Demi_Schuurs

Demi Schuurs

Demi Schuurs

Dutch tennis player


Demi Schuurs (born 1 August 1993) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.

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On 22 October 2018, she peaked at No. 7 in the doubles rankings. In February 2015, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 512.

She has won eighteen doubles tournaments on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and twenty doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Juniors

Schuurs won the junior events of the doubles tournaments at 2011 Australian Open and 2011 US Open.[1]

Professional career

2018–2020: Four WTA 1000 titles and four finals, world No. 7, WTA Finals debut and first SF

She qualified for the 2018 WTA Finals doubles event, partnering Elise Mertens[2] where she reached the quarterfinals.[3][note 1]

2021–2022: Fourth WTA Finals in doubles with fourth different partner and two times semifinalist

She qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals with Nicole Melichar and reached the semifinals for a second time.[3][note 1]

In 2022, she also qualified for her fourth WTA Finals in a row with a fourth different partner, Desirae Krawczyk.[4][5] The pair reached the semifinals, making it the third time for Schuurs.[6]

2023: WTA Tour singles main-draw debut, 5th doubles WTA Finals

Without a singles ranking she qualified at the Guadalajara Open for her first singles main draw at a tour–level on her eighth WTA singles qualifying attempt, getting her first singles ranking in the top 1000 since 2016.[7]

She qualified for the WTA Finals with Desirae Krawczyk for a fifth year in a row that the tournament was played, and for the second time with the same partner.[3][note 1]

2024

Schuurs' first competition of the season was representing the Netherlands in the United Cup, a mixed team competition in Perth, Australia. Although the team's performance was not good, being disqualified in the group stage, Schuurs won both mixed doubles matches in which she participated.[8] Still on the Australian swing, Schuurs participated in the Adelaide International in partnership with Asia Muhammad they reached the quarterfinals.[3][note 1] Next, she entered the Australian Open with a new partner, the Brazilian Luisa Stefani, and they reached the quarterfinals.[3][note 1]

Continuing her campaign on hardcourts, now in the Middle East, Schuurs and Stefani competed at the Qatar Ladies Open where they caught the title without losing a single set.[3][note 1]

Personal life

Schuurs is a daughter of former Dutch international handball player Lambert Schuurs. Her younger brother Perr is a professional football player.[9]

During an interview with the WTA in 2020, Schuurs revealed that she is in a relationship with a woman named Carmen.[10]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles

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Significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 34 (18 titles, 16 runner-ups)

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles (1–1)

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Doubles (20–7)

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Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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Notes

  1. To obtain data from this reference, select the corresponding year on the WTA or ITF website.

References

  1. ITF Staff (2024-02-19). "Demi Schuurs Juniors Doubles Titles". ITF. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  2. WTA Staff (2024-02-19). "Demi Schuurs - Matches". WTA. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  3. "Dutch Doubles Propels Netherlands Past Norway At United Cup". atptour.com. 2023-12-30. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  4. "Opnieuw talentvolle telg uit familie Schuurs" [Another talented member of the Schuurs family] (in Dutch). l1.nl. 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2024-02-19.

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