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Full name | Destanee Gabriella Aiava |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Residence | Narre Warren, Victoria |
Born | Melbourne, Victoria | 10 May 2000
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 2015 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Nicole Kriz |
Prize money | $755,557 |
Singles | |
Career record | 228–149 |
Career titles | 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 147 (11 September 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 189 (22 July 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) |
French Open | Q1 (2017, 2018, 2024) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (2017) |
US Open | Q2 (2017) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 130–82 |
Career titles | 13 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 134 (27 May 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 136 (22 July 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2024) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
Last updated on: 22 July 2024. |
Destanee Gabriella Aiava (born 10 May 2000) is an Australian professional tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 147 in singles, achieved on 11 September 2017, and 134 in doubles, achieved on 27 May 2024. Aiava has won seven singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut after winning the 2016 U18 Australian Championships, granting her a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open. She thus became the first player, male or female, born in 2000 or later to participate in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.[1]
Early life
[edit]Aiava is of Samoan descent; her father, Mark, was born in New Zealand to Samoan parents, and her mother, Rosie, was born in American Samoa.[2]
Junior career
[edit]2012–2016
[edit]In 2012, at the age of 12, Aiava represented Australia at Roland Garros in the Longines Future Tennis Aces Tournament. Competing against fifteen of the top under-13 female tennis players, Aiava won the tournament and won the right to play alongside Steffi Graf in an exhibition match.[3] The years following, Aiava mainly played on the junior circuit. In 2014, she won the Tecnifibre Tennis Central Championships and NZ ITF Summer Championships in New Zealand as well as Australian International's in Queensland and Victoria. At the age of 14, she won the U18 Canadian world ranking event in Montreal, Quebec.
Professional career
[edit]2015–2016
[edit]In early 2015, Aiava made her professional debut at the Burnie International, after receiving wildcards in the singles and doubles, where she lost early in both. At the Launceston Tennis International, Aiava won her first professional main-draw match against Lu Jiajing. She also made the quarterfinals of a $15k tournament in Melbourne in April 2015. In March 2016, Aiava made her first career final at a $25k tournament in Canberra. In December 2016, she won the U18 Girls' Australian Championships and earned a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open. She thus became the first player born in the 21st century to play at a Grand Slam championship.[4]
2017: First titles and major debut
[edit]Aiava commenced the year by qualifying for the Brisbane International and her first appearance in a WTA Tour main draw.[5] Aiava defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the first round,[6] before losing to two-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 9, Svetlana Kuznetsova. Aiava made her major debut at the Australian Open as a wildcard, losing in round one to Mona Barthel.
In February, Aiava won the first ITF title of her career, winning the $25k event in Perth by defeating Viktória Kužmová in the final. The following month, she won another $25k title, this time in Mornington, beating Barbora Krejčíková in the final. In April, Aiava was named in the Australia Fed Cup team for the first time.[7] In May, she reached the semifinals of the Open Saint-Gaudens, before losing the first round of qualifying at the French Open. In June, Aiava lost in the final round of Wimbledon qualifying. In September, she reached the second round of qualifying for the US Open before granting a wildcard into Tournoi de Québec, where she lost in the first round. In October, Aiava reached the final of the Canberra International. In December, she was unable to defend her girls' title, losing to Jaimee Fourlis in a reversal of the result from 2016.[8] The following week, Aiava won the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff.[9][10]
2018: Third ITF title
[edit]Aiava was awarded a wildcard into the Brisbane International[11] where she lost in the first round to another wildcard entry, Ajla Tomljanović.[12]
Aiava also received wildcard for the Australian Open, where she was defeated in the first round by world No. 1 and top seed, Simona Halep. Aiava had two set points in the first set before going off-court to receive a medical time out. She subsequently lost the match in straight sets.[13] Aiava reached the quarterfinals of the Burnie International and Zhuhai Open, before reaching the final of the Clay Court International.[14] In April, she won the title at the Osaka event; her third on the ITF Circuit and first title outside Australia.[15]
In May, she lost in the first round of French Open qualifying.
2019
[edit]Aiava began season at the Brisbane International where she qualified for the main draw with victories over Vania King, Mandy Minella and Christina McHale. She then defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round, before falling to second seed Naomi Osaka. Aiava received her third Australian Open wildcard entry, losing to 17th seed Madison Keys. She then won the Clay Court International title on March 24 by defeating world No. 289, Risa Ozaki.[16]
![Photo of Risa Ozaki and Destanee Aiava with their ACT Clay Court International #1 trophies](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/ACT_Clay_Court_International-1_finals-24_March_2019.jpg/220px-ACT_Clay_Court_International-1_finals-24_March_2019.jpg)
2022
[edit]In January, Aiava lost in the first round of the Australian Open qualifying.[18]
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Singles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2016 | ITF Canberra, Australia | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 6–7( ) |
Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2016 | ITF Tweed Heads, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Feb 2017 | ITF Perth, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 2–2 | Mar 2017 | ITF Mornington, Australia | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 4-6, 6-2 |
Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2017 | Canberra International, Australia | W60 | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | Mar 2018 | Clay Court International, Australia | W60 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–4 | Apr 2018 | ITF Osaka, Japan | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(2) |
Loss | 3–5 | Sep 2018 | ITF Cairns, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–7(5), 1–6 |
Win | 4–5 | Mar 2019 | Clay Court International, Australia | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–6 | Feb 2020 | Launceston International, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 4–7 | Feb 2020 | ITF Perth, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–7(4) |
Loss | 4–8 | Jul 2022 | ITF Caloundra, Australia | W15 | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(4), 4–6 |
Loss | 4–9 | Jul 2022 | ITF Caloundra, Australia | W15 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 2–3 ret. |
Loss | 4–10 | Sep 2022 | ITF Darwin, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5–10 | Nov 2022 | ITF Traralgon, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–7(4), 6–4 |
Win | 6–10 | Aug 2023 | ITF Aldershot, United Kingdom | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 7–10 | Sep 2023 | ITF Cairns, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
w/o |
Win | 8–10 | Nov 2023 | Sydney Challenger, Australia | W60 | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Doubles: 22 (13 titles, 9 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2018 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 7–5, [4–10] |
Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2018 | Canberra International, Australia | W60 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(5), 3–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 0–3 | Mar 2019 | Clay Court International, Australia | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 2–6, [4–10] |
Loss | 0–4 | Apr 2019 | Dothan Pro Classic, United States |
W80 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5), 4–6 |
Win | 1–4 | Sep 2019 | Darwin International, Australia | W60 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 2–6, [10–3] |
Win | 2–4 | Oct 2019 | ITF Brisbane International, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 3–4 | June 2021 | ITF Madrid, Spain | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–5 | Oct 2022 | ITF Cairns, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 4–5 | Nov 2022 | Sydney Challenger, Australia | W60 | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–3, [10–6] |
Win | 5–5 | Nov 2022 | ITF Traralgon, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 4–6, [10–5] |
Win | 6–5 | Feb 2023 | Burnie International, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 6–6 | Mar 2023 | Clay Court International, Australia | W60 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(2), 5-7 |
Loss | 6–7 | June 2023 | ITF Madrid Open, Spain | W60 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, [6–10] |
Win | 7–7 | Jul 2023 | ITF Foxhills, UK | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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6-2, 6-3 |
Win | 8–7 | Aug 2023 | ITF Aldershot, UK | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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6-4, 6-3 |
Win | 9–7 | Sep 2023 | ITF Perth, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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6-1, 6-4 |
Win | 10–7 | Sep 2023 | ITF Perth, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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6-3, 7–6(3) |
Win | 11–7 | Oct 2023 | ITF Cairns, Australia | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
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7-6(5), 7-5 |
Win | 12–7 | Oct 2023 | Sydney Challenger, Australia | W60 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–0 |
Loss | 12–8 | Nov 2023 | ITF Brisbane International, Australia | W60 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [5–10] |
Loss | 12–9 | Feb 2024 | ITF Traralgon, Australia | W35 | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 13–9 | May 2024 | Open Villa de Madrid, Spain | W100 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, [10–5] |
Top 10 wins
[edit]# | Player | Rank | Tournament | Surface | Rd | Score | DAR |
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2019 | |||||||
1. | ![]() |
No. 10 | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands | Grass | 1R | 7–6(3), 1–6, 6–4 | No. 214 |
References
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- ^ "Fourlis wins 18/u title for Australian Open wildcard". Tennis Australia. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ "DESTANEE AIAVA AND ALEX DE MINAUR WIN AUSTRALIAN OPEN WILDCARDS". Tennis Australia. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
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- ^ "Aiava and Tomljanovic earn Brisbane wildcards". 22 December 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Azarenka withdraws from Australian Open amid ongoing custody battle". TheGuardian.com. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Halep survives date with Destanee in opening round". Reuters. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "AIAVA FALLS IN CANBERRA FINAL". Tennis Australia. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "DESTANEE AIAVA CLAIMS ITF TITLE IN JAPAN". Tennis Australia. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Destanee Aiava finally claims a Canberra title – Robicia Tennis". robiciatennis.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.
- ^ Aiava was the runner-up in 2016 and 2018 (photo by Rob Keating, http://robiciatennis.com )
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