Jaslyn Hewitt-Shehadie (born 23 February 1983) is a former professional

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player from Australia. She is the younger sister of

Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 200 ...

Biography

Tennis career

A right-handed player from Adelaide, Hewitt was highly ranked in junior tennis and represented Australia at the 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games in Edinburgh. Hewitt had a best singles ranking of 304 in the world on the professional circuit. In 2001 she featured in the main draws of two WTA Tour tournaments, the

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and Belgium's Sanex Trophy, which was followed by home appearances at the 2002 Sydney International and 2005 Gold Coast Hardcourt. Her biggest title win came at the Canberra ITF in 2004, where she beat top seed

Evie Dominikovic Evie Dominikovic ( hr, Evie Dominiković, ; born 29 May 1980) is a retired Australian tennis player. Her younger sister (by seven years) is the fellow former tennis player Daniella Dominikovic (later Daniella Jeflea). Evie Dominikovic also has ...

in the final of the $25,000 tournament. As a doubles player she competed as a wildcard in the main draw of the women's doubles at the

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every year from 2002 to 2005.

Personal life

During her career she was in a relationship with Swedish tennis player

Joachim Johansson Joachim Johansson (born 1 July 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He reached the semifinals of the 2004 US Open, won 3 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 in February 2005. Backg ...

, which lasted for five years. In 2010 she married actor

Rob Shehadie Rob Shehadie (born 21 March 1977) is an Australian actor, writer and stand-up comedian, who has featured in television series such as "Pizza", "Swift and Shift Couriers" and "Housos". He has performed numerous stage show comedies across Australi ...

at a ceremony in Port Douglas.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hewitt, Jaslyn 1983 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Adelaide