Demi Schuurs

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

Demi Schuurs

Demi Schuurs at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Sittard, Netherlands
Born	1 August 1993 Nieuwstadt, Netherlands
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,335,118
Official website	demischuurs.nl
Singles
Career record	59–50
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 512 (23 February 2015)
Doubles
Career record	260–139
Career titles	12 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 7 (22 October 2018)
Current ranking	No. 12 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2020)
French Open	3R (2020)
Wimbledon	QF (2019)
US Open	QF (2018, 2020)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	QF (2018)
Wimbledon	QF (2018)
US Open	1R (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–4
Last updated on: 31 March 2020.

She has won ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and twenty doubles titles on the ITF 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, partnering 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]

During an interview with the WTA in 2020, Schuurs revealed that she is in a relationship with a woman named Carmen.[3]

Premier-Mandatory/Premier-5 finals

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2018	Italian Open, Rome	Clay	Ashleigh Barty	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strycova	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2018	Canadian Open, Montreal	Hard	Ashleigh Barty	Latisha Chan Ekaterina Makarova	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up	2018	Cincinnati Open, U.S.	Hard	Elise Mertens	Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova	2–6, 5–7
Winner	2018	Wuhan Open, China	Hard	Elise Mertens	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2019	Italian Open, Rome	Clay	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Victoria Azarenka Ashleigh Barty	6–4, 0–6, [3–10]
Runner-up	2019	Canadian Open, Toronto	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	2019	Cincinnati Open, U.S.	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Lucie Hradecká Andreja Klepač	4–6, 1–6
Winner	2020	Cincinnati Open, U.S.	Hard	Květa Peschke	Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan	6–1, 4–6, [10–4]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 23 (12 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (4–4) Premier (1–3) International (7–4)

Finals by surface Hard (7–6) Grass (1–3) Clay (4–2) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	12 April 2015	Katowice Open, Poland	Hard (i)	Ysaline Bonaventure	Gioia Barbieri Karin Knapp	7–5, 4–6, [10–6]
Winner	2.	19 July 2015	Bucharest Open, Romania	Clay	Oksana Kalashnikova	Andreea Mitu Patricia Maria Țig	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	1 October 2016	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Raluca Olaru İpek Soylu	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	7 January 2017	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	17 June 2017	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands	Grass	Kiki Bertens	Dominika Cibulková Kirsten Flipkens	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	4.	23 July 2017	Bucharest Open, Romania	Clay	Elise Mertens	Irina Camelia Begu Raluca Olaru	3–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	23 September 2017	Guangzhou Open, China	Hard	Elise Mertens	Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders	6–2, 6–3
Winner	4.	6 January 2018	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	Kiki Bertens	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez	7–5, 6–2
Winner	5.	13 January 2018	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Elise Mertens	Lyudmyla Kichenok Makoto Ninomiya	6–2, 6–2
Winner	6.	20 May 2018	Italian Open, Rome	Clay	Ashleigh Barty	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–3, 6–4
Winner	7.	26 May 2018	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Winner	8.	16 June 2018	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands	Grass	Elise Mertens	Kiki Bertens Kirsten Flipkens	3–3 ret.
Runner-up	5.	24 June 2018	Birmingham Classic, Great Britain	Grass	Elise Mertens	Timea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner	9.	12 August 2018	Canadian Open, Montreal	Hard	Ashleigh Barty	Latisha Chan Ekaterina Makarova	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up	6.	19 August 2018	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Hard	Elise Mertens	Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova	2–6, 5–7
Winner	10.	28 September 2018	Wuhan Open, China	Hard	Elise Mertens	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	16 February 2019	Qatar Total Open, Doha	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Runner-up	8.	19 May 2019	Italian Open, Rome	Clay	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Victoria Azarenka Ashleigh Barty	6–4, 0–6, [3–10]
Runner-up	9.	23 June 2019	Birmingham Classic, Great Britain	Grass	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), [8–10]
Runner-up	10.	11 August 2019	Canadian Open, Toronto	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	11.	17 August 2019	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Lucie Hradecká Andreja Klepač	4–6, 1–6
Winner	11.	29 August 2020	Cincinnati Masters, New York	Hard	Květa Peschke	Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan	6–1, 4–6, [10–4]
Winner	12.	26 September 2020	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Nicole Melichar	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	6–4, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (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	Olga Ianchuk	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	1.	24 February 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 27 (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	An-Sophie Mestach	Kiki Bertens Quirine Lemoine	1–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	26 July 2010	Bree, Belgium	Clay	Sofie Oyen	Marcella Koek Marina Melnikova	6–0, 6–1
Winner	2.	16 August 2010	Westende, Belgium	Hard	Quirine Lemoine	Alison Van Uytvanck Irina Khromacheva	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	21 March 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ilona Kremen	Martina Gledacheva Isabella Shinikova	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), [10–8]
Winner	4.	2 April 2012	Tessenderlo, Belgium	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	Tatjana Maria Stephanie Vogt	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	8 July 2013	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Carolin Daniels Laura Schaeder	7–5, 1–6, [14–12]
Winner	6.	22 July 2013	Maaseik, Belgium	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Bernice van de Velde Kelly Versteeg	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Winner	7.	26 August 2013	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Amandine Hesse	Elke Lemmens Sviatlana Pirazhenka	3–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Runner-up	2.	2 September 2013	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Cindy Burger Daniela Seguel	4–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	11 November 2013	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	Vivien Juhászová Tereza Malíková	6–2, 6–4
Winner	9.	13 December 2013	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Eva Wacanno	Elitsa Kostova Evgeniya Rodina	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	22 February 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Zarah Razafimahatratra	Ana Veselinović Eugeniya Pashkova	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	23 June 2014	Breda, Netherlands	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Sviatlana Pirazhenka Natela Dzalamidze	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	9 August 2014	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Bernarda Pera	Ysaline Bonaventure Richèl Hogenkamp	4–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	18 August 2014	Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium	Clay	Elise Mertens	Tatiana Búa Daniela Seguel	6–2, 6–3
Winner	11.	30 August 2014	Fleurus, Belgium	Clay	Arantxa Rus	Hilda Melander Marina Melnikova	6–4, 6–1
Winner	12.	15 November 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Marie Benoît	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Polina Monova	6–4, 7–5
Winner	13.	1 December 2014	Sousse, Tunisia	Hard	Kelly Versteeg	Vivien Juhászová Tereza Malíková	6–3, 6–0
Winner	14.	8 February 2015	Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Hiroko Kuwata	Manon Arcangioli Cindy Burger	6–1, 6–3
Winner	15.	27 February 2015	Beinasco, Italy	Clay (i)	Daniela Seguel	Xenia Knoll Alice Matteucci	6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	6.	15 June 2015	Ilkley, Great Britain	Grass	An-Sophie Mestach	Raluca Olaru Xu Yifan	3–6, 4–6
Winner	16.	3 August 2015	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Elise Mertens	Justyna Jegiołka Sherazad Reix	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	30 April 2016	Wiesbaden, Germany	Clay	Steffi Distelmans	Marie Benoît Arantxa Rus	2–6, 2–6
Winner	17.	8 May 2016	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Andreea Mitu	Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić	6–4, 7–5
Winner	18.	9 May 2016	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Nicola Geuer Viktorija Golubic	6–1, 6–2
Winner	19.	30 July 2016	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Sílvia Soler Espinosa Sara Sorribes Tormo	7–5, 3–6, [10–4]
Winner	20.	14 August 2016	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Steffi Distelmans	Başak Eraydın Ilona Kremen	6–1, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

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

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R		0 / 5	1–5	17%
French Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	3R		0 / 4	3–4	43%
Wimbledon	A	1R	3R	3R	QF	NH		0 / 4	7–4	64%
US Open	1R	A	2R	QF	2R	QF		0 / 5	7–5	58%
Win–Loss	0–1	0–2	3–4	5–4	3–3	5–3	0–0	0 / 18	16–17	48%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals	Did not qualify			QF	SF	NH		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	NH		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Miami Open	A	A	1R	SF	2R	NH		0 / 3	5–3	63%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	QF	NH		0 / 1	2–1	67%
China Open	A	A	2R	SF	QF	NH		0 / 2	3–2	60%
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai Tennis Championships	A	P	A	P	QF	P		0 / 1	2–1	67%
Qatar Ladies Open	P	A	P	2R	P	1R		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Italian Open	A	A	A	W	F	2R		1 / 3	9–2	82%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	W	F	NH		1 / 2	8–1	89%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	1R	F	F	W		1 / 4	12–3	80%
Wuhan Open	A	A	1R	W	SF	NH		1 / 3	7–2	78%
Year-end ranking	N/A	71	45	8	14	12

References

1. Sestini Hlavackova/Strycova and Mertens/Schuurs qualify for Singapore - WTA
2. Opnieuw talentvolle telg uit familie Schuurs - L1 (in Dutch)
3. https://www.wtatennis.com/news/1699430/-you-only-live-once-on-court-and-off-schuurs-stands-out

External links

• Demi Schuurs at the Women's Tennis Association
• Demi Schuurs at the International Tennis Federation
• Demi Schuurs at the Billie Jean King Cup