Jaimee Fourlis
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Fourlis at the 2022 French Open
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Country (sports) | Australia |
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Residence | Melbourne, Australia |
Born | Melbourne |
17 September 1999
Height | 1.68 m |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US $510,256 |
Singles | |
Career record | 157–110 (58.8%) |
Career titles | 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 150 (27 June 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 150 (27 June 2022) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
French Open | 1R (2017) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022) |
US Open | Q3 (2018, 2019) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 65–51 (56.03%) |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 138 (2 March 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 259 (27 June 2022) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2020) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2022) |
Last updated on: 27 June 2022. |
Jaimee Fourlis (born 17 September 1999) is a professional Australian tennis player of Greek descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 150, achieved on 27 June 2022, and a highest doubles ranking of World No. 138, reached on 2 March 2020. She has won seven ITF singles titles and three ITF doubles titles.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Fourlis reached a career-high combined ranking of 38, achieved in February 2016. She reached the girls' doubles semifinals of the 2016 Australian Open, partnering with Maddison Inglis.
Fourlis made her Grand Slam main draw debut after winning the 2017 Australian Open Wildcard Playoff by defeating Abbie Myers in the final, earning her a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open singles tournament.
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Personal Info
She grew up in Melbourne and attended Northcote High School. Her family comes from Agrinio and Thessaloniki, Greece. Her Greek Orthodox name is Dimitra.
Career
2014–2016: The beginnings
Fourlis made her ITF debut in Glen Iris in March 2014. Her first win came in October 2014 in Cairns when her opponent Carolin Daniels retired while down 0–3.
In March 2015, she qualified for the Melbourne ITF event and made the semifinal. She played two more ITF tournaments in Croatia for the year.
In 2016, Fourlis commenced the year at the ITF Perth $25k event, where from qualifying she won eight matches en route to her first title.[1] She played a number of events across Australia and Great Britain, with limited success. She ended the 2016 season with a ranking of 427.
2017: Grand Slam debut
Fourlis was given a wildcard into the Hobart International where she lost to Kirsten Flipkens in the opening round. She made her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open, after winning the Wildcard Playoff. She defeated Anna Tatishvili before losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round. In February and March, Fourlis competed on the Australian ITF Circuit, reaching the quarterfinals in Launceston. In May, she competed in Wiesbaden, before winning an Australian wildcard playoff[2] into the French Open, losing to former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in three sets. After the French Open, Fourlis took three months off to focus on her Year 12 studies, returning to the Australian ITF Circuit in September,[3] where she reached the quarterfinals in both Penrith and Brisbane. In December, Fourlis won the Under-18 Australian Championships and received a main draw wildcard to the 2018 Australian Open.[4]
2018: Top 200
Fourlis was given a wildcard into the Hobart International where she defeated Nina Stojanović,[5] before losing to Heather Watson in the second round. At the Australian Open, she lost to Olivia Rogowska in the first round. In April, Fourlis won her second and third ITF titles.[6] In June, her ranking peaked inside the world's top 200.[7] She ended 2018 with a singles ranking of 202.
2019-2020
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 tour with her best result being a semi-final result in Rome in May 2019 and Barcelona in June 2019.
In July 2019, she qualified for WTA events in Bucharest and Palermo.
In August 2019, Fourlis reached the final round of 2019 US Open – Women's singles qualifying. She ended 2019 with a singles ranking of 248.
Following a first round loss in Perth ITF in March 2020, she underwent shoulder surgery.
2021: Return from surgery
In August 2021, Fourlis won her fourth ITF tournament. It was her first after returning to tour in June 2021 following a shoulder reconstruction in March 2020, and her first singles title in three years.[8][9] Fourlis lost in the first round of the 2021 US Open – Women's singles qualifying.
2022: Australian Open mixed doubles finalist, top 150 debut
In January, Fourlis reached the second round of the 2022 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying.[10] At the same tournament as a wildcard pair, she reached the final in the mixed doubles event partnering Jason Kubler, but lost to fifth seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Ivan Dodig in the final.
She reached the top 150 on 27 June 2022 at the start of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships where she qualified into the main draw, making her debut at this Major.
Grand Slam performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | R# | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | 2R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q2 | 1–2 |
French Open | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 0–1 |
Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | A | NH | A | 1R | 0–1 |
US Open | A | A | Q3 | Q3 | A | Q1 | 0–0 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
Career statistics | ||||||||
Year-end ranking | 424 | 327 | 202 | 248 | 278 |
Grand Slam tournament finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result | 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
Singles: 7 (7titles)
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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(7–1) |
Win | 2–0 | Apr 2018 | ITF Canberra, 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 | 25,000 | Clay | Fanny Stollár | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Win | 5–0 | Mar 2022 | ITF Bendigo, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Olivia Gadecki | 6–3, 0–0, ret. |
Win | 6–0 | Jun 2022 | ITF Brașov, Romania | 60,000 | Clay | İpek Öz | 7–6(7–0), 6–2 |
Win | 7–0 | Jun 2022 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | Guiomar Maristany | 6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 12 (3 titles, 9 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(6–8), 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Mar 2019 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 25,000 | Clay | Alison Bai | Naiktha Bains Tereza Mihalíková |
6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2019 | ITF Chiasso, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | Sharon Fichman | Cristina Bucșa Marta Kostyuk |
1–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
Loss | 1–3 | May 2019 | ITF Wiesbaden, Germany | 60,000 | Clay | Kathinka von Deichmann | Anna Blinkova Yanina Wickmayer |
3–6, 6–4, [3–10] |
Loss | 1–4 | Sep 2019 | ITF Darwin, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | Alison Bai | Destanee Aiava Lizette Cabrera |
4–6, 6–2, [3–10] |
Loss | 1–5 | Oct 2019 | ITF Macon, United States | 80,000 | Hard | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide |
7–6(7–2), 2–6, [8–10] |
Win | 2–5 | Jan 2020 | ITF Canberra, Australia[lower-alpha 1] | 25,000 | Hard | Alison Bai | Anna Bondár Pemra Özgen |
5–7, 6–4, [10–8] |
Win | 3–5 | Feb 2020 | ITF Launceston, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Alison Bai | Alicia Smith Abigail Tere-Apisah |
7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Loss | 3–6 | Feb 2020 | ITF Perth, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Erin Routliffe | Kanako Morisaki Erika Sema |
5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–7 | Aug 2021 | ITF Versmold, Germany | 60,000 | Clay | Mirjam Björklund | Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova |
6–4, 5–7, [4–10] |
Loss | 3–8 | Feb 2022 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Alison Bai | Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova |
3–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
Loss | 3–9 | Feb 2022 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Alison Bai | Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova |
6–7(2), 6–7(5) |
Playing style
Fourlis is an offensive baseliner and has a powerful forehand which she uses to try to dictate play from the back of the court. Her backhand and serve are reliable. She covers the court well. When she plays, she looks to use her forehand to finish off points.
Notes
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External links
- Jaimee Fourlis at the Women's Tennis Association
- Jaimee Fourlis at the International Tennis FederationLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Jaimee Fourlis at Tennis Australia
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