Jaimee Fourlis
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceMelbourne, Australia
Born (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999
Melbourne
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 877,991
Singles
Career record192–141 (57.7%)
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 147 (18 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 187 (28 August 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2017)
French Open1R (2017)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US Open1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record78–59 (56.9%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 138 (2 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 302 (28 August 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2020)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF (2022)
Last updated on: 30 August 2023.

Jaimee Fourlis (born 17 September 1999) is an Australian tennis player of Greek descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, achieved on 18 July 2022, and a highest doubles ranking of world No. 138, reached on 2 March 2020. She has won eight ITF singles titles and six 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 life

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 Women's Circuit 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 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 debut

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 received a wildcard but 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 Circuit with her best performance being a semifinal result in Rome in May and Barcelona in June. In July 2019, she qualified for the WTA Tour events in Bucharest and Palermo. Fourlis reached the final round of the US Open qualifying. She ended 2019 with a singles ranking of 248.

Following a first-round loss in Perth 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, and her first singles title in three years.[8][9] Fourlis lost in the first round of the US Open qualifying.

2022: Australian Open mixed doubles finalist, top 150 debut

In January, Fourlis reached the second round of the Australian Open qualifying.[10] At the same tournament, she reached the final in mixed doubles as a wildcard pair, partnering Jason Kubler, which they lost to fifth seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Ivan Dodig.

On 27 June, she reached top 150 before the Wimbledon Championships where she qualified, making her main-draw debut at this major.

2023: Third Australian Open wildcard

At the German Open, she qualified for the main draw[11] and defeated fellow qualifier Wang Xinyu by retirement.

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.

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 US Open.

Tournament20172018201920202021 2022 2023 SRW–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 1R Q1 Q1 A Q2 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open 1R A A A A Q2 Q3 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A Q1 A NH A 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A Q3 Q3 A Q1 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0 / 6 1–6 14%
WTA 1000
Italian Open A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0   
Guadalajara Open NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0   
Career statistics
Tournaments 3 2 2 0 0 5 3 Career total: 15
Overall win-loss 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–5 0–3 0 / 15 3–15 17%
Year-end ranking 327 202 245 264 323 162 $783,357

Mixed doubles

Tournament 2022 2023 SRW–L Win %
Australian Open F 1R 0 / 2 4–2 67%
French Open A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Wimbledon A A 0 / 0 0–0   
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Win–loss 4–1 0–1 0 / 2 4–2 67%

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–0)
Clay (3–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2016 ITF Perth, Australia 15,000 Hard South Korea Jang Su-jeong 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1)
Win 2–0 Apr 2018 Clay Court International, Australia 15,000 Clay Australia Ellen Perez 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–0 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 15,000 Clay Italy Anastasia Grymalska 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Win 4–0 Aug 2021 ITF Ourense, Spain 25,000 Clay Hungary Fanny Stollár 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 5–0 Mar 2022 Bendigo International, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Olivia Gadecki 6–3, 0–0 ret.
Win 6–0 Jun 2022 Brașov Open, Romania 60,000 Clay Turkey İpek Öz 7–6(7–0), 6–2
Win 7–0 Jun 2022 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Hard Spain Guiomar Maristany 6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–1 Jul 2022 ITF Horb, Germany 25,000 Clay Ekaterina Makarova 1–6, 0–6
Win 8–1 Feb 2023 Burnie International, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Olivia Gadecki 6–4, 6–3
Loss 8–2 May 2023 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 100,000 Clay Elina Avanesyan 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 15 (6 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (0–3)
$25,000 tournaments (5–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)
Clay (3–5)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2018 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay Australia Ellen Perez Chinese Taipei Chen Pei-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-hsien
6–7(6), 3–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2019 Clay Court International, Australia 25,000 Clay Australia Alison Bai United Kingdom Naiktha Bains
Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Apr 2019 Chiasso Open, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Canada Sharon Fichman Spain Cristina Bucșa
Ukraine Marta Kostyuk
1–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 1–3 May 2019 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 60,000 Clay Liechtenstein Kathinka von Deichmann Russia Anna Blinkova
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Loss 1–4 Sep 2019 Darwin International, Australia 60,000 Hard Australia Alison Bai Australia Destanee Aiava
Australia Lizette Cabrera
4–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Loss 1–5 Oct 2019 Tennis Classic of Macon, United States 80,000 Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou United States Usue Maitane Arconada
United States Caroline Dolehide
7–6(2), 2–6, [8–10]
Win 2–5 Jan 2020 Canberra International[lower-alpha 1], Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Alison Bai Hungary Anna Bondár
Turkey Pemra Özgen
5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 3–5 Feb 2020 Launceston International, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Alison Bai Australia Alicia Smith
Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah
7–6(4), 6–3
Loss 3–6 Feb 2020 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard New Zealand Erin Routliffe Japan Kanako Morisaki
Japan Erika Sema
5–7, 4–6
Loss 3–7 Aug 2021 Reinert Open, Germany 60,000 Clay Sweden Mirjam Björklund Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova
6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Loss 3–8 Feb 2022 ITF Canberra Pro 2, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Alison Bai United States Asia Muhammad
Australia Arina Rodionova
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 4-8 Mar 2022 ITF Bendigo, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Ellen Perez Australia Alana Parnaby
Australia Gabriella Da Silva Fick
6–1,6–1
Loss 4–9 Feb 2022 ITF Canberra Pro 1, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Alison Bai United States Asia Muhammad
Australia Arina Rodionova
6–7(2), 6–7(5)
Loss 4–10 Jul 2022 ITF Horb, Germany 25,000 Clay Australia Alana Parnaby Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Reyngold
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 5–10 Oct 2022 ITF Šibenik, Croatia 25,000 Clay Poland Weronika Falkowska Greece Eleni Christofi
United States Christina Rosca
6–4, 6–2
Win 6–10 May 2023 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 100,000 Clay Australia Olivia Gadecki United Kingdom Emily Appleton
Germany Julia Lohoff
6–1, 6–4

Notes

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

References

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