Jaimee Fourlis (born 17 September 1999) is an Australian tennis player of Greek descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, achieved on 18 July 2022, and a highest doubles ranking of world No. 138, reached on 2 March 2020.
Country (sports) | Australia |
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Residence | Melbourne, Australia |
Born | Melbourne | 17 September 1999
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$980,324 |
Singles | |
Career record | 222–165 |
Career titles | 9 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 147 (18 July 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 293 (28 October 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
French Open | 1R (2017) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022) |
US Open | 1R (2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 106–67 |
Career titles | 10 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 138 (2 March 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 189 (28 October 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2020) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2022) |
Last updated on: 28 October 2024. |
Partnering Jason Kubler, Fourlis was runner-up in the mixed doubles at the 2022 Australian Open. She has won nine singles titles and 10 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Personal life
editShe grew up in Melbourne and attended Northcote High School. Her family comes from Agrinio and Thessaloniki, Greece.[1] Her Greek Orthodox name is Dimitra.[2]
Career
edit2014–2016: ITF debut, first title
editFourlis made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in Glen Iris in March 2014. Her first win came in October 2014 in Cairns when her opponent Carolin Daniels retired.[citation needed]
In 2016, she commenced the year at the Perth $25k event, where from qualifying she won eight matches en route to her first title.[3]
Fourlis reached the girls' doubles semifinals of the 2016 Australian Open, partnering with Maddison Inglis.[citation needed]
2017-2018: Grand Slam tournament debut
editFourlis was given a wildcard into the 2017 Hobart International[4] where she lost to Kirsten Flipkens in the opening round.[5] She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2017 Australian Open, after winning the Wildcard Playoff. She defeated Anna Tatishvili[6] before losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round.[7] In May, she won an Australian wildcard playoff[8] into the French Open, losing to former world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, in three sets.[9] In December, Fourlis won the Under-18 Australian Championships and received a main-draw wildcard to the 2018 Australian Open.[10]
Fourlis was given a wildcard into the 2018 Hobart International where she defeated Nina Stojanović,[11] before losing to Heather Watson in the second round.[12] At the 2018 Australian Open, she lost to Olivia Rogowska in the first round.[13]
In April 2018, Fourlis won her second and third ITF titles.[14] In June, her ranking peaked inside the world's top 200.[15]
2019–2020
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In January 2019, Fourlis lost in the first round of qualifying for the Australian Open. She spent the next months of 2019 on the ITF Circuit with her best performance being a semifinal result in Rome in May and Barcelona in June. In July 2019, she qualified for the WTA Tour events in Bucharest and Palermo. Following a first-round loss in Perth in March 2020, she underwent shoulder surgery.
2021-2023: Australian Open mixed doubles finalist, Wimbledon debut
editIn August 2021, Fourlis won her fourth ITF tournament, and first since returning to the tour in June.[16][17]
Given a wildcard partnering Jason Kubler, Fourlis reached the final in the mixed doubles at the 2022 Australian Open which they lost to fifth seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Ivan Dodig.[18][19] She qualified for 2022 Wimbledon Championships, making her main-draw debut at this major,[20] but lost in the first round to Kirsten Flipkens.[21]
Awarded a wildcard,[22] Fourlis lost in the first round at the 2023 Australian Open to Linda Fruhvirtová.[23] At the 2023 German Open, she qualified for the main draw[24] and reached the second round, after fellow qualifier Wang Xinyu retired.[25] She lost to third seed Caroline Garcia.[26]
Performance timelines
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
editCurrent through the 2024 US Open.
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
French Open | 1R | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q3 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Wimbledon | A | Q1 | A | NH | A | 1R | Q2 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
US Open | A | Q3 | Q3 | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Win–loss | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 1–6 | 14% |
WTA 1000 | |||||||||||
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Guadalajara Open | NH | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||
Tournaments | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Career total: 15 | |||
Overall win-loss | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0 / 15 | 3–15 | 17% | |
Year-end ranking | 327 | 202 | 245 | 264 | 323 | 162 | 204 | $783,357 |
Mixed doubles
editTournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L |
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Australian Open | F | 1R | SF | 0 / 3 | 7–3 |
French Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
US Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Win–loss | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0 / 3 | 7–3 |
Grand Slam tournament finals
editMixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)
editResult | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2022 | Australian Open | Hard | Jason Kubler | Kristina Mladenovic Ivan Dodig |
3–6, 4–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
editSingles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2016 | ITF Perth, Australia | 15,000 | Hard | Jang Su-jeong | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(1) |
Win | 2–0 | Apr 2018 | Clay Court International, Australia | 15,000 | Clay | Ellen Perez | 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 3–0 | Apr 2018 | ITF Pula, Italy | 15,000 | Clay | Anastasia Grymalska | 6–4, 4–6, 6–0 |
Win | 4–0 | Aug 2021 | ITF Ourense, Spain | W25 | Clay | Fanny Stollár | 7–6(3), 6–3 |
Win | 5–0 | Mar 2022 | Bendigo Pro Tour 2, Australia | W25 | Hard | Olivia Gadecki | 6–3, 0–0 ret. |
Win | 6–0 | Jun 2022 | Brașov Open, Romania | W60 | Clay | İpek Öz | 7–6(0), 6–2 |
Win | 7–0 | Jun 2022 | ITF Madrid, Spain | W25 | Hard | Guiomar Maristany | 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 7–1 | Jul 2022 | ITF Horb, Germany | W25 | Clay | Ekaterina Makarova | 1–6, 0–6 |
Win | 8–1 | Feb 2023 | Burnie International, Australia | W25 | Hard | Olivia Gadecki | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 8–2 | May 2023 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | W100 | Clay | Elina Avanesyan | 2–6, 0–6 |
Win | 9–2 | Jul 2024 | Amstelveen Open, Netherlands | W35 | Clay | Berfu Cengiz | 7–6(2), 2–6, 6–1 |
Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2018 | ITF Caserta, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Ellen Perez | Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien |
6–7(6), 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Mar 2019 | Clay Court International, Australia | 25,000 | Clay | Alison Bai | Naiktha Bains Tereza Mihalíková |
6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2019 | Chiasso Open, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | Sharon Fichman | Cristina Bucșa Marta Kostyuk |
1–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
Loss | 1–3 | May 2019 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | 60,000 | Clay | Kathinka von Deichmann | Anna Blinkova Yanina Wickmayer |
3–6, 6–4, [3–10] |
Loss | 1–4 | Sep 2019 | Darwin International, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | Alison Bai | Destanee Aiava Lizette Cabrera |
4–6, 6–2, [3–10] |
Loss | 1–5 | Oct 2019 | Tennis Classic of Macon, United States | 80,000 | Hard | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide |
7–6(2), 2–6, [8–10] |
Win | 2–5 | Jan 2020 | Canberra International,[a] Australia | W25 | Hard | Alison Bai | Anna Bondár Pemra Özgen |
5–7, 6–4, [10–8] |
Win | 3–5 | Feb 2020 | Launceston International, Australia | W25 | Hard | Alison Bai | Alicia Smith Abigail Tere-Apisah |
7–6(4), 6–3 |
Loss | 3–6 | Feb 2020 | ITF Perth, Australia | W25 | Hard | Erin Routliffe | Kanako Morisaki Erika Sema |
5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–7 | Aug 2021 | Reinert Open, Germany | W60 | Clay | Mirjam Björklund | Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova |
6–4, 5–7, [4–10] |
Loss | 3–8 | Feb 2022 | ITF Canberra Pro 2, Australia | W25 | Hard | Alison Bai | Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova |
3–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
Win | 4–8 | Mar 2022 | Bendigo Pro Tour 2, Australia | W25 | Hard | Ellen Perez | Alana Parnaby Gabriella Da Silva Fick |
6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 4–9 | Feb 2022 | ITF Canberra Pro 1, Australia | W25 | Hard | Alison Bai | Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova |
6–7(2), 6–7(5) |
Loss | 4–10 | Jul 2022 | ITF Horb, Germany | W25 | Clay | Alana Parnaby | Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Reyngold |
6–2, 4–6, [8–10] |
Win | 5–10 | Oct 2022 | ITF Šibenik, Croatia | W25 | Clay | Weronika Falkowska | Eleni Christofi Christina Rosca |
6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 6–10 | May 2023 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | W100 | Clay | Olivia Gadecki | Emily Appleton Julia Lohoff |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 7–10 | May 2024 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | W75 | Clay | Dominika Šalková | Noma Noha Akugue Ella Seidel |
5–7, 7–5, [10–4] |
Loss | 7–11 | Jun 2024 | ITF Gdansk, Poland | W35 | Clay | Petra Hule | Karolína Kubáňová Renata Voráčová |
6–3, 6–7(5), [7–10] |
Win | 8–11 | Jul 2024 | ITF The Hague, Netherlands | W75 | Clay | Petra Hule | Annelin Bakker Sarah van Emst |
6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 9–11 | Jul 2024 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | W35 | Hard | Petra Hule | Karolína Kubáňová Sapfo Sakellaridi |
7–6(6), 6–4 |
Win | 10–11 | Oct 2024 | Edmond Open, United States | W75 | Hard | Kayla Day | Sophie Chang Rasheeda McAdoo |
7–5, 7–5 |
Notes
edit- ^ Tournament was moved from Canberra to Bendigo due to the smoke affecting Canberra from the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.
References
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