In a twist of fate, Kelly had completed her CPR certification only a few months earlier for a job requirement. Their mom even joked in a family group chat at the time, “Nice Kells! Now if we have a heart attack you can revive us.”
Matthew is more private
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Jessica Pegula and her brother Matt Pegula after defeating Anna Kalinskaya in the singles final on Day 7 of the Ecotrans Ladies Open Berlin on June 23, 2024 in Berlin
Matthew is the youngest of the Pegula kids. Not much is known about him, though he has stepped out to support Jessica at tennis tournaments, including at the Ecotrans Ladies Open Berlin in June 2024.
Laura is part of the Buffalo Bills management team
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Kim Pegula, Kelly Pegula, Jessica Pegula and Laura Pegula at the Buffalo Sabres game on Feb. 23, 2011
Following Kim’s 2022 cardiac arrest and ongoing recovery, the Pegula family quietly began making long-term plans for the future of their NFL franchise. In 2023, Terry transferred a small percentage of the Buffalo Bills to his daughter Laura, who was long involved in the family petroleum business, signaling her growing role in the organization.
According to The Athletic, the move was made to comply with the NFL’s succession planning policy, which requires each team to designate a successor in case the controlling owner dies or becomes incapacitated. Terry, who became Kim’s legal guardian after her health crisis, placed many of her assets in a trust, and soon after, formally named Laura as part of the ownership structure.
Jessica and Kelly once owned a health food business
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The daughters of owner Terry Pegula of the Buffalo Bills look on before NFL game action against the Kansas City Chiefs at Ralph Wilson Stadium on November 9, 2014 in Orchard Park, New York
In 2016, Jessica and Kelly launched The Healthy Scratch, a quick-service restaurant in Buffalo, N.Y., offering smoothies, cold-pressed juices, salads, acai bowls and wraps.
After the original location opened, the brand quickly expanded, adding a food truck in 2017, followed by café locations inside medical buildings. They even opened a grab-and-go setup inside a local cycling studio.
The Healthy Scratch ran for six years before closing its final locations in May 2022, according to WGRZ.
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