Jaimee Fourlis

Jaimee Fourlis (born 17 September 1999) is a professional Australian tennis player of Greek descent. She grew up in Melbourne and attended Northcote High School. Her family origins are from Agrinio, Greece.

Jaimee Fourlis
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceMelbourne, Australia
Born (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight-handed
(double-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 267,414
Singles
Career record95–70 (57.6%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 189 (24 September 2018)
Current rankingNo. 251 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2017)
French Open1R (2017)
WimbledonQ1 (2018)
US OpenQ3 (2018, 2019)
Doubles
Career record27–30 (47.4%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 138 (2 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 145 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open JuniorSF (2016)
French Open JuniorQF (2016)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2016)
Last updated on: 28 May 2020.

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

Fourlis has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 189, achieved on 24 September 2018, and a career-high doubles ranking of 138, achieved on 2 March 2020. She has won three ITF singles titles and three ITF doubles title.

Fourlis made her Grand Slam main-draw debut after winning the Wildcard Playoff defeating Abbie Myers in the final, granting her a wild card into the 2017 Australian Open women's singles event.

Career

2014–2016: The 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 the Melbourne ITF tournament and made the semifinal. She played two more ITF tournaments in Croatia for the year.

In 2016, Fourlis commenced the year at the Perth $25,000, where she qualified en route to winning her first title.[1] 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

Fourlis was given a wild card 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, Dunakeszi before winning an Australian wild-card play off[2] 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,[3] where she reached the quarterfinals in both Penrith and Brisbane. In December, Fourlis won the Under-18 Australian Championships and an 2018 Australian Open main-draw wild card.[4]

2018: Top 200

Fourlis was given a wild card into the Hobart International where she defeated Nina Stojanović,[5] before losing to Heather Watson in round two. At the Australian Open, she lost to Olivia Rogowska in the first round. In April, Fourlis won her second and third ITF titles.[6] In June, her ranking peaked inside the world's top 200.[7] Fourlis ended the year with a singles ranking of 202.

Grand Slam performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles
Tournament20162017201820192020W–L
Australian Open A 2R 1R Q1 Q1 1–2
French Open A 1R A A 0–1
Wimbledon A A Q1 A NH 0–0
US Open A A Q3 Q3 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–3
Grand Slam tournaments
Year-end ranking 424 327 202 248

ITF finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
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 ITF Canberra, 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

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners–up)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (0–2)
$25,000 tournaments (3–3)
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2018 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay Ellen Perez Pei-hsuan Chen
Fang-hsien Wu		 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2019 ITF Canberra, Australia 25,000 Clay Alison Bai Naiktha Bains
Tereza Mihalíková		 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Apr 2019 ITF Chiasso, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Sharon Fichman Cristina Bucșa
Marta Kostyuk		 1–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 1–3 May 2019 ITF Wiesbaden, Germany 60,000 Clay Kathinka von Deichmann Anna Blinkova
Yanina Wickmayer		 3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Loss 1–4 Sep 2019 ITF Darwin, Australia 60,000 Hard Alison Bai Destanee Aiava
Lizette Cabrera		 4–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Loss 1–5 Oct 2019 ITF Macon, United States 80,000 Hard Valentini Grammatikopoulou Usue Maitane Arconada
Caroline Dolehide		 7–6(7–2), 2–6, [8–10]
Win 2–5 Jan 2020 ITF Canberra, Australia[a] 25,000 Hard Alison Bai Anna Bondár
Pemra Özgen		 5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 3–5 Feb 2020 ITF Launceston, Australia 25,000 Hard Alison Bai Alicia Smith
Abigail Tere-Apisah		 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 3–6 Feb 2020 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Erin Routliffe Kanako Morisaki
Erika Sema		 5–7, 4–6

Notes

Playing style

Fourlis 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.

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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