Tahlia Kokkinis, a 15-year-old from Brisbane, was amongst 10 Australian gamers to win an expert title this week.
Australia, 18 March 2024 | Leigh Rogers
It’s been an enormous week in Australian tennis, with singles triumphs, doubles victories and workforce success recorded throughout a number of continents, surfaces, age teams and codecs.
There’s no scarcity of fine information to report – from 15-year-old Tahlia Kokkinis claiming her first ITF skilled doubles title at an Australian Professional Tour occasion, to 83-year-olds Bobbie Reynolds and Mary King that includes among the many Australian medal winners on the ITF Masters World Crew Championships in Turkey.
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The Australian quad wheelchair workforce can be performing strongly on the World Crew Cup Asian Qualification occasion in Thailand, with Heath Davidson and Finn Broadbent progressing to a last showdown towards Chile later at present.
This week’s most excellent performers embody:
Storm Hunter: The 29-year-old turned the primary Australian in 14 years to advance to a ladies’s doubles last at Indian Wells (USA). After a runner-up end on the WTA 1000 match, Hunter and Czech associate Katerina Siniakova’s workforce report this season now stands at 14 wins from 17 matches.
Ellen Perez: The 28-year-old superior to the doubles semifinals on the WTA 1000 match in Indian Wells alongside American Nicole Melichar-Martinez. The in-form duo have now gained 10 of their previous 12 matches.
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Alex de Minaur: The 25-year-old matched his career-best consequence on the ATP Masters 1000 match at Indian Wells (USA), advancing to the fourth spherical in singles for the third time previously 4 years.
Storm Hunter and Matt Ebden: The Aussie pair gained the inaugural Invitational Combined Doubles occasion at Indian Wells. That is 36-year-old Ebden’s first combined doubles title since successful the Australian Open in 2013.
Olivia Gadecki: The 21-year-old teamed with Brit Olivia Nicholls to win the doubles title at an WTA 125 match in Charleston (USA). It’s their second consecutive title collectively, extending their successful run to eight matches, and is Gadecki’s thirteenth profession doubles title.
Rinky Hijikata: The 23-year-old was a doubles finalist alongside Brit Henry Patten at an ATP Challenger match in Phoenix (USA). This was Hijikata’s second finals look of 2024.
Aleksandar Vukic: The 27-year-old posted his finest results of the season, advancing to the singles semifinals on the ATP Challenger in Phoenix.
Thanasi Kokkinakis: The 27-year-old defeated two higher-ranked opponents to achieve the singles quarterfinals on the ATP Challenger in Phoenix. Kokkinakis recorded his fourth top-50 win of the season, beating world No.35 Christopher Eubanks.
Kimberly Birrell: The 25-year-old teamed with Japan’s
Maya Joint: The 17-year-old gained the singles title at an ITF 35 match in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). That is her second title of the season. Joint additionally superior to the doubles semifinals alongside fellow Aussie Elysia Bolton.
Maddison Inglis: The 26-year-old swept the ladies’s singles title on the ITF 35 match in Mildura (Australia) with out dropping a set. That is Inglis’ seventh profession singles title and her first gained on Australian soil in additional than 4 years.
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Tahlia Kokkinis and Alicia Smith: The Aussie mixture gained the ladies’s doubles title on the ITF 35 match in Mildura. That is 15-year-old Kokkinis’ first skilled doubles title, whereas it’s the fourth and largest ITF doubles title of 27-year-old Smith’s profession.
Tina Smith: The 21-year-old was a singles finalist on the ITF 35 match in Mildura. This was Smith’s fifth profession singles last and her second this season.
Alex Bolt: The 31-year-old was topped the lads’s singles champion on the ITF 25 match in Mildura. Bolt didn’t lose a set on the grass-court match as he claimed his tenth profession singles title and first in Australia since October 2022.
Blake Ellis and Joshua Charlton: The Aussie pair gained the lads’s doubles title on the ITF 25 match in Mildura. That is 25-year-old Ellis’ eleventh profession doubles title and 24-year-old Charlton’s second.
Luke Saville: The 30-year-old recorded a runner-up end in singles on the ITF 25 occasion in Mildura. This was Saville’s first last look since August 2023.
Matt Hulme: The 25-year-old was a doubles finalist alongside New Zealand’s James Watt on the ITF 25 match in Mildura. It was Hulme’s second ITF last look of the season.
Hayden Jones: The promising 17-year-old was a doubles semifinalist (with New Zealand’s Ajeet Rai) and singles quarterfinalist on the ITF 25 match in Mildura. These had been Jones’ career-best outcomes at a pro-level occasion.
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Patrick Harper: The 24-year-old was a doubles finalist at an ITF 25 match in Bakersfield (USA) alongside Brit Emile Hudd. Harper scored a win towards his older brother, 26-year-old Mitchell Harper, within the quarterfinals. It was their first assembly in doubles on the ITF Tour.
Heath Davidson: The 36-year-old is unbeaten to date on the World Crew Cup Asian Qualification occasion in Thailand, teaming with Finn Broadbent to steer the Australian quad wheelchair workforce into the ultimate.
Anderson Parker: The 26-year-old was a finalist in males’s singles and doubles (with Korea’s at an ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour occasion in Pattaya (Thailand). This was Parker’s third singles last look of the season. He additionally represented Australia on the World Crew Cup Asian Qualification occasion.
Sally Schwartz: The 20-year-old was a ladies’s singles finalist on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour occasion in Pattaya. It was Schwartz’s second last look in as many weeks.
Brendan Loh: The 17-year-old gained the boys’ singles title on the ITF J100 match in Mornington (Australia). Loh claimed his first ITF junior singles title by successful an all-Australian last towards 17-year-old Derin Sen. The South Australian expertise was additionally a doubles finalist alongside Victorian Daniel Jovanovski.
Ava Beck: The 15-year-old scooped the ladies’ singles title on the ITF J100 match in Mornington, successful an all-Australian last towards prime seed Giselle Guillen. That is the third – and largest – ITF junior singles title of Beck’s profession.
Leanne Abouhamad and Gurmanat Sandhu: The 16-year-old Abouhamad and 15-year-old Sandhu mixed to win the ladies’ doubles title in Mornington, beating one other all-Australian mixture of Aliyah Dwyer and Mahi Khore within the last. That is Abouhamad’s second ITF title and Sandhu’s first.
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