Destanee Aiava

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Destanee Aiava
File:Aiava WMQ19 (15).jpg
Full name Destanee Gabriella Aiava
Country (sports)  Australia
Residence Narre Warren, Victoria, Australia
Born (2000-05-10) 10 May 2000 (age 24)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height 1.75 m
Turned pro 2015
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Nicole Kriz[1]
Prize money $548,745[2]
Singles
Career record 127–95 (57.21%)
Career titles 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 147 (11 September 2017)
Current ranking No. 501 (27 June 2022)[3]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
French Open Q1 (2017, 2018)
Wimbledon Q3 (2017)
US Open Q2 (2017)
Doubles
Career record 59–47 (55.66%)
Career titles 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 192 (21 October 2019)
Current ranking No. 364 (27 June 2022)[3]
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2017)
Last updated on: 1 July 2022.

Destanee Gabriella Aiava (born 10 May 2000) is an Australian professional tennis player.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 147 in singles, achieved on 11 September 2017, and of 237 in doubles, achieved on 10 June 2019. Aiava so far has won four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut after winning the 2016 U18 Australian Championships, granting her a wild card into the 2017 Australian Open. She thus became the first player, male or female, born in 2000 or later to participate in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.[4]

Early life

Aiava is the daughter of Samoan parents; her father, Mark, was born in New Zealand to Samoan parents, and her mother, Rosie, was born in American Samoa.[5]

Junior career

2012–2016

In 2012, at the age of 12, Aiava represented Australia at Roland Garros in the Longines Future Tennis Aces Tournament. Competing against fifteen of the top under-13 female tennis players, Aiava won the tournament and won the right to play alongside Steffi Graf in an exhibition match.[6] The years following, Aiava mainly played on the junior circuit. In 2014, she won the Tecnifibre Tennis Central Championships and NZ ITF Summer Championships in New Zealand as well as Australian International's in Queensland and Victoria. At the age of 14, she won the U18 Canadian world ranking event in Montreal, Quebec.

Professional career

2015–2016

In early 2015, Aiava made her professional debut at the Burnie International after receiving wildcards in the singles and doubles, where she lost early in both. At the Launceston Tennis International, Aiava won her first professional main-draw match against Lu Jiajing. She also made the quarterfinals of a 15K tournament in Melbourne in April 2015. In March 2016, Aiava made her first career final at a $25K tournament in Canberra. In December 2016, she won the U18 Girls' Australian Championships and earned a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open. She thus became the first player born in the 21st century to play at a Grand Slam championship.[7]

2017: First ITF titles and Grand Slam debut

Aiava commenced the year by qualifying for the Brisbane International to make her maiden WTA main-draw appearance.[8] Aiava defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the first round[9] before losing to two-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 9, Svetlana Kuznetsova. Aiava made her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open as a wildcard, losing in round one to Mona Barthel.

In February, Aiava won the first ITF title of her career, winning the 25K event in Perth by defeating Viktória Kužmová in the final. The following month, she won another 25K title, this time in Mornington, beating Barbora Krejčíková in the final. In April, Aiava was named in the Australia Fed Cup team for the first time.[10] In May, she reached the semifinal of the Open Saint-Gaudens, before losing the first round of qualifying at the French Open. In June, Aiava lost in the final round of qualifying for Wimbledon. In September, she reached the second round of qualifying for the US Open before granting a wildcard into Tournoi de Québec, where she lost in the first round. In October, Aiava reached the final of the Canberra International. In December, she was unable to defend her girls' title, losing to Jaimee Fourlis in a reversal of the result from 2016.[11] The following week, Aiava won the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff.[12][13]

2018: Third ITF title

Aiava was awarded a wild card to Brisbane International[14] where she lost in the first round to another wild-card entry, Ajla Tomljanović.[15]

Aiava received another wild card for the Australian Open, where she was defeated in the first round by world No. 1 and top seed Simona Halep. Aiava had two set points in the first set before going off-court to receive a medical time out. She subsequently lost the match in straight sets.[16] Aiava reached the quarterfinal of Burnie International and Zhuhai before reaching the final of ACT Clay Court International.[17] In April, Aiava won the Osaka ITF title; her third ITF and first title outside Australia.[18]

In May, Aiava lost in the first round of French Open qualifying.

2019

Aiava began her season at the Brisbane International. She qualified for the main draw with victories over Vania King, Mandy Minella and Christina McHale. She then defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round before falling to second seed Naomi Osaka. Aiava received her third Australian Open wildcard entry, losing to 17th seed Madison Keys. She then won the Clay Court International title on March 24 by defeating world No. 289, Risa Ozaki.[19]

File:ACT Clay Court International-1 finals-24 March 2019.jpg
Canberra – 24 March 2019: Destanee Aiava (right) after winning the ACT Clay Court International #1 final against Risa Ozaki (left). Aiava was the runner-up in 2016 and 2018 (photo by Rob Keating, http://robiciatennis.com)

2022

In January 2022, Aiava lost in the first round of the 2022 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying.[20]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open Q1 1R 1R 1R Q3 1R Q1 0 / 4 0–4 0%
French Open A Q1 Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A Q3 A Q1 NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A Q2 Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 4 0–4 0%

Doubles

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open 1R A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
French Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 4 0–4 0%

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (0–2)
$25,000 tournaments (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2016 ITF Canberra, Australia 25,000 Clay Japan Eri Hozumi 3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss 0–2 Sep 2016 ITF Tweed Heads, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera 3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win 1–2 Feb 2017 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Slovakia Viktória Kužmová 6–1, 6–1
Win 2–2 Mar 2017 ITF Mornington, Australia 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Nov 2017 Canberra International, Australia 60,000 Hard Australia Olivia Rogowska 1–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Mar 2018 ACT Clay Court International, Australia 60,000 Clay Slovenia Dalila Jakupović 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–4 Apr 2018 ITF Osaka, Japan 25,000 Hard Canada Rebecca Marino 6–3, 7–6(2)
Loss 3–5 Sep 2018 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Astra Sharma 6–0, 6–7(5), 1–6
Win 4–5 Mar 2019 ITF Canberra, Australia 25,000 Clay Japan Risa Ozaki 6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–6 Feb 2020 Launceston International, Australia 25,000 Hard United States Asia Muhammad 4–6, 3–6
Loss 4–7 Feb 2020 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Maddison Inglis 4–6, 6–7(4)

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Australia Naiktha Bains China Xinyu Wang
China Xiyu Wang		 5–7, 7–5, [4–10]
Loss 0–2 Nov 2018 ITF Canberra, Australia 60,000 Hard Australia Naiktha Bains Australia Ellen Perez
Australia Arina Rodionova		 7–6(5), 3–6, [7–10]
Loss 0–3 Mar 2019 ITF Canberra, Australia 25,000 Clay Australia Ellen Perez Australia Naiktha Bains
Slovakia Tereza Mihalikova		 6–4, 2–6, [4–10]
Loss 0–4 Apr 2019 Hardee's Pro Classic, U.S. 80,000 Clay Australia Astra Sharma United States Caroline Dolehide
United States Usue Maitane Arconada		 6–7(5), 4–6
Win 1–4 Sep 2019 Darwin International, Australia 60,000 Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera Australia Alison Bai
Australia Jaimee Fourlis		 6–4, 2–6, [10–3]
Win 2–4 Oct 2019 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Naiktha Bains Australia Alison Bai
New Zealand Paige Hourigan		 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–4 June 2021 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Hard Australia Olivia Gadecki Japan Mana Ayukawa
South Korea Han Na-lae		 6–3, 6–3

Top 10 wins

# Player Rank Tournament Surface Rd Score DAR
2019
1. Belarus Aryna Sabalenka No. 10 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands Grass 1R 7–6(3), 1–6, 6–4 No. 214

Notes

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