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Demi Schuurs
Demi Schuurs at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceSittard, Netherlands
Born (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 31)
Nieuwstadt, Netherlands
Turned pro2009
PlaysRigh-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$978,024
Official websitedemischuurs.nl
Singles
Career record59–48
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 512 (23 February 2015)
Doubles
Career record173-92
Career titles10 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 7 (22 October 2018)
Current rankingNo. 7 (15 July 2019)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
French Open2R (2019)
WimbledonQF (2019)
US OpenQF (2018)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenQF (2018)
WimbledonQF (2018)
US Open1R (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2-3
Last updated on: 2 October 2018.

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

She has won ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and twenty doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 23 February 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 512. On 22 October 2018, she peaked at No. 7 in the doubles rankings.

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

She qualified for the 2018 WTA Finals doubles event partnered with Elise Mertens.[1]

Personal life

Schuurs is a daughter of former Dutch international handball player Lambert Schuurs. Her younger brother Perr is a professional football player.[2]

Premier-Mandatory/Premier-5 finals

Doubles: 7 (3-3)

Outcome Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2018 Rome Clay Australia Ashleigh Barty Czech Republic Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Barbora Strycova
6–3, 6–4
Winner 2018 Montreal Hard Australia Ashleigh Barty Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up 2018 Cincinnati Hard Belgium Elise Mertens Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
2–6, 5–7
Winner 2018 Wuhan Hard Belgium Elise Mertens Czech Republic Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 2019 Rome Clay Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Australia Ashleigh Barty
6–4, 0–6, [3–10]
Pending 2019 Cincinnati Hard Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Slovenia Andreja Klepač

WTA career finals

Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 10 runners-up, 1 pending)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (3–3)
Premier (1–3)
International (6–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–5)
Grass (1–3)
Clay (3–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 12 April 2015 Katowice Open, Poland Hard (i) Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure Italy Gioia Barbieri
Italy Karin Knapp
7–5, 4–6, [10–6]
Winner 2. 19 July 2015 Bucharest Open, Romania Clay Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova Romania Andreea Mitu
Romania Patricia Maria Țig
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 1 October 2016 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Romania Raluca Olaru
Turkey İpek Soylu
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 7 January 2017 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 17 June 2017 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands Grass Netherlands Kiki Bertens Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Runner-up 4. 23 July 2017 Bucharest Open, Romania Clay Belgium Elise Mertens Romania Irina Camelia Begu
Romania Raluca Olaru
3–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 23 September 2017 Guangzhou Open, China Hard Belgium Elise Mertens Australia Monique Adamczak
Australia Storm Sanders
6–2, 6–3
Winner 4. 6 January 2018 Brisbane International, Australia Hard Netherlands Kiki Bertens Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
7–5, 6–2
Winner 5. 13 January 2018 Hobart International, Australia Hard Belgium Elise Mertens Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Japan Makoto Ninomiya
6–2, 6–2
Winner 6. 20 May 2018 Italian Open, Rome Clay Australia Ashleigh Barty Czech Republic Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6–3, 6–4
Winner 7. 26 May 2018 Nuremberg Cup, Germany Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Winner 8. 16 June 2018 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands Grass Belgium Elise Mertens Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
3–3 ret.
Runner-up 5. 24 June 2018 Birmingham Classic, Great Britain Grass Belgium Elise Mertens Hungary Timea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner 9. 12 August 2018 Canadian Open, Montreal Hard Australia Ashleigh Barty Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up 6. 19 August 2018 Cincinnati Masters, United States Hard Belgium Elise Mertens Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
2–6, 5–7
Winner 10. 28 September 2018 Wuhan Open, China Hard Belgium Elise Mertens Czech Republic Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 7. 16 February 2019 Qatar Total Open, Doha Hard Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan
1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Runner-up 8. 19 May 2019 Italian Open, Rome Clay Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Australia Ashleigh Barty
6–4, 0–6, [3–10]
Runner-up 9. 23 June 2019 Birmingham Classic, Great Britain Grass Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
4–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10]
Runner-up 10. 11 August 2019 Canadian Open, Toronto Hard Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
5–7, 0–6
Pending 11. 17 August 2019 Cincinnati Masters, United States Hard Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Slovenia Andreja Klepač

ITF finals

Singles (1–1)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 15 October 2012 Antalya, Turkey Clay Ukraine Olga Ianchuk 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Winner 1. 24 February 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith 6–4, 6–2

Doubles (20–7)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (15–5)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 27 July 2009 Bree, Belgium Clay Belgium An-Sophie Mestach Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Netherlands Quirine Lemoine
1–6, 0–6
Winner 1. 26 July 2010 Bree, Belgium Clay Belgium Sofie Oyen Netherlands Marcella Koek
Russia Marina Melnikova
6–0, 6–1
Winner 2. 16 August 2010 Westende, Belgium Hard Netherlands Quirine Lemoine Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck
Russia Irina Khromacheva
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 3. 21 March 2011 Antalya, Turkey Clay Belarus Ilona Kremen Bulgaria Martina Gledacheva
Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova
3–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–8]
Winner 4. 2 April 2012 Tessenderlo, Belgium Clay Ukraine Maryna Zanevska Germany Tatjana Maria
Liechtenstein Stephanie Vogt
6–4, 6–3
Winner 5. 8 July 2013 Aschaffenburg, Germany Clay Netherlands Eva Wacanno Germany Carolin Daniels
Germany Laura Schaeder
7–5, 1–6, [14–12]
Winner 6. 22 July 2013 Maaseik, Belgium Clay Netherlands Eva Wacanno Netherlands Bernice van de Velde
Netherlands Kelly Versteeg
6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Winner 7. 26 August 2013 Rotterdam, Netherlands Clay France Amandine Hesse Belgium Elke Lemmens
Belarus Sviatlana Pirazhenka
3–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Runner-up 2. 2 September 2013 Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Eva Wacanno Netherlands Cindy Burger
Chile Daniela Seguel
4–6, 1–6
Winner 8. 11 November 2013 Bol, Croatia Clay Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková Slovakia Vivien Juhászová
Czech Republic Tereza Malíková
6–2, 6–4
Winner 9. 13 December 2013 Madrid, Spain Hard Netherlands Eva Wacanno Bulgaria Elitsa Kostova
Russia Evgeniya Rodina
6–1, 6–2
Runner–up 3. 22 February 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Madagascar Zarah Razafimahatratra Montenegro Ana Veselinović
Russia Eugeniya Pashkova
2–6, 1–6
Runner–up 4. 23 June 2014 Breda, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Eva Wacanno Belarus Sviatlana Pirazhenka
Russia Natela Dzalamidze
4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 5. 9 August 2014 Koksijde, Belgium Clay United States Bernarda Pera Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure
Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp
4–6, 4–6
Winner 10. 18 August 2014 Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium Clay Belgium Elise Mertens Argentina Tatiana Búa
Chile Daniela Seguel
6–2, 6–3
Winner 11. 30 August 2014 Fleurus, Belgium Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus Sweden Hilda Melander
Russia Marina Melnikova
6–4, 6–1
Winner 12. 15 November 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Belgium Marie Benoît Russia Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Russia Polina Monova
6–4, 7–5
Winner 13. 1 December 2014 Sousse, Tunisia Hard Netherlands Kelly Versteeg Slovakia Vivien Juhászová
Slovakia Tereza Malíková
6–3, 6–0
Winner 14. 8 February 2015 Grenoble, France Hard (i) Japan Hiroko Kuwata France Manon Arcangioli
Netherlands Cindy Burger
6–1, 6–3
Winner 15. 27 February 2015 Beinasco, Italy Clay (i) Chile Daniela Seguel Switzerland Xenia Knoll
Italy Alice Matteucci
6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Runner-up 6. 15 June 2015 Ilkley, Great Britain Grass Belgium An-Sophie Mestach Romania Raluca Olaru
China Xu Yifan
3–6, 4–6
Winner 16. 3 August 2015 Koksijde, Belgium Clay Belgium Elise Mertens Poland Justyna Jegiołka
France Sherazad Reix
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 30 April 2016 Wiesbaden, Germany Clay Belgium Steffi Distelmans Belgium Marie Benoît
Netherlands Arantxa Rus
2–6, 2–6
Winner 17. 8 May 2016 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Romania Andreea Mitu Switzerland Xenia Knoll
Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
6–4, 7–5
Winner 18. 9 May 2016 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Germany Nicola Geuer
Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
6–1, 6–2
Winner 19. 30 July 2016 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Spain Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo
7–5, 3–6, [10–4]
Winner 20. 14 August 2016 Koksijde, Belgium Clay Belgium Steffi Distelmans Turkey Başak Eraydın
Belarus Ilona Kremen
6–1, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals (2–2)

Doubles

Outcome Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 2011 Australian Open Hard Belgium An-Sophie Mestach Japan Eri Hozumi
Japan Miyu Kato
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 2011 French Open Clay Russia Victoria Kan Russia Irina Khromacheva
Ukraine Maryna Zanevska
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2011 Wimbledon Championships Grass China Tang Haochen Canada Eugenie Bouchard
United States Grace Min
5–7, 6-2, 5-7
Winner 2011 US Open Hard Russia Irina Khromacheva United States Gabrielle Andrews
United States Taylor Townsend
6–4, 5–7, [10–5]

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
French Open A A 1R 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon A 1R 3R 3R QF 0 / 4 7–4 64%
US Open 1R A 2R QF 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Win–loss 0–1 0–2 3–4 5–4 3–3 0 / 14 12–14 46%
Year-End Championship
WTA Finals Did not qualify QF 0 / 1 0–1 0%
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A A 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami Open A A 1R SF 2R 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Madrid Open A A A A QF 0 / 1 2–1 67%
China Open A A 2R SF 0 / 2 3–2 60%
WTA Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai Tennis Championships A P A P QF 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Qatar Ladies Open P A P 2R P 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A A W F 1 / 2 9–1 90%
Canadian Open A A A W F 1 / 2 8–1 89%
Cincinnati Open A A 1R F 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Wuhan Open A A 1R W 1 / 2 5–1 83%
Year-End Ranking 71 45 8 No. 7

References