Jaimee Fourlis Explained

Jaimee Fourlis
Birth Date:17 September 1999
Birth Place:Melbourne
Residence:Melbourne, Australia
Height:1.68 m
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$980,324
Singlestitles:9 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 147 (18 July 2022)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 293 (28 October 2024)
Australianopenresult:2R (2017)
Frenchopenresult:1R (2017)
Wimbledonresult:1R (2022)
Usopenresult:1R (2022)
Doublestitles:10 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 138 (2 March 2020)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 189 (28 October 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (2020)
Mixed:yes
Mixedtitles:0
Australianopenmixedresult:F (2022)
Updated:28 October 2024

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.

Partnering Jason Kubler, Fourlis was runner-up in the mixed doubles at the 2022 Australian Open. She has won nine singles titles and 10 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Personal life

She grew up in Melbourne and attended Northcote High School. Her family comes from Agrinio and Thessaloniki, Greece.[1] Her Greek Orthodox name is Dimitra.[2]

Career

2014–2016: ITF debut, first title

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.

In 2016, she commenced the year at the Perth $25k event, where from qualifying she won eight matches en route to her first title.[3]

Fourlis reached the girls' doubles semifinals of the 2016 Australian Open, partnering with Maddison Inglis.

2017-2018: Grand Slam tournament debut

Fourlis was given a wildcard into the 2017 Hobart International[4] where she lost to Kirsten Flipkens in the opening round.[5] She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2017 Australian Open, after winning the Wildcard Playoff. She defeated Anna Tatishvili[6] before losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round.[7] In May, she won an Australian wildcard playoff[8] into the French Open, losing to former world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, in three sets.[9] In December, Fourlis won the Under-18 Australian Championships and received a main-draw wildcard to the 2018 Australian Open.[10]

Fourlis was given a wildcard into the 2018 Hobart International where she defeated Nina Stojanović,[11] before losing to Heather Watson in the second round.[12] At the 2018 Australian Open, she lost to Olivia Rogowska in the first round.[13]

In April 2018, Fourlis won her second and third ITF titles.[14] In June, her ranking peaked inside the world's top 200.[15]

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.Following a first-round loss in Perth in March 2020, she underwent shoulder surgery.

2021-2023: Australian Open mixed doubles finalist, Wimbledon debut

In August 2021, Fourlis won her fourth ITF tournament, and first since returning to the tour in June.[16] [17]

Given a wildcard partnering Jason Kubler, Fourlis reached the final in the mixed doubles at the 2022 Australian Open which they lost to fifth seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Ivan Dodig.[18] [19] She qualified for 2022 Wimbledon Championships, making her main-draw debut at this major,[20] but lost in the first round to Kirsten Flipkens.[21]

Awarded a wildcard,[22] Fourlis lost in the first round at the 2023 Australian Open to Linda Fruhvirtová.[23] At the 2023 German Open, she qualified for the main draw[24] and reached the second round, after fellow qualifier Wang Xinyu retired.[25] She lost to third seed Caroline Garcia.[26]

Performance timelines

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 2024 US Open.

Tournament20172018201920202021202220232024Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open2R1RQ1Q1AQ21RQ10 / 31–3
French Open1RAAAAQ2Q3Q10 / 10–1
WimbledonAQ1ANHA1RQ2A0 / 10–1
US OpenAQ3Q3AQ11RQ1A0 / 10–1
Win–loss1–20–10–00–00–00–20–10–00 / 61–6
WTA 1000
Italian OpenAAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0
Guadalajara OpenNHQ10 / 00–0
Career statistics
Tournaments3220053Career total: 15
Overall win-loss1–31–21–20–00–00–50–30 / 153–15
Year-end ranking327202245264323162204$783,357

Mixed doubles

Tournament202220232024
Australian OpenF1Rbgcolor=yellow SF0 / 37–3
French OpenAAA0 / 00–0
WimbledonAAA0 / 00–0
US OpenAAA0 / 00–0
Win–loss4–10–13–10 / 37–3

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments
W60 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–0)
Clay (4–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Feb 2016ITF Perth, Australia15,000Hard Jang Su-jeong6–4, 2–6, 7–6(1)
Win2–0Apr 2018Clay Court International, Australia15,000Clay Ellen Perez6–3, 6–2
Win3–0Apr 2018ITF Pula, Italy15,000Clay Anastasia Grymalska6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Win4–0Aug 2021ITF Ourense, SpainW25Clay Fanny Stollár7–6(3), 6–3
Win5–0Mar 2022Bendigo Pro Tour 2, AustraliaW25Hard Olivia Gadecki6–3, 0–0 ret.
Win6–0Jun 2022Brașov Open, RomaniaW60Clay İpek Öz7–6(0), 6–2
Win7–0Jun 2022ITF Madrid, SpainW25Hard Guiomar Maristany6–4, 6–2
Loss7–1Jul 2022ITF Horb, GermanyW25Clay Ekaterina Makarova1–6, 0–6
Win8–1Feb 2023Burnie International, AustraliaW25Hard Olivia Gadecki6–4, 6–3
Loss8–2May 2023Wiesbaden Open, GermanyW100Clay Elina Avanesyan2–6, 0–6
Win9–2Jul 2024Amstelveen Open, NetherlandsW35Clay Berfu Cengiz7–6(2), 2–6, 6–1

Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–0)
W80 tournaments (0–1)
W60/75 tournaments (3–3)
W25/35 tournaments (6–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (6–6)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 2018bgcolor=lightblueITF Caserta, Italybgcolor=lightblue25,000Clay Ellen Perez Chen Pei-hsuan
Wu Fang-hsien
6–7(6), 3–6
Win1–1Mar 2019bgcolor=lightblueClay Court International, Australiabgcolor=lightblue25,000Clay Alison Bai Naiktha Bains
Tereza Mihalíková
6–2, 6–2
Loss1–2Apr 2019bgcolor=lightblueChiasso Open, Switzerlandbgcolor=lightblue25,000Clay Sharon Fichman Cristina Bucșa
Marta Kostyuk
1–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss1–3May 2019Wiesbaden Open, Germany60,000Clay Kathinka von Deichmann Anna Blinkova
Yanina Wickmayer
3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Loss1–4Sep 2019Darwin International, Australia60,000Hard Alison Bai Destanee Aiava
Lizette Cabrera
4–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Loss1–5Oct 2019Tennis Classic of Macon, United States80,000Hard Valentini Grammatikopoulou Usue Maitane Arconada
Caroline Dolehide
7–6(2), 2–6, [8–10]
Win2–5Jan 2020bgcolor=lightblueCanberra International, Australiabgcolor=lightblueW25Hard Alison Bai Anna Bondár
Pemra Özgen
5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Win3–5Feb 2020Launceston International, AustraliaW25Hard Alison Bai Alicia Smith
Abigail Tere-Apisah
7–6(4), 6–3
Loss3–6Feb 2020ITF Perth, AustraliaW25Hard Erin Routliffe Kanako Morisaki
Erika Sema
5–7, 4–6
Loss3–7Aug 2021Reinert Open, GermanyW60Clay Mirjam Björklund Anna Danilina
Valeriya Strakhova
6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Loss3–8Feb 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Canberra Pro 2, Australiabgcolor=lightblueW25Hard Alison Bai Asia Muhammad
Arina Rodionova
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win4–8Mar 2022bgcolor=lightblueBendigo Pro Tour 2, Australiabgcolor=lightblueW25Hard Ellen Perez Alana Parnaby
Gabriella Da Silva Fick
6–1, 6–1
Loss4–9Feb 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Canberra Pro 1, Australiabgcolor=lightblueW25Hard Alison Bai Asia Muhammad
Arina Rodionova
6–7(2), 6–7(5)
Loss4–10Jul 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Horb, Germanybgcolor=lightblueW25Clay Alana Parnaby Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Reyngold
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Win5–10Oct 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Šibenik, Croatiabgcolor=lightblueW25Clay Weronika Falkowska Eleni Christofi
Christina Rosca
6–4, 6–2
Win6–10May 2023Wiesbaden Open, GermanyW100Clay Olivia Gadecki Emily Appleton
Julia Lohoff
6–1, 6–4
Win7–10May 2024Prague Open, Czech RepublicW75Clay Dominika Šalková Noma Noha Akugue
Ella Seidel
5–7, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss7–11Jun 2024bgcolor=lightblueITF Gdansk, Polandbgcolor=lightblueW35Clay Petra Hule Karolína Kubáňová
Renata Voráčová
6–3, 6–7(5), [7–10]
Win8–11Jul 2024ITF The Hague, NetherlandsW75Clay Petra Hule Annelin Bakker
Sarah van Emst
6–4, 6–2
Win9–11Jul 2024ITF Darmstadt, GermanyW35Hard Petra Hule Karolína Kubáňová
Sapfo Sakellaridi
7–6(6), 6–4
Win10–11Oct 2024Edmond Open, United StatesW75Hard Kayla Day Sophie Chang
Rasheeda McAdoo
7–5, 7–5

Notes and References

  1. https://www.agrinionews.gr/tzeimi-foyrlis-irthe-agrinio-topo-katagogis-tis-anerchomeni-pagkosmios-tenistria-foto/ Τζέιμι Φουρλής Ήρθε στο Αγρίνιο, τόπο καταγωγής της, η ανερχόμενη παγκοσμίως τενίστρια agrinionews.gr
  2. https://m.902.gr/eidisi/athlitismos/119141/sto-2o-gyro-i-dimitra-foyrli-sto-aystraliano-open Στο 2ο γύρο η Δήμητρα Φουρλή στο Αυστραλιανό Όπεν 902.gr
  3. Web site: BIGGEST MOVERS: FOURLIS SOARS AFTER FIRST PRO WIN . Tennis Australia. 23 February 2016. 7 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Hobart wildcard for rising star Fourlis. Tennis Australia. 31 October 2024.
  5. Web site: Flipkens advances against gallant Fourlis. 9 January 2017 . Hobart International. 31 October 2024.
  6. Web site: Fourlis makes her mark at Australian Open. SBS Australia. 31 October 2024.
  7. Web site: Local teen's ranking to skyrocket after Open run comes to an end. 18 January 2017 . ESPN. 31 October 2024.
  8. Web site: FOURLIS FLIES INTO FRENCH OPEN . Tennis Australia. 21 May 2017. 7 October 2017.
  9. Web site: Wozniacki survives French Open scare against Aussie teen Fourlis. Reuters. 31 October 2024.
  10. Web site: FOURLIS WINS 18/U TITLE FOR AUSTRALIAN OPEN WILDCARD. Tennis Australia. 9 December 2017. 18 December 2017.
  11. Web site: Aussie Fourlis gets opening Hobart win . SBS. 8 January 2018. 8 January 2018.
  12. Web site: Fourlis to learn from Hobart defeat. Tennis Australia. 31 October 2024.
  13. Web site: Rogowska wins all-Australian Open affair. SBS Australia. 31 October 2024.
  14. Web site: ITF TITLES FOR FOURLIS, RODIONOVA IN EUROPE. Tennis Australia. 30 April 2018. 30 April 2018.
  15. Web site: BIGGEST MOVERS: EBDEN CRACKS TOP 60 . Tennis Australia. 19 June 2018. 27 June 2018.
  16. Web site: An Exciting Week . Tennis Australia. 26 August 2021. 26 August 2021.
  17. Web site: Ranking Movers. Tennis Australia. 30 August 2021. 30 August 2021. Rogers, Leigh.
  18. Web site: Aussies Fourlis and Kubler lose Australian Open mixed doubles finals. 28 January 2022 . ESPN. 31 October 2024.
  19. Web site: Fourlis and Kubler's winning run ends in Australian Open 2022 final. Tennis Australia. 31 October 2024.
  20. Web site: Resilient Fourlis reaping rewards and ready for Wimbledon debut. Tennis Australia. 31 October 2024.
  21. Web site: Former semi-finalist Flipkens reaches Wimbledon second round in swansong. 28 June 2022 . Tennis Majors. 31 October 2024.
  22. Web site: Millman, Fourlis awarded Australian Open wildcards. Australian Open. 31 October 2024.
  23. Web site: 17-year-old Fruhvirtova earns maiden Australian Open win. 17 January 2023 . Tennis Majors. 31 October 2024.
  24. Web site: Fourlis scores biggest win of her career to qualify in Berlin .
  25. Web site: Berlin Open: Fourlis makes last 16. 20 June 2023 . Tennis Majors. 31 October 2024.
  26. Web site: Berlin Open: Garcia cruises into quarter-finals. 21 June 2023 . Tennis Majors. 31 October 2024.