Demi Schuurs (born 1 August 1993) is a professional Dutch tennis player who has specialized in doubles.
She has won seventeen doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and twenty doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In February 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking 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
2018–2022: Four WTA 1000 titles and WTA doubles Finals with for different partners She qualified for the 2018 WTA Finals doubles event, partnering Elise Mertens where she reached the quarterfinals.
In 2021 she qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals with Nicole Melichar and reached the semifinals for a second time. In 2022, she also qualified for her fourth WTA Finals in a row with a fourth different partner, Desirae Krawczyk. The pair reached the semifinals, making it the third time for Schuurs.
2023: WTA singles main draw debut
Without a singles ranking she qualified at the 2023 Guadalajara Open Akron for her first singles main draw at a WTA tour level on her eighth WTA singles qualifying attempt, getting her first singles ranking in the top 1000 since 2016.
Personal life
Schuurs is a daughter of former Dutch international handball player Lambert Schuurs. Her younger brother Perr is a professional football 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
Significant finals
WTA 1000 tournaments
Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)
WTA career finals
Doubles: 33 (17 titles, 16 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
Doubles: 27 (20–7)
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)
References
External links
1993 births
Living people
LGBT tennis players
Dutch LGBT sportspeople
People from Echt-Susteren
Dutch female tennis players
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
Olympic tennis players for the Netherlands
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century Dutch LGBT people
Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands)