Sally Peers (born 1 June 1991) is an Australian former professional

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player. Her career-high singles ranking by the

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(WTA) is 145, which she achieved on 11 April 2011. Her highest doubles ranking of world No. 89 she reached on 8 November 2010.itftennis.com Women's Circuit profile
/ref> Her career high in juniors is world No. 54, achieved on 21 July 2008.itftennis.com Juniors profile
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Early life and junior career

Her mother, Elizabeth Little, was a professional tennis player, as is her brother,

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. Sally Peers started playing tennis at the age of six. She attended Mount View Primary School in

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and

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. In 2009, she won the girls' doubles tournament of the

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, paired with

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."Kuznetsov and Lertcheewakarn claim junior Wimbledon titles"
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2010

In 2010, Peers attended the

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in New Delhi, India. She entered both singles and women's doubles. In the singles tournament, Peers was seeded fourth. She skipped the first round because she was seeded and was due to play Maldive player Aminta Mahir. Sally thrashed Mahir, 6–0, 6–0 advancing through to the quarterfinals. She then played seventh seed Anna Smith from the UK. Peers won 6–3, 6–3, and won through to the semifinals. This meant that no-matter what happened Peers would be in a play-off for a medal. She played fellow Australian and No. 1 seed

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. After losing the first set 3–6, Peers bounced back and took the second set in a tie-breaker. However, Rodionova powered through the third set 6–1, on her way to winning the gold medal. Peers was then in the bronze-medal match. She played another Australian and sixth seed

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. Peers again lost the first set, and again came back in the second to win in a tie-breaker. However, she didn't make the same mistake as she did against Rodionova and won the bronze medal beating Rogowska, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3. In the doubles event, Sally played with Anastasia Rodionova. As the No. 1 seeds they skipped the first round and played Bahama team,

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and Larikah Russell in the quarterfinals. Rodionova and Peers powered through the match 6–2, 6–4. They reached the semifinals and played Indians and fourth seeds,

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and

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. Peers and Rodionova won through to the gold-medal match, winning 6–4, 6–4 against fellow Australians Jessica Moore and Olivia Rogowska. Peers and Rodionova won the first set 6–3, but lost the second 2–6. In the third set, Peers and Rodionova won 6–3, and the gold medal. At the US Open, she qualified to play in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. In the first round, she crushed world No. 54,

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, 6–0, 6–1 for her first ever major victory before being defeated by the defending US Open champion,

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, in straight sets, 6–2, 6–1.

2011

Peers got her first win over a top 50 player at the

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where she received a wildcard. She defeated world No. 25,

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in the first round, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 but then lost to

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in straight sets, 4–6, 1–6. For the

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, she earned a wildcard entry into the women's singles. In the first round she faced 25th seed and eventual quarterfinalist

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. Peers lost in straight sets, 2–6, 4–6. She also entered

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with Carsten Ball. In the first round, they played unseeded pair

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and

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. Peers and Ball won in straight sets, 6–1, 6–2. In the second round, they were drawn to face No. 1 seeds

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and

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. Huber and Bryan pulled out of the match. Peers and Ball played

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 wo ...

and

Horia Tecău Horia Tecău (; born January 19, 1985) is a Romanian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles. He is a three-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2017 US Open alongside Jean-Julien Rojer ...

in the quarterfinals. Mattek-Sands and Tecau won the match in tough straight sets, 7–5, 6–4.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (2–5)

Doubles: 29 (14–15)

References

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