Demi Schuurs (born 1 August 1993) is a professional Dutch

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player who has specialized in doubles. She has won 15 doubles titles on the

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, as well as one singles title and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In February 2015, she reached a career-high singles

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of world No. 512. On 22 October 2018, she peaked at No. 7 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Juniors

Schuurs won the junior events of the doubles tournaments at 2011 Australian Open and 2011 US Open.

Professional career

She qualified for the 2018 WTA Finals doubles event, partnering

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where she reached the quarterfinals. In 2022, she qualified for her fourth

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in a row with a fourth different partner,

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Personal life

Schuurs is a daughter of former Dutch international

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player

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. Her younger brother Perr is a professional

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player. During an interview with the WTA in 2020, Schuurs revealed that she is in a relationship with a woman named Carmen.

Performance timeline

Doubles

WTA 1000 finals

Doubles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)

WTA career finals

Doubles: 30 (15 titles, 15 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Doubles: 27 (20–7)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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