Jordanne Whiley

Jordanne Whiley
MBE
Whiley at the 2016 Paralympics
Full nameJordanne Joyce Whiley
Country (sports) Great Britain
ResidenceHalesowen, West Midlands
Born (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992 (age 32)
Birmingham, England
Turned proc. 2008–2012
Retired2 Nov 2021
Official websitejordannewhiley.com
Singles
Career record282–138
Highest rankingNo. 3 (6 June 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (2014)
French OpenSF (2016)
WimbledonSF (2016, 2021)
US OpenW (2015)
Other tournaments
Paralympic Games Bronze medal (2020)
Doubles
Career record223–106
Highest rankingNo. 1 (20 July 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2014, 2015, 2020)
French OpenW (2014, 2016)
WimbledonW (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021)
US OpenW (2014), (2020)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters DoublesW (2013, 2014)
Paralympic Games Silver Medal (2020)
Bronze medals (2012, 2016)

Jordanne Joyce Whiley MBE[1] (born 11 June 1992) is a British retired wheelchair tennis player. Aged 14, she became Britain's youngest ever national women's singles champion in wheelchair tennis.[2] She has osteogenesis imperfecta as does her father, Keith, who was also a Paralympian and won a bronze medal in 1984 in New York.[3] As well as the 2015 US Open in wheelchair singles, Whiley has won 9 Grand Slam doubles titles, and she & Japanese Yui Kamiji are the fourth team in women's wheelchair doubles (as well as the most recent players) to complete the Calendar Year Grand Slam[broken anchor].[4] Whiley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 Queens Birthday Honours list for services to wheelchair tennis.[5]

  1. ^ GRO reference: July 1992, Vol. 32, Page 22
  2. ^ "Athlete Bio". Ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Meet the players: Jordanne Whiley". Lta.org.uk. 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  4. ^ "US Open 2014: Britain's Jordanne Whiley completes wheelchair Grand Slam in New York". Sky Sports. 7 September 2014.
  5. ^ United Kingdom: "No. 61256". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2015. p. B25.