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 nine singles titles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
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.[3] 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[4] 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,[5] 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.[6]
In April, Fourlis won her second and third ITF titles.[8] In June, her ranking peaked inside the world's top 200.[9] 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.[10][11] Fourlis lost in the first round of the US Open qualifying.
2022: Australian Open mixed doubles finalist, top 150 debut
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[13] and reached the second round, after fellow qualifier Wang Xinyu retired.
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.