Jaslyn Hewitt

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Jaslyn Hewitt
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Full nameJaslyn Hewitt-Shehadie
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1983-02-23) 23 February 1983 (age 38)
Adelaide, Australia
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$60,889
Singles
Career record73–87
Highest rankingNo. 304 (2 May 2005)
Doubles
Career record43–48
Highest rankingNo. 322 (31 January 2005)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)

Jaslyn Hewitt-Shehadie (born 23 February 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. She is the younger sister of Lleyton Hewitt.

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Biography

Tennis career

A right-handed player from Adelaide, Hewitt was highly ranked in junior tennis and represented Australia at the 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games in Edinburgh. [1]

Hewitt had a best singles ranking of 304 in the world on the professional circuit. [2] In 2001 she featured in the main draws of two WTA Tour tournaments, the Croatian Bol Ladies Open and Belgium's Sanex Trophy, which was followed by home appearances at the 2002 Sydney International and 2005 Gold Coast Hardcourt. Her biggest title win came at the Canberra ITF in 2004, where she beat top seed Evie Dominikovic in the final of the $25,000 tournament. [3] As a doubles player she competed as a wildcard in the main draw of the women's doubles at the Australian Open every year from 2002 to 2005.

Personal life

During her career she was in a relationship with Swedish tennis player Joachim Johansson, which lasted for five years. [4]

In 2010 she married actor Rob Shehadie at a ceremony in Port Douglas. [5]

ITF Circuit finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 3 (1–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.7 April 2003 Bendigo, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rachel McQuillan 5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up2.15 August 2004 Hampstead, United KingdomHard Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza 6–4, 1–6, 0–6
Winner3.27 September 2004 Canberra, AustraliaClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evie Dominikovic 1–6, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.3 September 2001 Petange, LuxembourgClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elke Clijsters Flag of Belarus.svg Natallia Dziamidzenka
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kika Hogendoorn
6–1, 6–3
Winner2.5 August 2002 Rebecq, BelgiumClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elke Clijsters Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leslie Butkiewicz
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tessy van de Ven
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up3.6 March 2004 Warrnambool, AustraliaGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Dellacqua Flag of New Zealand.svg Eden Marama
Flag of New Zealand.svg Paula Marama
3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner4.27 April 2004 Bournemouth, United KingdomClay Flag of South Africa.svg Nicole Rencken Flag of Russia.svg Raissa Gourevitch
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Kozhokina
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up5.31 May 2004 Hilton Head Island, United StatesHardFlag of the United States.svg Tanner Cochran Flag of the United States.svg Cory Ann Avants
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Varvara Lepchenko
2–6, 6–3, 3–6

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References

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