Storm Sanders
Country (sports) | Australia |
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Born | Rockingham, Western Australia, Australia | 11 August 1994
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 896,883 |
Singles | |
Career record | 166–144 (53.5%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 119 (18 October 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 132 (3 January 2022) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2022) |
French Open | 1R (2021) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (2021) |
US Open | 1R (2021) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 179–124 (59.1%) |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 19 (31 January 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 19 (31 January 2022) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2022) |
French Open | 2R (2021) |
Wimbledon | SF (2021) |
US Open | QF (2021) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2021) |
US Open | 1R (2021) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 2–1 (66.7%) |
Last updated on: 5 January 2022. |
Storm Sanders (born 11 August 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player.
She has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour as well as two singles titles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 119 on 18 October 2021, and doubles ranking of World No. 30 on 8 November 2021.[1]
Sanders debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in December 2007,[2] and on the senior circuit in November 2008.[3] She won her first professional tournament in February 2013. On the WTA Tour, she has won two titles in doubles tournaments.
Sanders represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, which due to the COVID-19 pandemic were held in 2021, reaching the quarterfinals in doubles.
Professional career[]
2013[]
Sanders began her year ranked 674 in the world. Her first tournament was the Apia International Sydney, where she received a wildcard into qualifying. She stunned Eugenie Bouchard in the first round in two tiebreak sets, but lost in the second round against Misaki Doi. Sanders then received a wildcard into qualifying at the Australian Open where she lost in the first round against Yuliya Beygelzimer. In February, after failing to qualify for the Burnie International, Sanders celebrated a breakthrough victory, winning the $25k Launceston Tennis International tournament.[4][5] She won through both, the qualifying and main draws, without dropping a set. She also achieved the rare feat of defeating the top seeds in both the qualifying draw (Mari Tanaka) and the main draw (Olivia Rogowska) en route to victory. Sanders reached the top 500 in the WTA rankings for the first time after the tournament win. A month later, she reached the final of the $25k event in Ipswich, Queensland, losing to Jelena Pandžić in three sets.[6]
In July, together with her British partner Naomi Broady, Sanders won the $50k Gold River Challenger, defeating Robin Anderson and Lauren Embree, in straight sets.[7]
In the US Open qualifying, she lost in the first round to Nigina Abduraimova from Uzbekistan.[8]
2014[]
Sanders began the season at the Brisbane International, having received a wildcard into qualifying. She opened with a three-set win over Irina-Camelia Begu.[9] Although taking the opening set, Sanders lost against third seed Hsieh Su-wei in the second round, in three sets.
The following week, she was awarded a wildcard to the main draw of the Hobart International. A first-round win over Peng Shuai[10] saw her match up with second seed Kirsten Flipkens. Pushing the top-20 ranked Belgian to the brink, Sanders lost in a tough three-set match, lasting over two and a half hours.[11] Despite the close loss, it was announced that Sanders had been given a wildcard into the singles main draw of the Australian Open,[12] having been given wildcards for the doubles draw the previous two years. She played Camila Giorgi in round one, losing on her Grand Slam singles debut, in three sets.[13] She also lost in the first round of women's and mixed doubles.
2015[]
Given a wildcard for the Hobart International,[14] Sanders lost in round one to Camila Giorgi, in three sets. She was then given a wildcard for the Australian Open, but lost at the first stage again, this time to world No. 46, Klára Koukalová, in straight sets.[15]
2016[]
In July, she qualified for the Jiangxi International - the first time Sanders has come through qualifying at a WTA-level event.[16] She lost to Vania King in the first round. In October, she reached the second round of the Toowoomba ITF event. In November, Sanders won the ITF Canberra doubles title with Jessica Moore.
2017: First WTA doubles title[]
She attempted to qualify for the Hobart International and Australian Open, losing in the first round. Her best singles performance was a quarterfinal appearance in September at the ITF Brisbane.
In doubles, Sanders won the Nottingham Open, with Monique Adamczak in June. It was their first WTA Tour title.[17] Sanders made two further WTA tournament finals that year.
2018–2020[]
Sanders played four doubles tournaments in 2018, losing all four in the first round. In 2019, she said "I started getting some shoulder pain which got more intense. I played the Aussie Open that year just focusing on doubles, but after that I stopped played completely and was basically out for all of 2018."[18]
Sanders returned to singles competition in October 2019, after almost a two-year absence. She won the ITF Playford in her second tournament back.[19] In doubles, she won four ITF doubles titles in 2019.
She won her second WTA doubles title at the 2020 Thailand Open.
2021: WTA quarterfinals and top 200[]
Sanders made the semifinals in mixed doubles at the Australian Open with Marc Polmans.
In February, she qualified for and defeated four higher-ranked opponents to advance to her first WTA-level singles quarterfinal at the Adelaide International, eventually losing to Belinda Bencic.[20] In March, Sanders entered the WTA top 200 for the first time.
In May, she qualified for a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the French Open.[1] In June at Wimbledon, she reached the semifinals in women's doubles with Caroline Dolehide.
In July, Sanders reached her second WTA-level quarterfinal at the Prague Open. She also reached the semifinals in doubles at the same event.[21] At the Tokyo Olympics, Sanders partnered Ashleigh Barty in the ladies' doubles and they reached the quarterfinals.[22]
In November, Sanders represented Australia at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals. Sanders recorded the biggest win of her singles career, beating world No.18 Elise Mertens in her Billie Jean King Cup debut.[23] Sanders then defeated Yuliya Hatouka promoting Australia to the semi finals[24] where she lost to Jil Teichmann.[25]
2022 First WTA 500 Title and Third WTA Title[]
In January 2022, Sanders won her third and the biggest WTA title at Adelaide International, alongside Ashleigh Barty.[26]
Performance timelines[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
Singles[]
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 0–4 |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0–1 | |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | Q3 | 0–0 | |
US Open | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0–1 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–6 |
WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | 1–1 | |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 721 | 242 | 323 | 371 | 293 | 676 | – | 428 | 282 | 132 |
Doubles[]
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | QF | 5–10 |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1–3 | |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | NH | SF | 5–3 | |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 3–2 | |
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1���1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 9–4 | 3–1 | 14–18 |
National representation | ||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | A | NH | A | NH | QF | 3-1 | ||||||
WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | 1-1 | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0-1 | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | A | 0-1 | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | A | 2-1 | |
Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 0-1 | ||
China Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 0-1 | ||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 545 | 280 | 262 | 242 | 134 | 68 | 1036 | 109 | 65 | 30 |
WTA career finals[]
Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)[]
Legend |
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Grand Slam (0–0) |
WTA 1000 (0–0) |
WTA 500 (1–0) |
International / WTA 250 (2–5) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 2017 | Nottingham Open, UK | International | Grass | Monique Adamczak | Jocelyn Rae Laura Robson |
6–4, 4–6, [10–4] |
Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2017 | Japan Open, Japan | International | Hard | Monique Adamczak | Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan |
0–6, 6–2, [5–10] |
Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2017 | Guangzhou Open, China | International | Hard | Monique Adamczak | Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Feb 2020 | Hua Hin Championships, Thailand | International | Hard | Arina Rodionova | Barbara Haas Ellen Perez |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–3 | Sep 2020 | İstanbul Cup, Turkey | International | Clay | Ellen Perez | Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk |
1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | Apr 2021 | Charleston Open, U.S. | WTA 250 | Clay | Ellen Perez | Hailey Baptiste Caty McNally |
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 2–5 | Jun 2021 | Nottingham Open, UK | WTA 250 | Grass | Caroline Dolehide | Lyudmyla Kichenok Makoto Ninomiya |
4–6, 7–6(7–3), [8–10] |
Win | 3–5 | Jan 2022 | Adelaide International, Australia | WTA 500 | Hard | Ashleigh Barty | Darija Jurak Schreiber Andreja Klepač |
6–1, 6–4 |
ITF Circuit finals[]
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2013 | ITF Launceston, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Shuko Aoyama | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Mar 2013 | ITF Ipswich, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Jelena Pandžić | 5–7, 6–2, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2015 | ITF Tweed Heads, Australia | 15,000 | Hard | Dalma Gálfi | 2–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Nov 2019 | ITF Playford, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | Lizette Cabrera | 6–3, 6–4 |
Doubles: 22 (13 titles, 9 runner–ups)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2011 | ITF Landisville, United States | 10,000 | Hard | Brooke Rischbieth | Hsu Chieh-yu Nicola Slater |
5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | May 2011 | ITF Sumter, United States | 10,000 | Hard | Ebony Panoho | Bojana Bobusic Nicola Slater |
6–4, 5–7, [6–10] |
Loss | 0–3 | Sep 2011 | ITF Alice Springs, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Brooke Rischbieth | Maria Fernanda Alves Samantha Murray |
6–3, 5–7, [3–10] |
Loss | 0–4 | Nov 2011 | ITF Bendigo, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Samantha Murray | Stephanie Bengson Tyra Calderwood |
6–2, 1–6, [5–10] |
Loss | 0–5 | Mar 2013 | ITF Ipswich, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Viktorija Rajicic | Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Varatchaya Wongteanchai |
6–4, 1–6, [8–10] |
Win | 1–5 | Jul 2013 | ITF Sacramento, United States | 50,000 | Hard | Naomi Broady | Robin Anderson Lauren Embree |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 2–5 | Jan 2014 | ITF Burnie, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | Jarmila Gajdošová | Eri Hozumi Miki Miyamura |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 3–5 | Jul 2014 | ITF Sacramento, United States (2) | 50,000 | Hard | Daria Gavrilova | Maria Sanchez Zoë Gwen Scandalis |
6–2, 6–1 |
Loss | 3–6 | Jun 2015 | ITF Baton Rouge, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Chanel Simmonds | Samantha Crawford Emily Harman |
6–7(4), 1–6 |
Win | 4–6 | Jul 2015 | ITF Granby, Canada | 50,000 | Hard | Jessica Moore | Laura Robson Erin Routliffe |
7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 5–6 | Oct 2015 | ITF Cairns, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Jessica Moore | Jennifer Elie Asia Muhammad |
6–0, 6–3 |
Loss | 5–7 | Jun 2016 | ITF Ilkley, United Kingdom | 50,000 | Grass | An-Sophie Mestach | Yang Zhaoxuan Zhang Kailin |
3–6, 6–7(5) |
Win | 6–7 | Oct 2016 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | Jessica Moore | Alison Bai Lizette Cabrera |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 7–7 | May 2017 | ITF Wiesbaden, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Vivian Heisen | Diāna Marcinkēviča Rebeka Masarova |
7–5, 5–7, [10–8] |
Win | 8–7 | Jun 2017 | ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom | 100,000 | Grass | Monique Adamczak | Chang Kai-chen Marina Erakovic |
7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 8–8 | Mar 2019 | ITF Mildura, Australia | 25,000 | Grass | Olivia Rogowska | Alana Parnaby Alicia Smith |
6–4, 3–6, [8–10] |
Win | 9–8 | May 2019 | ITF Rome, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Arina Rodionova | Gabriela Cé Cristina Dinu |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 10–8 | May 2019 | ITF La Bisbal d'Empordá, Spain | 60,000 | Clay | Arina Rodionova | Dalma Galfi Georgina Garcia-Perez |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 11–8 | Nov 2019 | ITF Playford, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | Asia Muhammad | Naiktha Bains Tereza Mihalíková |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 12–8 | Jan 2020 | ITF Burnie, Australia (2) | 60,000 | Hard | Ellen Perez | Desirae Krawczyk Asia Muhammad |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 13–8 | May 2021 | ITF Charleston, United States | 100,000 | Clay | Caty McNally | Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato |
7–5, 4–6, [10–6] |
Loss | 13–9 | Jun 2021 | ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom | 100,000 | Grass | Priscilla Hon | Monica Niculescu Elena-Gabriela Ruse |
5–7, 5–7 |
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