Jaimee Fourlis

Jaimee Fourlis
Country (sports)  Australia
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Born (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999
Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays Right-handed (double handed backhand)
Prize money $192,696
Singles
Career record 70–45
Career titles 0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 194 (10 September 2018)
Current ranking No. 194 (10 September 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2017)
French Open 1R (2017)
Wimbledon Q1 (2018)
US Open Q3 (2018)
Doubles
Career record 10–19
Career titles 0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking No. 590 (11 June 2018)
Current ranking No. 604 (2 July 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior SF (2016)
French Open Junior QF (2016)
Wimbledon Junior 2R (2016)
Last updated on: 2 July 2018.

Jaimee Fourlis (born 17 September 1999) is a professional Australian tennis player of Greek descent.

On the junior tour, Fourlis has a career high combined ranking of 38, achieved in February 2016. Fourlis reached the semifinals of the 2016 Australian Open girls' doubles event, partnering Maddison Inglis.

Fourlis has a career high WTA singles ranking of 207 achieved on 28 May 2018 and a career high WTA doubles ranking of 655, achieved on 30 April 2018. Fourlis has won 3 ITF singles titles.

Fourlis made her grand slam main draw debut after winning the 2017 Australian Open Wildcard Playoff defeating Abbie Myers in the final, granting her a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open women's singles event.

Career

2014-2016: Career Beginnings

Fourlis made her ITF debut in Glen Iris in March 2014. Her first win came in October 2014 in Cairns when her opponent Carolin Daniels retired while 0-3 down. In March 2015, Fourlis qualified for and made the semi final of the Melbourne ITF $15,000 tournament. She played two more ITF tournaments in Croatia for the year.

In 2016, Fourlis commenced the year at the Perth ITF $25,000, where she qualified en route to winning her first title.[1] She played a number of tournaments across Australia and Great Britain, with limited success. She ended 2016 with a ranking of 427.

2017: Grand Slam Debut

Fourlis was given a wild card into the 2017 Hobart International, losing to Kirsten Flipkens in round 1. Fourlis made her Grand slam debut at the 2017 Australian Open after winning the 2017 Australian Open 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 quarter final in Launceston. In May, Fourlis competed in Wiesbaden, Dunakeszi before winning an Australian wild-card play off[2] into the French Open, losing to former world number 1 Caroline Wozniacki 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. After the French Open, Fourlis took 3 months off to focus on her Year 12 studies, returning to the Australian ITF circuit in September,[3] where she reached the quarter finals in both Penrith and Brisbane. In December, Fourlis won the under 18 Australian Championships and an 2018 Australian Open main draw wildcard/[4]

2018: Top 200

Fourlis was given a wild card into the 2018 Hobart International where she defeated Nina Stojanović in round 1,[5] before losing to Heather Watson in round 2. At the 2018 Australian Open, Fourlis lost to Olivia Rogowska in round 1. In April, Fourlis won her second and third ITF titles.[6] In June, Fourlis' ranking peaked inside the world's top 200.[7]

Playing Style

Fourlis is an offensive baseliner. She possesses 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.

ITF finals

Singles finals: 3 (3–0)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 14 February 2016 $25,000 Perth, Australia Hard South Korea Jang Su-jeong 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1)
Winner 2. 1 April 2018 $25,000 Canberra, Australia Clay Australia Ellen Perez 6–3, 6–2
Winner 3. 29 April 2018 $25,000 Pula, Italy Clay Italy Anastasia Grymalska 6–4, 4–6, 6–0

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Tournament201620172018W–L
Australian Open A 2R 1R 1–2
French Open A 1R A 0–1
Wimbledon A A Q1 0–0
US Open A A Q3 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–3
Year-end ranking 427 325

References

  1. ↑ "BIGGEST MOVERS: FOURLIS SOARS AFTER FIRST PRO WIN". Tennis Australia. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "FOURLIS FLIES INTO FRENCH OPEN". Tennis Australia. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "FIVE MINUTES WITH … JAIMEE FOURLIS". Tennis Australia. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "FOURLIS WINS 18/U TITLE FOR AUSTRALIAN OPEN WILDCARD". Tennis Austrlaia. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Aussie Fourlis gets opening Hobart win". SBS. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "ITF TITLES FOR FOURLIS, RODIONOVA IN EUROPE". Tennis Australia. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "BIGGEST MOVERS: EBDEN CRACKS TOP 60". Tennis Australia. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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