There was plenty of WA flavour and some personal best results at the 2023 Australian Open.
A total of 12 players from Western Australia competed across all singles and doubles draws including two juniors who played in their first Australian Open.
21-year-old Tristan Schoolkate was a standout amongst the WA men, achieving a personal best Australian Open result, advancing to the final round of the Men’s Qualifying Singles. Schoolkate was unable to advance to the Men’s Singles main draw going down to Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 6-4.
In the women’s, 18-year-old Talia Gibson, who was named Female Junior Athlete of the Year at the recent Australian Tennis Awards, began the 2022 well outside the top 1,000 but soared to a career high mark of world No.342 earning her a wildcard spot in the women’s singles main draw. Gibson fought hard in her first-round match against France’s Clara Burel but went down 6-3, 6-4.
Competing in their first Australian Open, junior’s Jake Dembo and Rhea Makesar both received entry into the Junior Australian Open qualifying rounds but were unable to advance into the main draw.
Other WA Players who competed in the Australian Open:
Women’s:
Maddison Inglis – 1st round of the women’s singles qualifying and quarter final of the mixed doubles.
Storm Hunter – 1st round of the women’s singles main draw, quarter final of the women’s doubles (equal career-best) and 1st round of the mixed doubles.
Astra Sharma – 2nd round of the women’s singles qualifying, and 1st round of the women’s doubles.
Talia Gibson – 1st round of the women’s singles main draw and 1st round of the women’s doubles.
Lily Fairclough – 2nd round of the junior girls’ singles main draw and 1st round of the junior girls’ doubles.
Rhea Makesar – 1st round of the junior girls’ qualifying.
Men’s:
John Peers – Quarter final of the men’s doubles and 1st round of the mixed doubles.
Tristan Schoolkate – 3rd round of the men’s singles qualifying.
Matt Ebden – 1st round of the men’s doubles and 1st round of the mixed doubles.
Derek Pham – 1st round of the men’s singles qualifying.
Jake Dembo – 1st round of the junior boys’ singles qualifying
Zach Viilia – 1st round of the junior boys’ main draw and 2nd round of the junior boys’ doubles.
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