Canadian
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former professional tennis player. In May 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 988. On 16 February 2015, she peaked at No. 378 in the doubles rankings.
Early life
She grew up in
Oakville, Ontario
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with her younger brother Nicolas William Boris Bjorn Petrick; their parents met playing tennis.
Tennis career
Petrick started playing with her parents at the age of two. As a young child she had tennis coaches in Oakville and Burlington; she also attended Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida for up to 9 months a year, living in
Bradenton, Florida
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with her mother.
In July 2011, Petrick played her first professional tournament at the $50k WOW Tennis Challenger but lost in the qualifying first round to
Nicola Slater
Nicola Slater (born 14 August 1984) is a British pickleball player and former tennis player.
Slater won six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 16 September 2013, she reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 167, wh ...
. In July 2012, she reached the semifinals in doubles of the $25kk
Challenger de Granby
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The ITF Women's Wo ...
with compatriot
Françoise Abanda
Françoise Abanda (born February 5, 1997) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 111 on October 9, 2017, and her highest WTA doubles ranking of 197 on September 8, 2014. She achieved a career-high ...
.
In August 2012 at the age of 15 she won the Under-18 Canadian National Championship, beating Gloria Liang in straight sets (6-3, 6-4).
In August 2014, Petrick won her first professional doubles title at the $25k
Winnipeg Challenger
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where she played with Rosie Johanson. They defeated
Maria Fernanda Alves
Maria Fernanda Barbato Alves (; born 17 April 1983), also known as Nanda Alves, is a Brazilian former
Petrick made her
WTA Tour
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Sonja Molnar
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into the doubles tournament where they lost to
Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles by the Wome ...
and
Tatjana Maria
Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player. In January 2024 she reached her career-best singles ranking of world No. 42, and in June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings.
She has won four ...
in the quarterfinals. Petrick was once again awarded a wildcard into the doubles main draw at the 2015 Coupe Banque Nationale in September, this time with
Malika Auger-Aliassime
Malika Auger-Aliassime (; born December 28, 1998) is a Canadian tennis player. She reached a career high junior rank of No. 554 on February 15, 2016.
Early life
Auger-Aliassime was born to Togolese father Sam Aliassime and Quebecker mother Mari ...
, but was defeated in the opening round by
Barbora Krejčíková
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and
An-Sophie Mestach
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.
She played her last match on the ITF Circuit in July 2017, retiring in early 2018 after a long struggle with a wrist injury.