Jewel Peterson

{{short description|American tennis player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Jewel Peterson

| image =

| fullname = Jewel Renee Peterson

| country_represented = {{USA}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|09|10}}

| birth_place = College Park, Georgia, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 5 ft 7 in

| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = $57,232

| singlesrecord =

| singlestitles =

| highestsinglesranking = No. 214 (June 7, 2004)

| USOpenresult = Q2 (2004)

| doublesrecord =

| doublestitles =

| highestdoublesranking = No. 449 (November 14, 2005)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2004)

| USOpenMixedresult = 1R (2004)

}}

Jewel Renee Peterson (born September 10, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player.

Peterson, born and raised in College Park, Georgia, played collegiate tennis at the University of Southern California (USC). While at USC she was a four-time All-American and an NCAA semi-finalist as a senior in 2003.{{cite news |title=Four-Time All-American Jewel Peterson Ends Career At USC |url=https://pac-12.com/article/2003/05/23/four-time-all-american-jewel-peterson-ends-career-usc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324030911/https://pac-12.com/article/2003/05/23/four-time-all-american-jewel-peterson-ends-career-usc |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |work=Pac-12 |date=May 23, 2003 |language=en}}

A right-handed player, Peterson reached a career high singles ranking of 214 in the world and qualified for the main draw of the 2005 Miami Open. She featured in both doubles main draws at the 2004 US Open, partnering Alexandra Mueller in the women's and Phillip Simmonds in the mixed event.

Peterson was a childhood coach of Coco Gauff in Atlanta.{{cite news |last1=Blinder |first1=Alan |title=Coco Gauff's Tennis Haven Happens to Be Her Hometown |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/sports/tennis/coco-gauff-us-open.html |work=The New York Times |date=August 27, 2019}}