Demi Schuurs (; born 1 August 1993) is a Dutch professional
tennis
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player who specializes in doubles.
On 22 October 2018, she peaked at No. 7 in the doubles
rankings. In February 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 512.
She has won twenty doubles titles on the
WTA Tour
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, as well as one singles title and 20 doubles titles on the
ITF Circuit.
Career
Juniors
Schuurs won the junior events of the doubles tournaments at
2011 Australian Open and
2011 US Open.
Professional
2018–2020: Four WTA 1000 titles, world No. 7, WTA Finals debut & semifinal
She qualified for the
2018 WTA Finals doubles event, partnering
Elise Mertens
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where she reached the quarterfinals.
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2021–2022: Fourth WTA Finals with fourth different partner and two times semifinalist
She qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals with Nicole Melichar
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Melichar has won fifteen doubles titles on the ...
and reached the semifinals for a second time.[
In 2022, she also qualified for her fourth WTA Finals in a row with a fourth different partner, Desirae Krawczyk. The pair reached the semifinals, making it the third time for Schuurs.
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2023: WTA Tour singles debut, fifth WTA Finals
Without a singles ranking she qualified at the Guadalajara Open for her first singles main draw at a tour–level on her eighth WTA singles qualifying attempt, getting her first singles ranking in the top 1000 since 2016.
She qualified for the WTA Finals with Desirae Krawczyk for a fifth year in a row that the tournament was played and for the second time with the same partner.[
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2024–2025: New partnership with Muhammad, twentieth title at Indian Wells
Schuurs' first competition of the season was representing the Netherlands in the United Cup, a mixed team competition in Perth, Australia. Although the team's performance was not good, being eliminated in the group stage, Schuurs won both mixed doubles matches she played.[ Next, she entered the ]Australian Open
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with a new partner, the Brazilian Luisa Stefani, and they reached the quarterfinals.[
Continuing her campaign on hardcourts, now in the ]Middle East
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, Schuurs and Stefani competed at the Qatar Ladies Open where they won the title without losing a single set.[
In October 2024, Schuurs teamed up with Yuan Yue to win the doubles at the Ningbo Open, defeating top seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and ]Ellen Perez
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Her career-high rankings in singles and doubles are world No. 162 and No. 7, achieved in August 2019 and in April 2024, respectively.
She has won eight doubles titl ...
in the final.
Schuurs reached three rounds of 16, at the 2025 Australian Open, in Qatar
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, and in Dubai
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with partner Muhammad.[ Again with Muhammad, she reached the final at the 2025 BNP Paribas Open defeating top seeds world No. 1 Katerina Siniakova and world No. 2 Taylor Townsend. They won the title defeating the Slovak-British duo of Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls.
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Personal life
Schuurs is a daughter of former Dutch international handball
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player Lambert Schuurs.
Her younger brother Perr is a professional football
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player.
During an interview with the WTA in 2020, Schuurs revealed that she is in a relationship with a woman named Carmen.
Performance timeline
Doubles
Significant finals
WTA 1000 tournaments
Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Olympic Games medal matches
Mixed doubles: 1 (4th place)
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 37 (21 titles, 16 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles (1–1)
Doubles (20–7)
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)
Notes
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
LGBTQ tennis players
Dutch LGBTQ sportspeople
People from Echt-Susteren
Dutch female tennis players
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
Olympic tennis players for the Netherlands
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
21st-century Dutch LGBTQ people
Tennis players from Limburg (Netherlands)
21st-century Dutch sportswomen