Destanee Aiava

Destanee Aiava
Country (sports)  Australia
Residence Narre Warren, Australia
Born (2000-05-10) 10 May 2000
Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.51 m (4 ft 11 12 in)
Turned pro 2015
Plays Right-handed (double handed backhand)
Prize money $14,778
Singles
Career record 27–18
Career titles 0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking No. 373 (31 October 2016)
Current ranking No. 373 (31 October 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record 9–10
Career titles 0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking No. 552 (17 October 2016)
Current ranking No. 552 (17 October 2016)
Last updated on: 31 October 2016.

Destanee Aiava (born 10 May 2000) is a professional Australian tennis player. Aiava's father, Mark, was born in New Zealand and is of Māori descent, her mother, Rosie, is American Samoan. Aiava has also stated that she is also part Argentine. [1]

Junior career

2012–2016

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. [2] 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, Canada.

Professional career

2015–2016

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 ITF tournament in Canberra.

ITF finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 20 May 2016 Canberra, Australia Clay Japan Eri Hozumi 3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Runner-up 2. 25 September 2016 Tweed Heads, Australia Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera 3–6, 7–5, 2–6

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