Louise Hunt (tennis)
Country (sports) | Great Britain |
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Residence | Wanborough, Wiltshire, Great Britain |
Born | Wanborough, Wiltshire, Great Britain | 24 May 1991
Turned pro | 2006 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career titles | 13 |
Highest ranking | No. 10 (30 November 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 30 (16 March 2020) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Wimbledon | QF (2016) |
Other tournaments | |
Paralympic Games | 1R (2012, 2016) |
Doubles | |
Career titles | 41 |
Highest ranking | No. 10 (16 January 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 28 (16 March 2020) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | SF (2015, 2016) |
Louise Hunt {born 24 May 1991) is a British wheelchair tennis player who competes in international level events. She was a former world number 2 in the junior wheelchair tennis singles rankings, she was a bronze medalist at the 2011 and silver medalist at the 2012 BNP Paribas World Team Cup.[1][2]
Personal history[]
Louise started playing wheelchair tennis aged five[3] and became a very successful junior player, winning the girls’ doubles title on three occasions at the Junior Wheelchair Tennis Masters in Tarbes, France. She studied Sports Performance graduating from University of Bath.[4]
Hunt is engaged to Chris Skelley, they are due to be married on September 3, 2022, at Holbrook Manor, near Wincanton in Somerset[5]
Tennis career[]
She reached a career best junior ranking of No. 2 in January 2009. Louise won her first senior women’s singles title in Turkey in 2009 and added a second title in Turkey later that year.[6] Louise made her Paralympic debut at London 2012, competing in the women’s singles competition, and competed in her first away Games at Rio 2016.[7] In 2019 the LTA, the governing body of tennis in Britain, hosted international wheelchair tennis in Oxfordshire for the very first time, British number three Hunt beat second seed and three-time national champion Lauren Jones 6-4, 6-4 in the women’s singles final after dropping just one game in the earlier rounds.[8]
Filmography[]
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | Wimbledon - Men's Wheelchair Doubles Final | Analyst | Day 12 (14 July 2018) |
2018 | Wimbledon - Ladies' Wheelchair Doubles Final | Commentator | Day 13 (15 July 2018) |
2021 | Channel 4 - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics | Commentator / Presenter for Wheelchair Tennis [9] | |
2021 | The Last Leg of Tokyo | Herself/Guest | 29 August 2021 |
References[]
- ^ "Louise Hunt Tennis Player Profile". International Tennis Federation. 11 July 2020.
- ^ "Louise Hunt - LTA Tennis for Britain". LTA Tennis for Britain. 11 July 2020.
- ^ "Louise Hunt - Paralympics GB". Paralympics GB. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Wheelchair tennis ace Louise Hunt set for second Paralympic Games after Rio 2016 selection". University of Bath - TeamBath.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Paralympians find their lucky charms". The Times. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Louise Hunt - LTA Tennis for Britain". LTA Tennis for Britain. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Louise Hunt - Paralympics GB Profile". Paralympics.org.uk. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Wanborough wheelchair tennis player Louise Hunt claims twin triumph at Abingdon event". This is Wiltshire. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "All the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics pundits on Channel 4 – meet the presenters and commentators". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
External links[]
- Louise Hunt at the International Tennis Federation
- Louise Hunt at the International Paralympic Committee
- Louise Hunt at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
- Louise Hunt at the British Paralympic Association
- Louise Hunt at IMDb
- Louise Hunt on Instagram
- 1991 births
- Living people
- British female tennis players
- British wheelchair tennis players
- Paralympic wheelchair tennis players of Great Britain
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- People from the Borough of Swindon