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.
_(52191652405).jpg) Fourlis at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) |  Australia |
|---|---|
| Residence | Melbourne, Australia |
| Born | 17 September 1999 Melbourne |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 936,820 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 203–153 (57.0%) |
| Career titles | 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 147 (18 July 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 305 (6 May 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
| French Open | 1R (2017) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2022) |
| US Open | 1R (2022) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 83–63 (56.8%) |
| Career titles | 6 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 138 (2 March 2020) |
| Current ranking | No. 695 (6 May 2024) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2020) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (2022) |
| Last updated on: 8 May 2024. | |
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
editShe 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
edit2014–2016: The beginnings
editFourlis 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.[3] 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
editFourlis 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[4] 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,[5] 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.[6]
2018: Top 200 debut
editFourlis was given a wildcard into the Hobart International where she defeated Nina Stojanović,[7] 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.[8] In June, her ranking peaked inside the world's top 200.[9] She ended 2018 with a singles ranking of 202.
2019–2020
editIn 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
editIn 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.[10][11] Fourlis lost in the first round of the US Open qualifying.
2022: Australian Open mixed doubles finalist, top 150 debut
editIn January, Fourlis reached the second round of the Australian Open qualifying.[12] 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
editAt the German Open, she qualified for the main draw[13] and reached the second round, after fellow qualifier Wang Xinyu retired.
Playing style
editFourlis 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
edit| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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
editCurrent through the 2024 French Open.
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| French Open | 1R | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q3 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | A | NH | A | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
| US Open | A | Q3 | Q3 | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
| Win–loss | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 6 | 1–6 | 14% | |
| WTA 1000 | |||||||||||
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||
| Tournaments | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Career total: 15 | |||
| Overall win-loss | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0 / 15 | 3–15 | 17% | |
| Year-end ranking | 327 | 202 | 245 | 264 | 323 | 162 | $783,357 | ||||
Mixed doubles
edit| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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| Australian Open | F | 1R | SF | 0 / 3 | 7–3 | 70% |
| French Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| US Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Win–loss | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0 / 3 | 7–3 | 70% |
Grand Slam tournament finals
editMixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)
edit| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2022 | Australian Open | Hard | Jason Kubler |  Kristina Mladenovic  Ivan Dodig | 3–6, 4–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
editSingles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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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 | Clay Court International, 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 | Bendigo Pro Tour 2, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Olivia Gadecki | 6–3, 0–0 ret. |
| Win | 6–0 | Jun 2022 | Brașov Open, 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 |
| Loss | 7–1 | Jul 2022 | ITF Horb, Germany | 25,000 | Clay |  Ekaterina Makarova | 1–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 8–1 | Feb 2023 | Burnie International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Olivia Gadecki | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8–2 | May 2023 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | 100,000 | Clay | Elina Avanesyan | 2–6, 0–6 |
Doubles: 15 (6 titles, 10 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), 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Mar 2019 | Clay Court International, Australia | 25,000 | Clay | Alison Bai |  Naiktha Bains  Tereza Mihalíková | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2019 | Chiasso Open, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay |  Sharon Fichman | Cristina Bucșa  Marta Kostyuk | 1–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Loss | 1–3 | May 2019 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | 60,000 | Clay |  Kathinka von Deichmann |  Anna Blinkova  Yanina Wickmayer | 3–6, 6–4, [3–10] |
| Loss | 1–4 | Sep 2019 | Darwin International, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | Alison Bai | Destanee Aiava Lizette Cabrera | 4–6, 6–2, [3–10] |
| Loss | 1–5 | Oct 2019 | Tennis Classic of Macon, United States | 80,000 | Hard |  Valentini Grammatikopoulou |  Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide | 7–6(2), 2–6, [8–10] |
| Win | 2–5 | Jan 2020 | Canberra International[a], Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Alison Bai | Anna Bondár Pemra Özgen | 5–7, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Win | 3–5 | Feb 2020 | Launceston International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Alison Bai | Alicia Smith  Abigail Tere-Apisah | 7–6(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 | Reinert Open, Germany | 60,000 | Clay |  Mirjam Björklund |  Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova | 6–4, 5–7, [4–10] |
| Loss | 3–8 | Feb 2022 | ITF Canberra Pro 2, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Alison Bai | Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova | 3–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
| Win | 4-8 | Mar 2022 | Bendigo Pro Tour 2, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Ellen Perez | Alana Parnaby Gabriella Da Silva Fick | 6–1,6–1 |
| Loss | 4–9 | Feb 2022 | ITF Canberra Pro 1, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Alison Bai | Asia Muhammad Arina Rodionova | 6–7(2), 6–7(5) |
| Loss | 4–10 | Jul 2022 | ITF Horb, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Alana Parnaby | Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Reyngold | 6–2, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Win | 5–10 | Oct 2022 | ITF Šibenik, Croatia | 25,000 | Clay |  Weronika Falkowska | Eleni Christofi Christina Rosca | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–10 | May 2023 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | 100,000 | Clay | Olivia Gadecki | Emily Appleton  Julia Lohoff | 6–1, 6–4 |
Notes
edit- ^ Tournament was moved from Canberra to Bendigo due to the smoke affecting Canberra from the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.
References
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- ^ Στο 2ο γύρο η Δήμητρα Φουρλή στο Αυστραλιανό Όπεν 902.gr
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