Jaslyn Hewitt-Shehadie (born 23 February 1983) is a former professional

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player from Australia. She is the younger sister of

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Biography

Tennis career

A right-handed player from Adelaide, Hewitt was highly ranked in junior tennis and represented Australia at the

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in Edinburgh. She had a best singles ranking of 304 in the world on the professional circuit. In 2001 she featured in the main draws of two WTA Tour tournaments, the

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and Belgium's Sanex Trophy, which was followed by home appearances at the 2002 Sydney International and 2005 Gold Coast Hardcourt. Her biggest title win came at Canberra in 2004, where she beat top seed

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in the final of the $25k tournament. As a doubles player, she competed as a wildcard in the main draw of the

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every year from 2002 to 2005.

Personal life

During her career, she was in a relationship with Swedish tennis player

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, which lasted for five years. In 2010, she married actor

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at a ceremony in Port Douglas.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (1–2)

Doubles (3–2)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hewitt, Jaslyn 1983 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Adelaide Sportswomen from South Australia