Jaimee Fourlis

Jaimee Fourlis

Fourlis at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Born	(1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 22) Melbourne
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $459,645
Singles
Career record	124–97 (56.1%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 189 (24 September 2018)
Current ranking	No. 314 (31 January 2022)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2017)
French Open	1R (2017)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2018)
US Open	Q3 (2018, 2019)
Doubles
Career record	54–45 (54.5%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 138 (2 March 2020)
Current ranking	No. 260 (31 January 2022)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2020)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2022)
Last updated on: 17 January 2022.

Jaimee Fourlis (born 17 September 1999) is a professional Australian tennis player of Greek descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 189, achieved on 24 September 2018, and a highest doubles ranking of 138, reached on 2 March 2020. She has won three ITF singles titles and three ITF doubles titles.

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Fourlis reached a career-high combined ranking of 38, achieved in February 2016. She reached the girls' doubles semifinals of the 2016 Australian Open, partnering with Maddison Inglis.

Fourlis made her Grand Slam main draw debut after winning the 2017 Australian Open Wildcard Playoff by defeating Abbie Myers in the final, earning her a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open singles tournament.

Personal Info[]

She grew up in Melbourne and attended Northcote High School. Her family comes from Agrinio and Thessaloniki, Greece. Her Greek Orthodox name is Dimitra.

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 down 0–3.

In March 2015, she qualified for the Melbourne ITF event and made the semifinal. She played two more ITF tournaments in Croatia for the year.

In 2016, Fourlis commenced the year at the ITF Perth $25k event, where from qualifying she won eight matches en route to 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 wildcard 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, before winning an Australian wildcard playoff^[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 received a main draw wildcard to the 2018 Australian Open.^[4]

2018: Top 200[]

Fourlis was given a wildcard into the Hobart International where she defeated Nina Stojanović,^[5] before losing to Heather Watson in the second round. 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] She ended 2018 with a singles ranking of 202.

2019-2020[]

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 tour with her best result being a semi-final result in Rome in May 2019 and Barcelona in June 2019.

In July 2019, she qualified for WTA events in Bucharest and Palermo.

In August 2019, Fourlis reached the final round of 2019 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying. She ended 2019 with a singles ranking of 248.

Following a first round loss in Perth ITF in March 2020, she underwent shoulder surgery.

2021: Return from surgery[]

In August 2021, Fourlis won her fourth ITF tournament. It was her first after returning to tour in June 2021 following a shoulder reconstruction in March 2020, and her first singles title in three years.^[8][9] Fourlis lost in the first round of the 2021 US Open - Women's Singles Qualifying.

2022: Australian Open mixed doubles finalist[]

In January, Fourlis reached the second round of the 2022 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying.^[10] At the same tournament as a wildcard pair, she reached the final in the mixed doubles event partnering Jason Kubler, but lost to fifth seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Ivan Dodig in the final.

Grand Slam performance timelines[]

Singles[]

Grand Slam tournament finals[]

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

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

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 4 (4 titles)[]

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
Win	4–0	Aug 2021	ITF Ourense, Spain	25,000	Clay	Fanny Stollár	7–6(7–3), 6–3

Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner–ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2018	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Ellen Perez	Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien	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	Erika Sema	5–7, 4–6
Loss	3–7	Aug 2021	ITF Versmold, Germany	60,000	Clay	Mirjam Björklund	Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova	6–4, 5–7, [4–10]

Notes

• ^a Tournament was moved from Canberra to Bendigo due to the smoke affecting Canberra from the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.

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[]

External links[]

• Jaimee Fourlis at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jaimee Fourlis at the International Tennis Federation
• Jaimee Fourlis at Tennis Australia