Destanee Aiava

2012–2016

In 2012, at the age of 12, Aiava represented Australia at Roland Garros in the Longines Future Tennis Aces Tournament. Competing against fifteen of the top under-13 female tennis players, Aiava won the tournament and won the right to play alongside Steffi Graf in an exhibition match.^[3] The years following, Aiava mainly played on the junior circuit. In 2014, she won the Tecnifibre Tennis Central Championships and NZ ITF Summer Championships in New Zealand as well as Australian International's in Queensland and Victoria. At the age of 14, she won the U18 Canadian World Ranking Event in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2015–2016

In early 2015, Aiava made her professional debut at the Burnie International after receiving wildcards in the singles and doubles, where she lost early in both. At the Launceston Tennis International, Aiava won her first professional main draw match against Lu Jiajing. She also made the Quarterfinals of a $15K tournament in Melbourne in April 2015. In March 2016, Aiava made her first career final at a $25K ITF tournament in Canberra. In December 2016, Aiava won the 18/u girls' Australian Championships and earned a wild card into the 2017 Australian Open. She thus became the first player born this century to play at a Grand Slam.^[4]

2017: First ITF titles and Grand Slam debut

Aiava commenced the year at the 2017 Brisbane International, where she qualified, including a straight set victory over the previous year's semi-finalist Samantha Crawford. This was Aiava's maiden WTA main draw appearance.^[5] Aiava defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the first round,^[6] in three sets, before losing to two-time Grand Slam champion and world number nine Svetlana Kuznetsova. Aiava made her Grand Slam debut at the 2017 Australian Open as a Wild Card, losing in round 1 to Mona Barthel.

In February, Aiava won the first ITF women's title of her career, winning the $25,000 event in Perth by defeating Viktoria Kuzmova in the final, 6–1 6–1. The following month, she won another $25,000 title, this time in Mornington, beating Barbora Krejcikova 6–2 4–6 6–2 in the final. In April, Aiava was named in the Australia Fed Cup team for the first time.^[7] In May, Alava reached the semi-final of Saint-Gardens, before losing the first round of qualifying at the 2017 French Open. In June, Aiava lost in the final round of qualifying for Wimbledon. In September, Aiava reached the second round of qualifying for the US Open before granting a wildcard into Quebec International, where she lost in the first round. In October, Aiava reached the final of the Canberra International. In December, Aiava was unable to defend her 18/u Championship title, losing to Jaimee Fourlis in a reversal of the result from 2016.^[8] The following week, Aiava won the 2018 Australian Open Wildcard play off.^[9][10]

2018: Third ITF title

Aiava was awarded wildcard to Brisbane International^[11] where she lost in the first round to another wildcard entry, Ajla Tomljanović.^[12]

Aiava received another wildcard for the 2018 Australian Open, where she was defeated in the first round by world number one and top seed Simona Halep. Aiava had two set points in the first set before going off-court to receive a medical time out. She subsequently lost the match in straight sets.^[13] Aiava reached the quarter final of Burnie International and Zhuhai before reaching the final of ACT Clay Court International. ^[14] In April, Aiava won the Osaka ITF title; her third ITF and first title outside Australia.^[15]

In May, Aiava lost in the first round of French Open qualifying.

Singles (3–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2016	ITF Canberra, Australia	25,000	Clay	Eri Hozumi	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Sep 2016	ITF Tweed Heads, Australia	25,000	Hard	Lizette Cabrera	3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win	1–2	Feb 2017	ITF Perth, Australia	25,000	Hard	Viktória Kužmová	6–1, 6–1
Win	2–2	Mar 2017	ITF Mornington, Australia	25,000	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Nov 2017	Canberra International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	1–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Mar 2018	ACT International, Australia	60,000	Clay	Dalila Jakupović	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–4	Apr 2018	ITF Osaka, Japan	25,000	Hard	Rebecca Marino	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	3–5	Sep 2018	Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Astra Sharma	6–0, 6–7(5–7), 1–6

Singles

Doubles