Jodie Anna Burrage (born 28 May 1999) is a British

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player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 136, achieved on 3 October 2022, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 329, set on 12 July 2021. She has won four singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life

Burrage was born in

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but grew up in

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. She won a scholarship to

Talbot Heath School Talbot Heath School is a selective, private day and boarding School for girls aged 3–18 located in Talbot Woods, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The school was established in 1886 and was previously known as Bournemouth High School for Girls. ...

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, which enabled her to develop her tennis at the nearby West Hants Club. Following the completion of

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exams Burrage relocated to Junior Tennis Coaching (JTC) in Chiswick, London, where she was guided by former tour professionals Colin Beecher and

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Professional career

2020–2021: WTA Tour and Grand Slam debut

Burrage made her

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main-draw debut in doubles at the 2020 Linz Open, where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament partnering

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. In January 2021, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in singles at the

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as a lucky loser. In June, she had her main-draw Grand Slam debut, after being given a wildcard to the

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2022: First top-5 win, top 150 debut

At the

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, she defeated top seed and world No. 4,

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. As a result, she made her top 150 debut at world No. 141 in the WTA singles rankings. On 26 September, she reached her new career-high ranking of 137.

Sponsorship

Jodie Burrage is sponsored by Midstream Lighting in the form of an EV car and Komodo Fashion.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Doubles

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups, 1 pending)

Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Top 10 wins

Notes

References

External links

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LTA profile
1999 births Living people British female tennis players People from Kingston upon Thames People educated at Talbot Heath School {{UK-tennis-bio-stub