Demi Schuurs

Demi Schuurs
Schuurs at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceMaastricht, Netherlands
Born (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993
Sittard, Netherlands
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$3,288,203
Official websitedemischuurs.nl
Singles
Career record61–53
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 512 (23 February 2015)
Doubles
Career record416–236
Career titles21
Highest rankingNo. 7 (22 October 2018)
Current rankingNo. 17 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2021)
French Open3R (2020, 2021, 2023, 2025)
WimbledonQF (2019)
US OpenQF (2018, 2020, 2022, 2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2019, 2021, 2022)
Olympic Games2R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025)
French OpenSF (2021)
WimbledonQF (2018)
US OpenQF (2021, 2023)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesSF (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup11–5
Last updated on: 7 July 2025.

Demi Schuurs (pronounced [ˈdeːmi sxyrs]; born 1 August 1993) is a Dutch professional tennis 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, 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.[1]

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[2] where she reached the quarterfinals.[3][note 1]

2021–2022: Fourth WTA Finals with fourth different partner and two times semifinalist

She qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals with Nicole Melichar and reached the semifinals for a second time.[3][note 1]

In 2022, she also qualified for her fourth WTA Finals in a row with a fourth different partner, Desirae Krawczyk.[4][5] The pair reached the semifinals, making it the third time for Schuurs.[6]

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.[7]

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.[3][note 1]

2024–2025: New partnership with Muhammad, 20th 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.[8]

Still on the Australian swing, Schuurs participated in the Adelaide International in partnership with Asia Muhammad. They reached the quarterfinals.[3][note 1] Next, she entered the Australian Open with a new partner, the Brazilian Luisa Stefani, and they reached the quarterfinals.[3][note 1] Continuing her campaign on hardcourts, now in the Middle East, Schuurs and Stefani competed at the Qatar Ladies Open where they won the title without losing a single set.[3][note 1]

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 in the final.[9]

Schuurs reached three times the round of 16, at the 2025 Australian Open, in Doha, and in Dubai with partner Muhammad.[3][note 1] Again with Muhammad, she reached the final at Indian Wells by defeating top seeds world No. 1 Kateřina Siniaková and world No. 2 Taylor Townsend.[10] They won the title defeating the Slovak-British duo of Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls.[11][12]

Personal life

Schuurs is a daughter of former Dutch international handball player Lambert Schuurs. Her younger brother Perr is a professional football player.[13]

During an interview with the WTA in 2020, Schuurs revealed that she is in a relationship with a woman named Carmen.[14]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R SF A QF QF 0 / 8 11–8 58%
French Open A A 1R 1R 2R 3R 3R 2R 3R A 0 / 7 8–7 53%
Wimbledon A 1R 3R 3R QF NH 1R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 8 9–8 53%
US Open 1R A 2R QF 2R QF 1R QF 2R QF 0 / 9 15–8 65%
Win–loss 0–1 0–2 3–4 5–4 5–4 6–3 6–4 5–3 7–3 6–3 0 / 32 43–31 58%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals DNQ QF SF NH SF SF RR DNQ 0 / 5 6–10 38%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH A NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open A A A 2R NMS 1R NMS 1R NMS W 1 / 4 6–3 67%
Dubai A A A NMS QF NMS QF NMS SF 1R 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Indian Wells Open A A A 2R 1R NH 2R 2R 2R QF 0 / 6 6–6 50%
Miami Open A A 1R SF 2R NH 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 7 5–7 42%
Madrid Open A A A A QF NH F F 1R 2R 0 / 5 11–5 69%
Italian Open A A A W F 2R 2R SF SF 1R 1 / 7 13–6 68%
Canadian Open A A A W F NH 2R QF F 1R 1 / 6 15–5 75%
Cincinnati Open A A 1R F F W QF SF QF QF 1 / 8 20–7 74%
Guadalajara Open NH 2R A NMS 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wuhan Open A A 1R W SF NH 1R 1 / 4 7–3 70%
China Open A A 2R SF QF NH 1R 1R 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking N/A 71 45 8 14 12 11 17 19 24

Significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2018 Italian Open Clay Ashleigh Barty Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Barbora Strýcová
6–3, 6–4
Win 2018 Canadian Open Hard Ashleigh Barty Latisha Chan
Ekaterina Makarova
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 2018 Cincinnati Open Hard Elise Mertens Lucie Hradecká
Ekaterina Makarova
2–6, 5–7
Win 2018 Wuhan Open Hard Elise Mertens Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Barbora Strýcová
6–3, 6–3
Loss 2019 Italian Open Clay Anna-Lena Grönefeld Victoria Azarenka
Ashleigh Barty
6–4, 0–6, [3–10]
Loss 2019 Canadian Open Hard Anna-Lena Grönefeld Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
5–7, 0–6
Loss 2019 Cincinnati Open Hard Anna-Lena Grönefeld Lucie Hradecká
Andreja Klepač
4–6, 1–6
Win 2020 Cincinnati Open Hard Květa Peschke Nicole Melichar
Xu Yifan
6–1, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss 2021 Madrid Open Clay Gabriela Dabrowski Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
4–6, 3–6
Loss 2022 Madrid Open Clay Desirae Krawczyk Gabriela Dabrowski
Giuliana Olmos
6–7(1–7), 7–5, [7–10]
Loss 2023 Canadian Open Hard Desirae Krawczyk Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara
4–6, 6–4, [11–13]
Win 2024 Qatar Open Hard Luisa Stefani Caroline Dolehide
Desirae Krawczyk
6–4, 6–2
Win 2025 Indian Wells Open Hard Asia Muhammad Tereza Mihalíková
Olivia Nicholls
6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Olympic Games medal matches

Mixed doubles: 1 (4th place)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
4th place[15] 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris Clay Wesley Koolhof Gabriela Dabrowski
Félix Auger-Aliassime
3–6, 6–7(2–7)

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 37 (21 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (Premier M / Premier 5) (6–7)
WTA 500 (Premier) (7–5)
WTA 250 (International) (7–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (11–7)
Clay (7–4)
Grass (3–5)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (17–16)
Indoor (4–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2015 Katowice Open, Poland International Hard (i) Ysaline Bonaventure Gioia Barbieri
Karin Knapp
7–5, 4–6, [10–6]
Win 2–0 Jul 2015 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay Oksana Kalashnikova Andreea Mitu
Patricia Maria Țig
6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Oct 2016 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Renata Voráčová Raluca Olaru
İpek Soylu
5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Jan 2017 Auckland Open, New Zealand International Hard Renata Voráčová Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson
2–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Jun 2017 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands International Grass Kiki Bertens Dominika Cibulková
Kirsten Flipkens
6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss 2–4 Jul 2017 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay Elise Mertens Irina Camelia Begu
Raluca Olaru
3–6, 3–6
Win 3–4 Sep 2017 Guangzhou Open, China International Hard Elise Mertens Monique Adamczak
Storm Sanders
6–2, 6–3
Win 4–4 Jan 2018 Brisbane International, Australia Premier Hard Kiki Bertens Andreja Klepač
María José Martínez Sánchez
7–5, 6–2
Win 5–4 Jan 2018 Hobart International, Australia International Hard Elise Mertens Lyudmyla Kichenok
Makoto Ninomiya
6–2, 6–2
Win 6–4 May 2018 Italian Open, Italy Premier 5 Clay Ashleigh Barty Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Barbora Strýcová
6–3, 6–4
Win 7–4 May 2018 Nuremberg Cup, Germany International Clay Katarina Srebotnik Kirsten Flipkens
Johanna Larsson
3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 8–4 Jun 2018 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands International Grass Elise Mertens Kiki Bertens
Kirsten Flipkens
3–3 ret.
Loss 8–5 Jun 2018 Birmingham Classic, UK Premier Grass Elise Mertens Tímea Babos
Kristina Mladenovic
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 9–5 Aug 2018 Canadian Open, Canada Premier 5 Hard Ashleigh Barty Latisha Chan
Ekaterina Makarova
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 9–6 Aug 2018 Cincinnati Open, US Premier 5 Hard Elise Mertens Lucie Hradecká
Ekaterina Makarova
2–6, 5–7
Win 10–6 Sep 2018 Wuhan Open, China Premier 5 Hard Elise Mertens Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Barbora Strýcová
6–3, 6–3
Loss 10–7 Feb 2019 Qatar Ladies Open, Qatar Premier Hard Anna-Lena Grönefeld Chan Hao-ching
Latisha Chan
1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 10–8 May 2019 Italian Open, Italy Premier 5 Clay Anna-Lena Grönefeld Victoria Azarenka
Ashleigh Barty
6–4, 0–6, [3–10]
Loss 10–9 Jun 2019 Birmingham Classic, UK Premier Grass Anna-Lena Grönefeld Hsieh Su-wei
Barbora Strýcová
4–6, 7–6(4), [8–10]
Loss 10–10 Aug 2019 Canadian Open, Canada Premier 5 Hard Anna-Lena Grönefeld Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
5–7, 0–6
Loss 10–11 Aug 2019 Cincinnati Open, US Premier 5 Hard Anna-Lena Grönefeld Lucie Hradecká
Andreja Klepač
4–6, 1–6
Win 11–11 Aug 2020 Cincinnati Open, US Premier 5 Hard Květa Peschke Nicole Melichar
Xu Yifan
6–1, 4–6, [10–4]
Win 12–11 Sep 2020 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International Clay Nicole Melichar Hayley Carter
Luisa Stefani
6–4, 6–3
Win 13–11 Mar 2021 Qatar Ladies Open WTA 500 Hard Nicole Melichar Monica Niculescu
Jeļena Ostapenko
6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
Win 14–11 Apr 2021 Charleston Open, US WTA 500 Clay (green) Nicole Melichar Marie Bouzková
Lucie Hradecká
6–2, 6–4
Loss 14–12 May 2021 Madrid Open, Spain WTA 1000 Clay Gabriela Dabrowski Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
4–6, 3–6
Loss 14–13 Jun 2021 Berlin Open, Germany WTA 500 Grass Nicole Melichar Victoria Azarenka
Aryna Sabalenka
6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Loss 14–14 Jun 2021 Eastbourne International, UK WTA 500 Grass Nicole Melichar Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara
1–6, 4–6
Win 15–14 Apr 2022 Stuttgart Open, Germany WTA 500 Clay (i) Desirae Krawczyk Coco Gauff
Zhang Shuai
6–3, 6–4
Loss 15–15 May 2022 Madrid Open, Spain WTA 1000 Clay Desirae Krawczyk Gabriela Dabrowski
Giuliana Olmos
6–7(1), 7–5, [7–10]
Win 16–15 Apr 2023 Stuttgart Open, Germany (2) WTA 500 Clay (i) Desirae Krawczyk Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Giuliana Olmos
6–4, 6–1
Win 17–15 Jun 2023 Eastbourne International, UK WTA 500 Grass Desirae Krawczyk Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Ellen Perez
6–2, 6–4
Loss 17–16 Aug 2023 Canadian Open, Canada WTA 1000 Hard Desirae Krawczyk Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara
4–6, 6–4, [11–13]
Win 18–16 Feb 2024 Qatar Ladies Open (2) WTA 1000 Hard Luisa Stefani Caroline Dolehide
Desirae Krawczyk
6–4, 6–2
Win 19–16 Oct 2024 Ningbo Open, China WTA 500 Hard Yuan Yue Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Ellen Perez
6–3, 6–3
Win 20–16 Mar 2025 Indian Wells Open, US WTA 1000 Hard Asia Muhammad Tereza Mihalíková
Olivia Nicholls
6–2, 7–6(4)
Win 21–17 Jun 2025 Queen's Club Championships, UK WTA 500 Grass Asia Muhammad Anna Danilina
Diana Shnaider
7–5, 6–7(3), [10–4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (1–1)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Oct 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay Olga Ianchuk 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win 1. Feb 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Emily Webley-Smith 6–4, 6–2

Doubles (20–7)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$75,000 tournaments (1–0)
$50,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (9–3)
$15,000 tournaments (1–1)
$10,000 tournaments (7–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (15–5)
Grass (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Jul 2009 ITF Bree, Belgium Clay An-Sophie Mestach Kiki Bertens
Quirine Lemoine
1–6, 0–6
Win 1. Jul 2010 ITF Bree, Belgium Clay Sofie Oyen Marcella Koek
Marina Melnikova
6–0, 6–1
Win 2. Aug 2010 ITF Westende, Belgium Hard Quirine Lemoine Alison Van Uytvanck
Irina Khromacheva
3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Win 3. Mar 2011 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay Ilona Kremen Martina Gledacheva
Isabella Shinikova
3–6, 7–6(3), [10–8]
Win 4. Apr 2012 ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium Clay Maryna Zanevska Tatjana Maria
Stephanie Vogt
6–4, 6–3
Win 5. Jul 2013 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany Clay Eva Wacanno Carolin Daniels
Laura Schaeder
7–5, 1–6, [14–12]
Win 6. Jul 2013 ITF Maaseik, Belgium Clay Eva Wacanno Bernice van de Velde
Kelly Versteeg
6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 7. Aug 2013 ITF Rotterdam, Netherlands Clay Amandine Hesse Elke Lemmens
Sviatlana Pirazhenka
3–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss 2. Sep 2013 ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands Clay Eva Wacanno Cindy Burger
Daniela Seguel
4–6, 1–6
Win 8. Nov 2013 ITF Bol, Croatia Clay Barbora Krejčíková Vivien Juhászová
Tereza Malíková
6–2, 6–4
Win 9. Dec 2013 ITF Madrid, Spain Hard Eva Wacanno Elitsa Kostova
Evgeniya Rodina
6–1, 6–2
Loss 3. Feb 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Zarah Razafimahatratra Ana Veselinović
Eugeniya Pashkova
2–6, 1–6
Loss 4. Jun 2014 ITF Breda, Netherlands Clay Eva Wacanno Sviatlana Pirazhenka
Natela Dzalamidze
4–6, 1–6
Loss 5. Aug 2014 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Bernarda Pera Ysaline Bonaventure
Richèl Hogenkamp
4–6, 4–6
Win 10. Aug 2014 ITF Fleurus, Belgium Clay Elise Mertens Tatiana Búa
Daniela Seguel
6–2, 6–3
Win 11. Aug 2014 ITF Fleurus, Belgium Clay Arantxa Rus Hilda Melander
Marina Melnikova
6–4, 6–1
Win 12. Nov 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Marie Benoît Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Polina Monova
6–4, 7–5
Win 13. Dec 2014 ITF Sousse, Tunisia Hard Kelly Versteeg Vivien Juhászová
Tereza Malíková
6–3, 6–0
Win 14. Feb 2015 Open de l'Isère, France Hard (i) Hiroko Kuwata Manon Arcangioli
Cindy Burger
6–1, 6–3
Win 15. Feb 2015 ITF Beinasco, Italy Clay (i) Daniela Seguel Xenia Knoll
Alice Matteucci
6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss 6. Jun 2015 Ilkley Trophy, UK Grass An-Sophie Mestach Raluca Olaru
Xu Yifan
3–6, 4–6
Win 16. Aug 2015 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Elise Mertens Justyna Jegiołka
Sherazad Reix
6–3, 6–2
Loss 7. Apr 2016 Wiesbaden Open, Germany Clay Steffi Distelmans Marie Benoît
Arantxa Rus
2–6, 2–6
Win 17. May 2016 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Andreea Mitu Xenia Knoll
Aleksandra Krunić
6–4, 7–5
Win 18. May 2016 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Renata Voráčová Nicola Geuer
Viktorija Golubic
6–1, 6–2
Win 19. Jul 2016 ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay Renata Voráčová Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Sara Sorribes Tormo
7–5, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 20. Aug 2016 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Steffi Distelmans Başak Eraydın
Ilona Kremen
6–1, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2011 Australian Open Hard An-Sophie Mestach Eri Hozumi
Miyu Kato
6–2, 6–3
Loss 2011 French Open Clay Victoria Kan Irina Khromacheva
Maryna Zanevska
4–6, 5–7
Loss 2011 Wimbledon Grass Tang Haochen Eugenie Bouchard
Grace Min
5–7, 6–2, 5–7
Win 2011 US Open Hard Irina Khromacheva Gabrielle Andrews
Taylor Townsend
6–4, 5–7, [10–5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g To obtain data from this reference, select the corresponding year on the WTA or ITF website.

References

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  2. ^ WTA Staff (29 September 2018). "Sestini Hlavackova/Strycova and Mertens/Schuurs qualify for Singapore". WTA. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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