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Jaimee Fourlis
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceMelbourne, Australia
Born (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 25)
Melbourne
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$980,324
Singles
Career record222–165
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 147 (18 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 293 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2017)
French Open1R (2017)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US Open1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record106–67
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 138 (2 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 189 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2020)
Mixed doubles
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF (2022)
Last updated on: 28 October 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.

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

Personal life

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# 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

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Current through the 2024 US Open.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
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 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A Q3 Q3 A Q1 1R Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 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 327 202 245 264 323 162 204 $783,357

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Australian Open F 1R SF 0 / 3 7–3
French Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 4–1 0–1 3–1 0 / 3 7–3

Grand Slam tournament finals

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Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2022 Australian Open Hard Australia Jason Kubler France Kristina Mladenovic
Croatia Ivan Dodig
3–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

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

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Legend
W100 tournaments
W60 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–0)
Clay (4–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2016 ITF Perth, Australia 15,000 Hard South Korea Jang Su-jeong 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(1)
Win 2–0 Apr 2018 Clay Court International, Australia 15,000 Clay Australia Ellen Perez 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–0 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 15,000 Clay Italy Anastasia Grymalska 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Win 4–0 Aug 2021 ITF Ourense, Spain W25 Clay Hungary Fanny Stollár 7–6(3), 6–3
Win 5–0 Mar 2022 Bendigo Pro Tour 2, Australia W25 Hard Australia Olivia Gadecki 6–3, 0–0 ret.
Win 6–0 Jun 2022 Brașov Open, Romania W60 Clay Turkey İpek Öz 7–6(0), 6–2
Win 7–0 Jun 2022 ITF Madrid, Spain W25 Hard Spain Guiomar Maristany 6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–1 Jul 2022 ITF Horb, Germany W25 Clay Ekaterina Makarova 1–6, 0–6
Win 8–1 Feb 2023 Burnie International, Australia W25 Hard Australia Olivia Gadecki 6–4, 6–3
Loss 8–2 May 2023 Wiesbaden Open, Germany W100 Clay Elina Avanesyan 2–6, 0–6
Win 9–2 Jul 2024 Amstelveen Open, Netherlands W35 Clay Turkey Berfu Cengiz 7–6(2), 2–6, 6–1

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

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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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2018 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay Australia Ellen Perez Chinese Taipei Chen Pei-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-hsien
6–7(6), 3–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2019 Clay Court International, Australia 25,000 Clay Australia Alison Bai United Kingdom Naiktha Bains
Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Apr 2019 Chiasso Open, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Canada Sharon Fichman Spain Cristina Bucșa
Ukraine Marta Kostyuk
1–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 1–3 May 2019 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 60,000 Clay Liechtenstein Kathinka von Deichmann Russia Anna Blinkova
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Loss 1–4 Sep 2019 Darwin International, Australia 60,000 Hard Australia Alison Bai Australia Destanee Aiava
Australia Lizette Cabrera
4–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Loss 1–5 Oct 2019 Tennis Classic of Macon, United States 80,000 Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou United States Usue Maitane Arconada
United States Caroline Dolehide
7–6(2), 2–6, [8–10]
Win 2–5 Jan 2020 Canberra International,[a] Australia W25 Hard Australia Alison Bai Hungary Anna Bondár
Turkey Pemra Özgen
5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 3–5 Feb 2020 Launceston International, Australia W25 Hard Australia Alison Bai Australia Alicia Smith
Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah
7–6(4), 6–3
Loss 3–6 Feb 2020 ITF Perth, Australia W25 Hard New Zealand Erin Routliffe Japan Kanako Morisaki
Japan Erika Sema
5–7, 4–6
Loss 3–7 Aug 2021 Reinert Open, Germany W60 Clay Sweden Mirjam Björklund Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova
6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Loss 3–8 Feb 2022 ITF Canberra Pro 2, Australia W25 Hard Australia Alison Bai United States Asia Muhammad
Australia Arina Rodionova
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 4–8 Mar 2022 Bendigo Pro Tour 2, Australia W25 Hard Australia Ellen Perez Australia Alana Parnaby
Australia Gabriella Da Silva Fick
6–1, 6–1
Loss 4–9 Feb 2022 ITF Canberra Pro 1, Australia W25 Hard Australia Alison Bai United States Asia Muhammad
Australia Arina Rodionova
6–7(2), 6–7(5)
Loss 4–10 Jul 2022 ITF Horb, Germany W25 Clay Australia Alana Parnaby Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Reyngold
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 5–10 Oct 2022 ITF Šibenik, Croatia W25 Clay Poland Weronika Falkowska Greece Eleni Christofi
United States Christina Rosca
6–4, 6–2
Win 6–10 May 2023 Wiesbaden Open, Germany W100 Clay Australia Olivia Gadecki United Kingdom Emily Appleton
Germany Julia Lohoff
6–1, 6–4
Win 7–10 May 2024 Prague Open, Czech Republic W75 Clay Czech Republic Dominika Šalková Germany Noma Noha Akugue
Germany Ella Seidel
5–7, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss 7–11 Jun 2024 ITF Gdansk, Poland W35 Clay Australia Petra Hule Czech Republic Karolína Kubáňová
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
6–3, 6–7(5), [7–10]
Win 8–11 Jul 2024 ITF The Hague, Netherlands W75 Clay Australia Petra Hule Netherlands Annelin Bakker
Netherlands Sarah van Emst
6–4, 6–2
Win 9–11 Jul 2024 ITF Darmstadt, Germany W35 Hard Australia Petra Hule Czech Republic Karolína Kubáňová
Greece Sapfo Sakellaridi
7–6(6), 6–4
Win 10–11 Oct 2024 Edmond Open, United States W75 Hard United States Kayla Day United States Sophie Chang
United States Rasheeda McAdoo
7–5, 7–5

Notes

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  1. ^ 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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  2. ^ Στο 2ο γύρο η Δήμητρα Φουρλή στο Αυστραλιανό Όπεν 902.gr
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