Jaimee Fourlis
Jaimee Fourlis (born 17 September 1999) is a professional Australian tennis player of Greek descent. She grew up in Melbourne and attended Northcote High School. Her family origins are from Agrinio and Thessaloniki, Greece. Her Greek Orthodox name is Dimitra.
![]() Fourlis at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Melbourne, Australia |
| Born | 17 September 1999 Melbourne |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 344,338 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 109–88 (55.3%) |
| Career titles | 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 189 (24 September 2018) |
| Current ranking | No. 298 (30 August 2021) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
| French Open | 1R (2017) |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2018) |
| US Open | Q3 (2018, 2019) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 43–36 (54.4%) |
| Career titles | 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 138 (2 March 2020) |
| Current ranking | No. 163 (8 February 2021) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2020) |
| Last updated on: 30 August 2021. | |
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Fourlis has a career-high combined ranking of 38, achieved in February 2016. She reached the girls' doubles semifinals of the 2016 Australian Open, partnering Maddison Inglis.
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 title.
Fourlis made her Grand Slam main-draw debut, after winning the Wildcard Playoff defeating Abbie Myers in the final, granting her a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open singles tournament.
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 0–3 down.
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 where she qualified en route to winning 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 a 2018 Australian Open main-draw wildcard.[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 round two. 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, 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 IFT in March 2021, 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. It was her first singles title in three years.[8][9] Fourlis lost in the first round of the 2021 US Open - Women's Singles Qualifying.
Grand Slam performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 4 (4 titles)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2016 | ITF Perth, Australia | 15,000 | Hard | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1) | |
| Win | 2–0 | Apr 2018 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 15,000 | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Win | 3–0 | Apr 2018 | ITF Pula, Italy | 15,000 | Clay | 6–4, 4–6, 6–0 | |
| Win | 4–0 | Aug 2021 | Ourense, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2018 | ITF Caserta, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | 6–7(6–8), 3–6 | ||
| Win | 1–1 | Mar 2019 | ITF Canberra, Australia | 25,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2019 | ITF Chiasso, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | 1–6, 6–3, [7–10] | ||
| Loss | 1–3 | May 2019 | ITF Wiesbaden, Germany | 60,000 | Clay | 3–6, 6–4, [3–10] | ||
| Loss | 1–4 | Sep 2019 | ITF Darwin, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | 4–6, 6–2, [3–10] | ||
| Loss | 1–5 | Oct 2019 | ITF Macon, United States | 80,000 | Hard | 7–6(7–2), 2–6, [8–10] | ||
| Win | 2–5 | Jan 2020 | ITF Canberra, Australia[a] | 25,000 | Hard | 5–7, 6–4, [10–8] | ||
| Win | 3–5 | Feb 2020 | ITF Launceston, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 3–6 | Feb 2020 | ITF Perth, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 5–7, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–7 | Aug 2021 | ITF Versmold, Germany | 60,000 | Clay | 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
- "BIGGEST MOVERS: FOURLIS SOARS AFTER FIRST PRO WIN". Tennis Australia. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- "FOURLIS FLIES INTO FRENCH OPEN". Tennis Australia. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- "FIVE MINUTES WITH … JAIMEE FOURLIS". Tennis Australia. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- "FOURLIS WINS 18/U TITLE FOR AUSTRALIAN OPEN WILDCARD". Tennis Austrlaia. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- "Aussie Fourlis gets opening Hobart win". SBS. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- "ITF TITLES FOR FOURLIS, RODIONOVA IN EUROPE". Tennis Australia. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "BIGGEST MOVERS: EBDEN CRACKS TOP 60". Tennis Australia. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- "An Exciting Week". Tennis Australia. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- Rogers, Leigh (30 August 2021). "Ranking Movers". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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