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Hayden Jones, Gabriella Da Silva Fick, Talia Gibson and Adam Walton all recorded career-best outcomes this week.

Australia, 25 March 2024 | Leigh Rogers

From career-first titles to career-best outcomes, many Australians soared to extraordinary new heights on the world stage this week.

Chris O’Connell and Adam Walton recorded their career-best outcomes at ATP Masters 1000 degree in America, whereas 19-year-old Talia Gibson progressed to the largest singles closing of her profession at an ITF 75 match in Slovenia.

Hayden Jones, a 17-year-old from the Gold Coast, and Gabriella Da Silva Fick, a 23-year-old from Melbourne, collected maiden skilled titles because the Australian Professional Tour stopped in regional Victoria.

Australian gamers additionally carried out strongly at ITF junior and wheelchair tennis occasions throughout the Asia-Pacific area, whereas seven gamers gained medals this week on the ITF Masters World Particular person Championships in Turkey. This included the inspiring 100-year-old Henry Younger.

> READ MORE: Australians win eight medals on the ITF Masters World Particular person Championships

This week’s most excellent performers embrace:

Chris O’Connell: The 29-year-old eradicated world No.22 Frances Tiafoe to advance to the third spherical in Miami. That is the primary time that O’Connell has scored consecutive main-draw wins at ATP Masters 1000 degree.

Adam Walton: The 24-year-old certified at an ATP Masters 1000 match for the primary time, beating two higher-ranked opponents to earn a main-draw spot in Miami.

> READ: Adam Walton – A rising star of Australian tennis

Storm Hunter: The 29-year-old scored two top-100 wins to succeed in the second spherical on the WTA 1000 match in Miami as a qualifier. This improves Hunter’s singles report this season to 14 wins from her 19 matches.

Thomas Fancutt: The 29-year-old gained the doubles title at an ATP Challenger match in Merida (Mexico) alongside American Hunter Reese. That is Fancutt’s second consecutive ATP Challenger doubles title and improves his season report to twenty wins from 27 matches.

Talia Gibson: The 19-year-old defeated three seeded opponents to succeed in the singles closing at an ITF 75 match in Maribor (Slovenia). This was the eleventh and largest professional singles closing of Gibson’s profession.

Gabriella Da Silva Fick: The 23-year-old was topped the ladies’s singles champion at an ITF 35 match in Swan Hill (Australia). That is the primary skilled singles title for the in-form Da Silva Fick, who has now gained eight of her previous 9 matches.

Emerson Jones: The 15-year-old was a singles finalist and doubles semifinalist (with fellow Australian Elena Micic) on the ITF 35 match in Swan Hill. This was Jones’ second, and largest, singles closing look on the professional tour.

Alana Parnaby: The 29-year-old was a doubles finalist (partnering New Zealand’s Monique Barry) and singles semifinalist on the ITF 35 match in Swan Hill. This was Parnaby’s second doubles closing look this 12 months.

Tina Smith: The 21-year-old superior to the semifinals in singles and doubles (with Thailand’s Punnin Kovapitukted) on the ITF 35 match in Swan Hill.

Alex Bolt: The 31-year-old gained the singles title at an ITF 25 match in Swan Hill. That is Bolt’s eleventh profession singles title and his second Australian Professional Tour title in as many weeks. This improves Bolt’s season report to 25 wins from his 31 matches.

> READ MORE: Bolt scoops back-to-back Australian Professional Tour singles titles

Hayden Jones: The 17-year-old teamed with New Zealand’s Ajeet Rai to win the doubles title on the ITF 25 match in Swan Hill. That is Jones’ first skilled doubles title.

Jesse Delaney and Luke Saville: The Aussie duo have been doubles finalists on the ITF 25 match in Swan Hill. It was the second doubles closing look on the Australian Professional Tour this season for each 25-year-old Delaney and 30-year-old Saville.

Blake Ellis: The 25-year-old superior to the singles semifinals on the ITF 25 match in Swan Hill. For the second time in as many weeks, Ellis’ run at an Australian Professional Tour occasion ended with a good semifinal loss to eventual champion Alex Bolt.

Heath Davidson: The 36-year-old went unbeaten in singles in the course of the World Group Cup Asian Qualification occasion in Pattaya Metropolis (Thailand), enjoying a key position in Australia’s second-place end within the quad wheelchair competitors alongside 22-year-old Finn Broadbent.

Anderson Parker and Ben Weekes: The 26-year-old Parker and 39-year-old Weekes teamed as much as report a fifth place end within the males’s wheelchair part on the World Group Cup Asian Qualification occasion in Thailand.

Emilie Chen, Vesna Marinkov and Jennifer Ott: Representing Australia on the 14-and-under ITF World Junior Tennis Ladies Asia-Oceania Qualifying occasion in Malaysia, the trio recorded a third-place end.

Ava Beck: The 15-year-old gained the ladies’ singles title at an ITF J100 match in Canberra. That is Beck’s second consecutive title and extends her profitable streak to 10 matches. Beck additionally scooped the doubles title alongside 15-year-old compatriot Koharu Nishikawa.

Jerome Estephan and Boyd Schreiber: The Aussie pair gained the boys’ doubles title on the ITF J100 match in Canberra. That is 16-year-old Estephan’s second ITF junior doubles title and 17-year-old Schreiber’s first. 

Renee Alame: The 14-year-old was a finalist within the ladies’ singles and doubles (with 16-year-old sister Rianna) competitions on the ITF J100 match in Canberra.

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