Jaimee Fourlis

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Jaimee Fourlis
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Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Born (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 25)
Melbourne
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$989,367
Singles
Career record230–171
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 147 (18 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 331 (17 February 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2017)
French Open 1R (2017)
Wimbledon 1R (2022)
US Open 1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record118–71
Career titles1 WTA125, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 138 (2 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 140 (6 January 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2020)
Mixed doubles
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open F (2022)
Last updated on: 6 January 2025.

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.

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Partnering Jason Kubler, Fourlis was runner-up in the mixed doubles at the 2022 Australian Open. She has won one WTA 125 doubles title and 10 on the ITF Women's Circuit as well as nine ITF singles titles.

Personal life

She 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

2014–2016: ITF debut, first title

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.[ 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

Fourlis 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

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

In 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]

2025: First WTA 125 doubles title

Partnering Petra Hule, Fourlis won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the Canberra Tennis International, defeating Darja Semeņistaja and Nina Stojanović in the final. [27]

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 2025 Australian Open.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 1R Q1 Q1 A Q2 1R Q1 Q1 0 / 31–325%
French Open 1R AAAA Q2 Q3 Q1 0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon A Q1 ANHA 1R Q2 A0 / 10–10%
US Open A Q3 Q3 A Q1 1R Q1 A0 / 10–10%
Win–loss1–20–10–00–00–00–20–10–00–00 / 61–614%
WTA 1000
Italian Open AAAAAA Q1 A0 / 00–0  
Guadalajara Open NH Q1 AA0 / 00–0  
Career statistics
Tournaments322005300Career total: 15
Overall win-loss1–31–21–20–00–00–50–30–00–00 / 153–1517%
Year-end ranking327202245264323162204307$783,357

Mixed doubles

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SRW–L
Australian Open F 1R SF 0 / 37–3
French Open AAA0 / 00–0
Wimbledon AAA0 / 00–0
US Open AAA0 / 00–0
Win–loss4–10–13–10 / 37–3

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

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Jan 2025 Canberra International, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Petra Hule Flag of Latvia.svg Darja Semeņistaja
Flag of Serbia.svg Nina Stojanović
7-5, 4-6, 10-6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments
W60 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–0)
Clay (4–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Feb 2016ITF Perth, Australia15,000Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Su-jeong 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(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, SpainW25Clay Flag of Hungary.svg Fanny Stollár 7–6(3), 6–3
Win5–0Mar 2022Bendigo Pro Tour 2, AustraliaW25Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Olivia Gadecki 6–3, 0–0 ret.
Win6–0 Jun 2022 Brașov Open, RomaniaW60Clay Flag of Turkey.svg İpek Öz 7–6(0), 6–2
Win7–0Jun 2022ITF Madrid, SpainW25Hard Flag of Spain.svg Guiomar Maristany 6–4, 6–2
Loss7–1Jul 2022ITF Horb, GermanyW25ClayFlag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Makarova 1–6, 0–6
Win8–1Feb 2023 Burnie International, AustraliaW25Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Olivia Gadecki6–4, 6–3
Loss8–2 May 2023 Wiesbaden Open, GermanyW100ClayFlag placeholder.svg Elina Avanesyan 2–6, 0–6
Win9–2Jul 2024 Amstelveen Open, NetherlandsW35Clay Flag of Turkey.svg Berfu Cengiz 7–6(2), 2–6, 6–1

Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–0)
W80 tournaments (0–1)
W60/75 tournaments (3–3)
W25/35 tournaments (6–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (6–6)
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, [a] AustraliaW25Hard 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, AustraliaW25Hard 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, AustraliaW25Hard 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, GermanyW60Clay 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, AustraliaW25Hard 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 2022Bendigo Pro Tour 2, AustraliaW25Hard 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, AustraliaW25Hard 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, GermanyW25Clay 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, CroatiaW25Clay 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, GermanyW100Clay 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
Win7–10May 2024 Prague Open, Czech RepublicW75Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominika Šalková Flag of Germany.svg Noma Noha Akugue
Flag of Germany.svg Ella Seidel
5–7, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss7–11Jun 2024ITF Gdansk, PolandW35Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Petra Hule Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Kubáňová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Renata Voráčová
6–3, 6–7(5), [7–10]
Win8–11Jul 2024ITF The Hague, NetherlandsW75Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Petra Hule Flag of the Netherlands.svg Annelin Bakker
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sarah van Emst
6–4, 6–2
Win9–11Jul 2024ITF Darmstadt, GermanyW35Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Petra Hule Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Kubáňová
Flag of Greece.svg Sapfo Sakellaridi
7–6(6), 6–4
Win10–11Oct 2024 Edmond Open, United StatesW75Hard Flag of the United States.svg Kayla Day Flag of the United States.svg Sophie Chang
Flag of the United States.svg Rasheeda McAdoo
7–5, 7–5

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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