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Jaimee Fourlis

Australian tennis player (born 1999) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jaimee Fourlis
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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.

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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

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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]

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Performance timelines

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W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(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.

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Mixed doubles

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Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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ITF Circuit finals

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

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

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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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