Ulrikke Pia Eikeri (born 16 December 1992) is a Norwegian
tennis
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player.
Eikeri has won one doubles title on the
WTA Tour
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WTA Tour tourna ...
, one doubles title on
WTA Challenger Tour
WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012.
In the past (2012–2015) sometimes called the WTA Challenger seriesITF Circuit. She reached the mixed doubles final at the
2022 French Open
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alongside
Joran Vliegen
Joran Vliegen (born 7 July 1993) is a Belgian tennis player. Vliegen has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 28 achieved on 14 June 2021. He also has a career high singles ranking of World No. 508 achieved on 1 August 2016. Vliegen wo ...
.
In 2022, she peaked at World No. 40 in the WTA doubles rankings. She reached a best singles ranking of World No. 206 on 16 April 2018.
On the
ITF Junior Circuit
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, Eikeri had been ranked as high as No. 16 in the world.
Playing for the Norway Billie Jean King Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 32–19.
Career
2010: Juniors
In 2010, Eikeri reached the semifinals of the
Australian Open
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Eikeri won her first WTA Tour title in doubles in October 2021, playing alongside
Ellen Perez
Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player.
Perez has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. ...
2022 French Open
The 2022 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 22 May to 5 June 2022, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair ...
she reached the final in mixed doubles on her debut partnering
Joran Vliegen
Joran Vliegen (born 7 July 1993) is a Belgian tennis player. Vliegen has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 28 achieved on 14 June 2021. He also has a career high singles ranking of World No. 508 achieved on 1 August 2016. Vliegen wo ...
defeating 2021 Wimbledon champions
Desirae Krawczyk
Desirae Marie Krawczyk (; born January 11, 1994) is an American professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
Krawczyk has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 10, achieved in July 2022, and has won seven titles on the WTA Tour, ...
and
Neal Skupski
Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 14 November 2022.
He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, havi ...
in the process. They lost in the final to
Ena Shibahara
is an American-born Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
She won her first Grand Slam title at the 2022 French Open alongside Wesley Koolhof in mixed doubles, and also reached the women's doubles semifinals at the 20 ...
and
Wesley Koolhof
Wesley Koolhof (; born 17 April 1989) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 in doubles on 7 November 2022.
He has won 14 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, mos ...
. By making her first Major final in her first try at mixed doubles, Ulrikke Eikeri became Norway's first Grand Slam finalist in the Open Era.