Kimberly Birrell

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Kimberly Birrell Tennis player
Kimberly Birrell
Kimberly Birrell 2019 at Wimbledon
Nation: AustraliaAustralia Australia
Birthday: April 29, 1998
Size: 170 cm
1st professional season: 2014
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer: Christopher Mahoney
Prize money: $ 296,605
singles
Career record: 94:94
Career title: 0 WTA , 2 ITF
Highest ranking: 154 (May 6, 2019)
Current placement: 728
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 3R (2019)
French Open -
Wimbledon -
US Open -
Double
Career record: 36:47
Career title: 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 235 (August 1, 2016)
Current placement: 593
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 1R (2015-2019)
French Open -
Wimbledon -
US Open -
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 1R (2016)
French Open -
Wimbledon -
US Open -
Last update of the infobox:
March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Kimberly Birrell (born April 29, 1998 in Düsseldorf , Germany ) is an Australian tennis player .

Career

Kimberly Birrell's parents are Australians. When she was born, her father John was a tennis instructor in Germany. When she was three years old, the family moved back to Australia. Birrell has had a successful junior career that has brought her to 18th place in the world junior rankings. Among other things, she reached the semi-finals of the junior women competition at the Australian Open in 2014 .

She mainly plays in tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit , where she has won two singles and one double title so far. She made her debut on the WTA Tour , equipped with a wildcard , in the doubles competition in Hobart in 2014 , where she and her partner Olivia Tjandramulia were eliminated in the first round.

In December 2018 she won the Australian Wildcard Playoffs , for which there was a wildcard for the main draw in the singles of the Australian Open 2019 .

In 2016 she made her first appearance for the Australian Fed Cup team .

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. October 1, 2017 AustraliaAustralia Brisbane ITF $ 25,000 Hard court United StatesUnited States Asia Muhammad 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
2. September 30, 2018 AustraliaAustralia Darwin ITF $ 60,000 Hard court AustraliaAustralia Ellen Perez 6: 3, 6: 3

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. October 2nd, 2015 AustraliaAustralia Tweed heads ITF $ 15,000 Hard court AustraliaAustralia Tammi Patterson HungaryHungary Dalma Galfi Priscilla Hon
AustraliaAustralia  		6: 7 3 , 6: 3, [10: 8]

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition 2016 2019 Balance sheet Career
Australian Open 1 3 2: 2 3
French Open - - 0-0 -
Wimbledon - - 0-0 -
US Open - - 0-0 -

Double

competition 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Balance sheet Career
Australian Open 1 1 1 1 1 0: 5 1
French Open - - - - - 0-0 -
Wimbledon - - - - - 0-0 -
US Open - - - - - 0-0 -

Web links

Commons : Kimberly Birrell  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kimberly Birrell stuns 29th seed to advance at Australian Open, Alex De Minaur sets up Rafael Nadal clash. In: abc.net.au. January 16, 2019, accessed on January 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Birrell and Duckworth win Aussie Open wildcard playoffs. In: smh.com.au. December 16, 2018, accessed January 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Birrell, Kimberly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf , Germany