Demi Schuurs

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Demi Schuurs

Schuurs at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Sittard, Netherlands
Born	(1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 28) Nieuwstadt, Netherlands
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,645,956
Official website	demischuurs.nl
Singles
Career record	59–50 (54.1%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 512 (23 February 2015)
Doubles
Career record	300–152 (66.4%)
Career titles	14 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 7 (22 October 2018)
Current ranking	No. 12 (8 November 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2021)
French Open	3R (2020, 2021)
Wimbledon	QF (2019)
US Open	QF (2018, 2020)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2021)
French Open	SF (2021)
Wimbledon	QF (2018)
US Open	QF (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–4
Last updated on: 21 June 2021.

Demi Schuurs (born 1 August 1993) is a professional Dutch tennis player who has specialized in doubles.

She has won 14 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In February 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 512. On 22 October 2018, she peaked at No. 7 in the doubles rankings.

Juniors[]

Schuurs won the junior events of the doubles tournaments at 2011 Australian Open and 2011 US Open.

Professional career[]

She qualified for the 2018 WTA Finals doubles event, partnering Elise Mertens.^[1]

Personal life[]

Schuurs is a daughter of former Dutch international handball player Lambert Schuurs. Her younger brother Perr is a professional football player.^[2]

During an interview with the WTA in 2020, Schuurs revealed that she is in a relationship with a woman named Carmen.^[3]

Performance timeline[]

Doubles[]

WTA 1000 finals[]

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2018	Italian Open	Clay	Ashleigh Barty	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strycova	6–3, 6–4
Win	2018	Canadian Open	Hard	Ashleigh Barty	Latisha Chan Ekaterina Makarova	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	2018	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Elise Mertens	Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova	2–6, 5–7
Win	2018	Wuhan Open	Hard	Elise Mertens	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2019	Italian Open	Clay	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Victoria Azarenka Ashleigh Barty	6–4, 0–6, [3–10]
Loss	2019	Canadian Open	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	5–7, 0–6
Loss	2019	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Lucie Hradecká Andreja Klepač	4–6, 1–6
Win	2020	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Květa Peschke	Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan	6–1, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss	2021	Madrid Open	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 3–6

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 28 (14 titles, 14 runner-ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2015	Katowice Open, Poland	International	Hard (i)	Ysaline Bonaventure	Gioia Barbieri Karin Knapp	7–5, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	2–0	Jul 2015	Bucharest Open, Romania	International	Clay	Oksana Kalashnikova	Andreea Mitu Patricia Maria Țig	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Oct 2016	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Raluca Olaru İpek Soylu	5–7, 3–6
Loss	2–2	Jan 2017	Auckland Open, New Zealand	International	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Jun 2017	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	International	Grass	Kiki Bertens	Dominika Cibulková Kirsten Flipkens	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	2–4	Jul 2017	Bucharest Open, Romania	International	Clay	Elise Mertens	Irina Camelia Begu Raluca Olaru	3–6, 3–6
Win	3–4	Sep 2017	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Elise Mertens	Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders	6–2, 6–3
Win	4–4	Jan 2018	Brisbane International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Kiki Bertens	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez	7–5, 6–2
Win	5–4	Jan 2018	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Elise Mertens	Lyudmyla Kichenok Makoto Ninomiya	6–2, 6–2
Win	6–4	May 2018	Italian Open	Premier 5	Clay	Ashleigh Barty	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–4	May 2018	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	8–4	Jun 2018	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	International	Grass	Elise Mertens	Kiki Bertens Kirsten Flipkens	3–3 ret.
Loss	8–5	Jun 2018	Birmingham Classic, UK	Premier	Grass	Elise Mertens	Timea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	9–5	Aug 2018	Canadian Open	Premier 5	Hard	Ashleigh Barty	Latisha Chan Ekaterina Makarova	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	9–6	Aug 2018	Cincinnati Open, U.S.	Premier 5	Hard	Elise Mertens	Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova	2–6, 5–7
Win	10–6	Sep 2018	Wuhan Open, China	Premier 5	Hard	Elise Mertens	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–3, 6–3
Loss	10–7	Feb 2019	Qatar Open	Premier	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	10–8	May 2019	Italian Open	Premier 5	Clay	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Victoria Azarenka Ashleigh Barty	6–4, 0–6, [3–10]
Loss	10–9	Jun 2019	Birmingham Classic, UK	Premier	Grass	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	4–6, 7–6(4), [8–10]
Loss	10–10	Aug 2019	Canadian Open	Premier 5	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	5–7, 0–6
Loss	10–11	Aug 2019	Cincinnati Open, U.S.	Premier 5	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Lucie Hradecká Andreja Klepač	4–6, 1–6
Win	11–11	Aug 2020	Cincinnati Open, U.S.	Premier 5	Hard	Květa Peschke	Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan	6–1, 4–6, [10–4]
Win	12–11	Sep 2020	Strasbourg International, France	International	Clay	Nicole Melichar	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	6–4, 6–3
Win	13–11	Mar 2021	Qatar Open	WTA 500	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Monica Niculescu Jeļena Ostapenko	6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
Win	14–11	Apr 2021	Charleston Open, U.S.	WTA 500	Clay (green)	Nicole Melichar	Marie Bouzková Lucie Hradecká	6–2, 6–4
Loss	14–12	May 2021	Madrid Open, Spain	WTA 1000	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 3–6
Loss	14–13	Jun 2021	Berlin Open, Germany	WTA 500	Grass	Nicole Melichar	Victoria Azarenka Aryna Sabalenka	6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Loss	14–14	Jun 2021	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	WTA 500	Grass	Nicole Melichar	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	1–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 2 (1–1)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Oct 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Olga Ianchuk	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win	1.	Feb 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 27 (20–7)[]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	July 2009	ITF Bree, Belgium	Clay	An-Sophie Mestach	Kiki Bertens Quirine Lemoine	1–6, 0–6
Win	1.	July 2010	ITF Bree, Belgium	Clay	Sofie Oyen	Marcella Koek Marina Melnikova	6–0, 6–1
Win	2.	August 2010	ITF Westende, Belgium	Hard	Quirine Lemoine	Alison Van Uytvanck Irina Khromacheva	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	March 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ilona Kremen	Martina Gledacheva Isabella Shinikova	3–6, 7–6(3), [10–8]
Win	4.	April 2012	ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	Tatjana Maria Stephanie Vogt	6–4, 6–3
Win	5.	July 2013	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Carolin Daniels Laura Schaeder	7–5, 1–6, [14–12]
Win	6.	July 2013	ITF Maaseik, Belgium	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Bernice van de Velde Kelly Versteeg	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	7.	August 2013	ITF Rotterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Amandine Hesse	Elke Lemmens Sviatlana Pirazhenka	3–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss	2.	September 2013	ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Cindy Burger Daniela Seguel	4–6, 1–6
Win	8.	November 2013	ITF Bol, Croatia	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	Vivien Juhászová Tereza Malíková	6–2, 6–4
Win	9.	December 2013	ITF Madrid, Spain	Hard	Eva Wacanno	Elitsa Kostova Evgeniya Rodina	6–1, 6–2
Loss	3.	February 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Zarah Razafimahatratra	Ana Veselinović Eugeniya Pashkova	2–6, 1–6
Loss	4.	June 2014	ITF Breda, Netherlands	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Sviatlana Pirazhenka Natela Dzalamidze	4–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	August 2014	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Bernarda Pera	Ysaline Bonaventure Richèl Hogenkamp	4–6, 4–6
Win	10.	August 2014	ITF Fleurus, Belgium	Clay	Elise Mertens	Tatiana Búa Daniela Seguel	6–2, 6–3
Win	11.	August 2014	ITF Fleurus, Belgium	Clay	Arantxa Rus	Hilda Melander Marina Melnikova	6–4, 6–1
Win	12.	November 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Marie Benoît	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Polina Monova	6–4, 7–5
Win	13.	December 2014	ITF Sousse, Tunisia	Hard	Kelly Versteeg	Vivien Juhászová Tereza Malíková	6–3, 6–0
Win	14.	February 2015	ITF Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Hiroko Kuwata	Manon Arcangioli Cindy Burger	6–1, 6–3
Win	15.	February 2015	ITF Beinasco, Italy	Clay (i)	Daniela Seguel	Xenia Knoll Alice Matteucci	6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	6.	June 2015	ITF Ilkley, Great Britain	Grass	An-Sophie Mestach	Raluca Olaru Xu Yifan	3–6, 4–6
Win	16.	August 2015	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Elise Mertens	Justyna Jegiołka Sherazad Reix	6–3, 6–2
Loss	7.	April 2016	ITF Wiesbaden, Germany	Clay	Steffi Distelmans	Marie Benoît Arantxa Rus	2–6, 2–6
Win	17.	May 2016	ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Andreea Mitu	Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić	6–4, 7–5
Win	18.	May 2016	ITF Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Nicola Geuer Viktorija Golubic	6–1, 6–2
Win	19.	July 2016	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Sílvia Soler Espinosa Sara Sorribes Tormo	7–5, 3–6, [10–4]
Win	20.	August 2016	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Steffi Distelmans	Başak Eraydın Ilona Kremen	6–1, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2011	Australian Open	Hard	An-Sophie Mestach	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2011	French Open	Clay	Victoria Kan	Irina Khromacheva Maryna Zanevska	4–6, 5–7
Loss	2011	Wimbledon	Grass	Tang Haochen	Eugenie Bouchard Grace Min	5–7, 6–2, 5–7
Win	2011	US Open	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	Gabrielle Andrews Taylor Townsend	6–4, 5–7, [10–5]

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