Country (sports) | Australia |
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Born | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | 11 August 1994
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Nicole Pratt[1] |
Prize money | US$ 3,257,473 |
Singles | |
Career record | 226–181 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 114 (1 April 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 114 (1 April 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2024) |
French Open | 2R (2023) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2023) |
US Open | 1R (2021, 2023) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 262–154 |
Career titles | 8 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (6 November 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 3 (1 April 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2024) |
French Open | 3R (2023) |
Wimbledon | F (2023) |
US Open | SF (2022) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | SF (2023) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 1 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2021) |
French Open | 2R (2022, 2023) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022, 2023) |
US Open | W (2022) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | F (2022) Record: 7–4 |
Last updated on: 14 March 2024 [2]. |
Storm Hunter (née Sanders; born 11 August 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. She reached world No. 1 in doubles on 6 November 2023, becoming the third Australian woman to hold the top spot.[3] She also has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 119 on 18 October 2021.
Hunter won her first Grand Slam title in mixed doubles at the 2022 US Open. She has also won eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as three singles titles[4] and twenty-one doubles titles[5] on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Hunter debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in December 2007,[6] and on the senior circuit in November 2008.[7] She won her first professional tournament in February 2013.
She also represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, which due to the COVID-19 pandemic were held in 2021, reaching the quarterfinals in the women's doubles competition.