Zoe Hives (born 24 October 1996) is a professional
Australian
tennis
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player.
She has career-high
WTA rankings
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Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1.
Ranking method
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of World No. 142 in singles and World No. 144 in doubles, both achieved in 2019. Hives so far has won four singles and two doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmental ...
.
In November 2017, Hives won the most important doubles career title to date at the
2017 Bendigo Women's International, partnering
Alison Bai
Alison Bai (born 18 January 1990) is a professional Australian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 305, which she reached on 2 November 2015. Her career-high in doubles is No. 125, set on 20 January 2020.
On the ITF Circuit ...
. This resulted in them being awarded a wild card into the Australian Open.
She entered into the main draw, using protected ranking in the qualifying competition, making her Grand Slam debut at the
2022 Wimbledon Championships
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.
Coaching
Hives is coached by Michael Logarzo and based in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
.
Career
2019
In January, Hives was awarded a wildcard into the
Australian Open and defeated
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former w ...
in round one – her first ever Grand Slam main-draw win. She lost to
Caroline Garcia
Caroline Garcia (, born 16 October 1993) is a French professional tennis player. She has been ranked in the top 5 in both singles at world No. 4 and in doubles at world No. 2. Garcia is the 2022 WTA Finals singles champion.
She is also a two- ...
in the second round.
2022
In January 2022, hives played her first professional match since September 2019 and made the second round of the
2022 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying.
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
WTA finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner–up)
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
Notes
References
External links
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Zoe Hives website
1996 births
Living people
Australian female tennis players
Sportspeople from Ballarat
Tennis people from Victoria (Australia)
21st-century Australian women
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