2021 Yarra Valley Classic – Doubles
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2021 Yarra Valley Classic – Doubles
This was the first edition of the tournament. Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara won the title, defeating Anna Kalinskaya and Viktória Kužmová in the final, 6–3, 6–4. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References Main Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Yarra Valley Classic - Doubles 2021 WTA Tour 2021 Yarra Valley Classic – Doubles ...
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Shuko Aoyama
is a Japanese tennis player. Aoyama became a professional tennis player after graduating from Waseda University. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 182, on 9 February 2015, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4, on 28 February 2022. She has predominantly played doubles and has won 17 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, having had her most successful Grand Slam appearances at Wimbledon, reaching the semifinals at the 2013 and 2021 tournaments. She has also won four singles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Personal life and background Aoyama started playing tennis at age 9. Her favorite surface is grass. She studied at Waseda University in Japan. Professional career 2007–12: First steps, first WTA title in doubles Aoyama made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in the doubles event at Gifu in 2007. In March 2009, she won her first ITF title at the $10K Kōfu doubles event. In June 2010, she won her first singles ITF title at the $10K Toky ...
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Jennifer Brady
Jennifer Elizabeth Brady (born April 12, 1995) is an inactive American professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA ranking of world No. 13 on 22 February 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of 44 on 19 August 2019. Brady has won one WTA Tour singles title and one doubles title as well as four singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Brady first rose to prominence following her surprise run to the fourth round of the 2017 Australian Open as a qualifier, registering victories over Heather Watson and 14th seed Elena Vesnina. She also reached the fourth round of that year's US Open, defeating Barbora Strýcová and Monica Niculescu before falling to then-world No. 1, Karolína Plíšková. Following struggles with injuries and an increased focus on doubles, including a semifinal showing at the 2019 Australian Open, Brady returned to prominence in singles in 2020, where she defeated Maria Sharapova, and recorded her first No. 1 victory by defea ...
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Marta Kostyuk
Marta Olehivna Kostyuk ( uk, Марта Олегівна Костюк; born 28 June 2002) is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has career-high rankings of 49 in singles, achieved on 14 February 2022, and world No. 39 in doubles, reached on 19 September 2022. Early and personal life Marta is the daughter of Oleh Kostyuk and his wife, Talina Beiko. Her father was the technical director of the Antey Cup, a junior tennis tournament in Kyiv; her mother was a professional tennis player who reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 391, and won a $10k title in her home city of Kyiv in 1994, and represented a Ukrainian tennis team. Her uncle Taras Beyko is also a retired tennis player. Marta is a sister of collegiate tennis player Mariya Kostyuk, who competed for Chicago State University and Southeast Missouri State University. Marta is a cousin of professional football players Vadym Slavov and Myroslav Slavov. Kostyuk started playing tennis at a young age at the Antey Tennis Club, on the we ...
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Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz
Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz (born 11 September 2004) is an Australian professional tennis player. Kempenaers-Pocz made her WTA Tour debut at the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic in the doubles, partnering Jaimee Fourlis after receiving a wild card into the main draw. Personal life Kempenaers-Pocz was introduced to tennis at age five by her parents Career 2019–2020s Kempenaers-Pocz made her ITF Women's World Tennis Tour main draw debut in Port Pirie in February 2019, where she reached the semi-final as a 14-year-old. 2021 In January 2021, Kempenaers-Pocz lost in the first round of the 2021 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying. 2022: WTA debut In January 2022, Kempenaers-Pocz lost in the first round of the 2022 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying. Performance timelines ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.'' Singles ''Current after the 2022 US Open.'' References External ...
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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. 147, achieved on 18 July 2022, and a highest doubles ranking of world No. 138, reached on 2 March 2020. She has won seven ITF singles titles and four 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 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 Women's Circuit de ...
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Belinda Woolcock
Belinda Woolcock (born 24 January 1995) is an Australian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 290 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 18 November 2019, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 207, reached on 22 February 2021. Woolcock made her Grand Slam debut at the 2016 Australian Open, competing in the main draw of the doubles tournament with Ellen Perez; however, they lost in the first round to Jessica Moore and Storm Sanders. In 2017, Belinda and Astra Sharma won the Australia Open Wildcard Playoff to win a main-draw wildcard for the 2018 Australian Open women's doubles event. She attended the University of Florida where she graduated in 2017 with a bachelor's degree of Science in Sport Management. In her final year for the Florida Gators, her team won the NCAA National Championship whilst being honoured the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Due to this great effort in her final year with the Florida Gators, Belinda was recognis ...
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Olivia Gadecki
Olivia Gadecki (born 24 April 2002) is a professional tennis player from Australia. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 135, reached on 19 June 2023, and a best doubles rank of world No. 142, achieved a week before. She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2021 Gippsland Trophy, having received a wildcard into the main draw. Personal life Gadecki was born and raised on the Gold Coast where she started playing tennis at age three. She was considered a prodigious tennis talent as a junior and at the age of 12 was one of just 16 players from around the world invited to take part in the Longines Future Tennis Aces competition in Paris on the eve of the 2014 French Open. Gadecki attended Southport State High School throughout her teenage years. Career 2016–2020: First steps Gadecki made her main-draw debut on the ITF Circuit in Brisbane, in September 2016. 2021: WTA Tour debut In January 2021, Gadecki made the second round of the Australian Open qualifying. She was a ...
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Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. The winner of 11 singles and 15 doubles ITF titles, Olaru reached one WTA singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA TourPetkovic, Olaru Into Final(25 July 2009) losing to Andrea Petkovic, in straight sets.Sony Ericsson WTA TourPetkovic Wins First Tour Title(26 July 2009) She also has won eleven doubles titles on WTA Tour tournaments. Olaru was a successful junior player. She was the runner–up in both junior singles and doubles at the 2005 French Open, and captured the 2006 US Open doubles title along with Mihaela Buzărnescu. Her best professional Grand Slam result so far has been the third round of the 2007 French Open, when she defeated the 30th seed Julia Vakulenko, in straight sets, and lost to eventual runner–up, the seventh seed Ana Ivanovic. Olaru reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 53, on 27 July 2009, and her best doubles ranking, No. 30, on 31 January 2022. Pers ...
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Andreea Mitu
Cristina-Andreea Mitu (born 22 September 1991) is a professional tennis player from Romania. On 8 June 2015, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of 68, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 69, reached on 24 October 2016. Mitu is a member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On 19 April 2015, she beat then-ranked world No. 7, Eugenie Bouchard, in a Fed Cup match, in three sets. Personal life and background She is coached by Adrian Marcu. Her parents are Petre and Ania. She also has a brother named Alex, who is a soccer player. She has an aggressive style of play. Andreea's favorite surface is hard (but loves grass too), while her favorite shot is forehand. She started playing tennis at age 7. Her tennis idols growing up were Jelena Dokic, Patty Schnyder, Williams sisters, Jennifer Capriati and Martina Hingis. She also enjoys shopping, hanging out with friends and getting nails done. She stated that if weren't a tennis player, she would be a lawyer. In 2018, she gave birth t ...
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Tamara Zidanšek
Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 22 in singles and No. 54 in doubles, and is the current number-one Slovene tennis player in singles. She has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour and two WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger singles titles, as well as 17 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was in top 20 and had a career-high ranking of No. 16, achieved in December 2015. Playing for the Slovenia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 9–8. Professional career 2014: Professional debut Zidanšek made a perfect professional debut in 2014 at her home in Velenje, passing three qualifying rounds to go in the main draw and claim her first title on the pro-level at the age of 16. 2021: First singles major semifinal, top-50 debut, first top-10 win & first WTA singles title She reached the semifinals of a ...
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Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch tennis player. In 2008, she won the girl's singles title at the 2008 Australian Open – Girls' singles, Australian Open, defeating Jessica Moore (tennis), Jessica Moore from Australia in the final. With this win she went from 35th to second place on the junior rankings, ultimately becoming the world No. 1 junior player. Her biggest singles successes to date are a second-round upset over world No. 2, Kim Clijsters, at the 2011 French Open, saving two match points in the second set, reaching the fourth round at the 2012 French Open, and defeating world No. 5, Samantha Stosur, in the 2012 Wimbledon Championships to reach the third round. Her maiden WTA Tour title was winning the 2017 Swedish Open doubles event, partnering Quirine Lemoine. Tennis career 2005–07 At age 14, Arantxa played her first ITF Women's Circuit tournament at Alkmaar where she lost in the second round to Julie Coin. In 2006, she played two more ITF events at ...
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Rebecca Peterson
Rebecca Peterson (born 6 August 1995) is a Swedish tennis player. She has been ranked as high as 43 in singles and 87 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Peterson has reached two singles finals on the WTA Tour in 2019, winning both of them. She has also reached one WTA Tour doubles final in 2015, in which she also succeeded to win the title. She also owns a doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. On the ITF Women's Circuit, she won 12 singles and six doubles titles. She had her breakthrough into the top 100 in May 2018, so she could play in main draw at most of the WTA Tour tournaments. She got most recognition in 2019, when she won two singles titles and also made her first top-ten win, against Sloane Stephens at the Washington Open. Also, in 2019, she entered top 50 for the first time. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2017 US Open where she lost in the first round to Denisa Allertová. Among other players, Rebecca is most famous for her aggressive style ...
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