Jaimee Fourlis

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.

Jaimee Fourlis
Fourlis at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceMelbourne, Australia
Born (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999
Melbourne
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $459,645
Singles
Career record124–97 (56.1%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 189 (24 September 2018)
Current rankingNo. 246 (21 March 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2017)
French Open1R (2017)
WimbledonQ1 (2018)
US OpenQ3 (2018, 2019)
Doubles
Career record54–45 (54.5%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 138 (2 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 252 (21 March 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2020)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF (2022)
Last updated on: 17 January 2022.

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
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS 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; (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.

Singles
Tournament201620172018201920202021 2022W–L
Australian Open A 2R 1R Q1 Q1 A Q2 1–2
French Open A 1R A A A A 0–1
Wimbledon A A Q1 A NH A 0–0
US Open A A Q3 Q3 A Q1 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 424 327 202 248 278

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: 5 (5 titles)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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
Win 5–0 Mar 2022 ITF Bendigo, Australia 25,000 Hard Olivia Gadecki 6–3, 0–0, ret.

Doubles: 12 (3 titles, 9 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (0–3)
$25,000 tournaments (3–5)
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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[lower-alpha 1] 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 Kanako Morisaki
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]
Loss 3–8 Feb 2022 ITF Canberra, Australia 25,000 Hard Alison Bai Asia Muhammad
Arina Rodionova		 3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 3–9 Feb 2022 ITF Canberra, Australia 25,000 Hard Alison Bai Asia Muhammad
Arina Rodionova		 6–7(2), 6–7(5)

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.

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

References
  1. "BIGGEST MOVERS: FOURLIS SOARS AFTER FIRST PRO WIN". Tennis Australia. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. "FOURLIS FLIES INTO FRENCH OPEN". Tennis Australia. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  3. "FIVE MINUTES WITH … JAIMEE FOURLIS". Tennis Australia. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  4. "FOURLIS WINS 18/U TITLE FOR AUSTRALIAN OPEN WILDCARD". Tennis Austrlaia. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  5. "Aussie Fourlis gets opening Hobart win". SBS. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. "ITF TITLES FOR FOURLIS, RODIONOVA IN EUROPE". Tennis Australia. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  7. "BIGGEST MOVERS: EBDEN CRACKS TOP 60". Tennis Australia. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  8. "An Exciting Week". Tennis Australia. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  9. Rogers, Leigh (30 August 2021). "Ranking Movers". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  10. "Australian Open 2022: 14 Aussie Women Set for Qualifying". Tennis Australia. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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