Jaimee Fourlis

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Jaimee Fourlis
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Fourlis at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Born (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 24)
Melbourne
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 932,586
Singles
Career record199–149 (57.2%)
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 147 (18 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 261 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2017)
French Open 1R (2017)
Wimbledon 1R (2022)
US Open 1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record82–61 (57.3%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 138 (2 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 352 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2020)
Mixed doubles
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open F (2022)
Last updated on: 10 March 2024.

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. She has won eight ITF singles titles and six ITF doubles titles.

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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.

Personal life

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 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 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 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 debut

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 received a wildcard but 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 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. Fourlis reached the final round of the US Open qualifying. She ended 2019 with a singles ranking of 248.

Following a first-round loss in Perth 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, and her first singles title in three years. [8] [9] Fourlis lost in the first round of the US Open qualifying.

2022: Australian Open mixed doubles finalist, top 150 debut

In January, Fourlis reached the second round of the Australian Open qualifying. [10] At the same tournament, she reached the final in mixed doubles as a wildcard pair, partnering Jason Kubler, which they lost to fifth seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Ivan Dodig.

On 27 June, she reached top 150 before the Wimbledon Championships where she qualified, making her main-draw debut at this major.

2023: Third Australian Open wildcard

At the German Open, she qualified for the main draw [11] and reached the second round, after fellow qualifier Wang Xinyu retired.

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.

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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

Current through the 2023 US Open.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 1R Q1 Q1 A Q2 1R 0 / 31–325%
French Open 1R AAAA Q2 Q3 0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon A Q1 ANHA 1R Q2 0 / 10–10%
US Open A Q3 Q3 A Q1 1R Q1 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss1–20–10–00–00–00–20–10 / 61–614%
WTA 1000
Italian Open AAAAAA Q1 0 / 00–0 – 
Guadalajara Open NH Q1 0 / 00–0 – 
Career statistics
Tournaments3220053Career total: 15
Overall win-loss1–31–21–20–00–00–50–30 / 153–1517%
Year-end ranking327202245264323162$783,357

Mixed doubles

Tournament 2022 2023 SRW–LWin %
Australian Open F 1R 0 / 24–267%
French Open AA0 / 00–0 – 
Wimbledon AA0 / 00–0 – 
US Open AA0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss4–10–10 / 24–267%

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 2022 Australian Open Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Kubler Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic
Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Dodig 		3–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–0)
Clay (3–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Feb 2016ITF Perth, Australia15,000Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Su-jeong 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1)
Win2–0Apr 2018 Clay Court International, Australia15,000Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellen Perez 6–3, 6–2
Win3–0Apr 2018ITF Pula, Italy15,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Anastasia Grymalska 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Win4–0Aug 2021ITF Ourense, Spain25,000Clay Flag of Hungary.svg Fanny Stollár 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win5–0Mar 2022 Bendigo International, Australia25,000Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Olivia Gadecki 6–3, 0–0 ret.
Win6–0 Jun 2022 Brașov Open, Romania60,000Clay Flag of Turkey.svg İpek Öz 7–6(7–0), 6–2
Win7–0Jun 2022ITF Madrid, Spain25,000Hard Flag of Spain.svg Guiomar Maristany 6–4, 6–2
Loss7–1Jul 2022ITF Horb, Germany25,000ClayFlag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Makarova 1–6, 0–6
Win8–1Feb 2023 Burnie International, Australia25,000Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Olivia Gadecki6–4, 6–3
Loss8–2 May 2023 Wiesbaden Open, Germany100,000ClayFlag placeholder.svg Elina Avanesyan 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 15 (6 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (0–3)
$25,000 tournaments (5–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)
Clay (3–5)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 2018ITF Caserta, Italy25,000Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellen Perez Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Pei-hsuan
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Fang-hsien 		6–7(6), 3–6
Win1–1Mar 2019 Clay Court International, Australia25,000Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alison Bai Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naiktha Bains
Flag of Slovakia.svg Tereza Mihalíková 		6–2, 6–2
Loss1–2Apr 2019 Chiasso Open, Switzerland25,000Clay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sharon Fichman Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Bucșa
Flag of Ukraine.svg Marta Kostyuk 		1–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss1–3 May 2019 Wiesbaden Open, Germany60,000Clay Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Kathinka von Deichmann Flag of Russia.svg Anna Blinkova
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yanina Wickmayer 		3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Loss1–4 Sep 2019 Darwin International, Australia60,000Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alison Bai Flag of Australia (converted).svg Destanee Aiava
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lizette Cabrera 		4–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Loss1–5 Oct 2019 Tennis Classic of Macon, United States80,000Hard Flag of Greece.svg Valentini Grammatikopoulou Flag of the United States.svg Usue Maitane Arconada
Flag of the United States.svg Caroline Dolehide 		7–6(2), 2–6, [8–10]
Win2–5Jan 2020 Canberra International [lower-alpha 1] , Australia25,000Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alison Bai Flag of Hungary.svg Anna Bondár
Flag of Turkey.svg Pemra Özgen 		5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Win3–5Feb 2020 Launceston International, Australia25,000Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alison Bai Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alicia Smith
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Abigail Tere-Apisah 		7–6(4), 6–3
Loss3–6Feb 2020ITF Perth, Australia25,000Hard Flag of New Zealand.svg Erin Routliffe Flag of Japan.svg Kanako Morisaki
Flag of Japan.svg Erika Sema 		5–7, 4–6
Loss3–7 Aug 2021 Reinert Open, Germany60,000Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Mirjam Björklund Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Anna Danilina
Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriya Strakhova 		6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Loss3–8Feb 2022ITF Canberra Pro 2, Australia25,000Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alison Bai Flag of the United States.svg Asia Muhammad
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Arina Rodionova 		3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win4-8Mar 2022ITF Bendigo, Australia25,000Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellen Perez Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alana Parnaby
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gabriella Da Silva Fick 		6–1,6–1
Loss4–9Feb 2022ITF Canberra Pro 1, Australia25,000Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alison Bai Flag of the United States.svg Asia Muhammad
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Arina Rodionova		6–7(2), 6–7(5)
Loss4–10Jul 2022ITF Horb, Germany25,000Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alana ParnabyFlag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Makarova
Flag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Reyngold 		6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win5–10Oct 2022ITF Šibenik, Croatia25,000Clay Flag of Poland.svg Weronika Falkowska Flag of Greece.svg Eleni Christofi
Flag of the United States.svg Christina Rosca 		6–4, 6–2
Win6–10 May 2023 Wiesbaden Open, Germany100,000Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Olivia Gadecki Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Appleton
Flag of Germany.svg Julia Lohoff 		6–1, 6–4

Notes

  1. ↑ Tournament was moved from Canberra to Bendigo due to the smoke affecting Canberra from the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.

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