Olivia Gadecki

Olivia Gadecki (born 24 April 2002) is a professional tennis player from Australia. She has a career-high singles rank of world No. 144, reached on 20 February 2023, and a highest doubles rank of world No. 178, achieved on 8 November 2021.

Olivia Gadecki
Gadecki at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceAustralia
Born (2002-04-24) 24 April 2002
Gold Coast, Australia[1]
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 368,241
Singles
Career record121–61 (66.5%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 144 (20 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 149 (8 May 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2021, 2022)
WimbledonQ1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record38–22 (63.3%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 153 (8 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 153 (8 May 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2021, 2023)
French Open1R (2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2023)
Last updated on: 8 May 2023.

She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2021 Gippsland Trophy, having received a wildcard into the main draw.[2]

Personal life

Gadecki was born and raised on the Gold Coast where she started playing tennis at age three.[1] She was considered a prodigious tennis talent as a junior and at the age of 12 was one of just 16 players from around the world invited to take part in the Longines Future Tennis Aces competition in Paris on the eve of the 2014 French Open.[3] Gadecki attended Southport State High School throughout her teenage years.[4]

Career

2016–2020: First steps

Gadecki made her main-draw debut on the ITF Circuit in Brisbane, in September 2016.

2021: WTA Tour debut

In January 2021, Gadecki made the second round of the Australian Open qualifying.[5] She was awarded a wildcard into the Gippsland Trophy, where she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut.

In February, Gadecki won her first WTA Tour singles main-draw match at the Phillip Island Trophy.[6] She followed this up with her first top-10 win, defeating the top seed, former Australian Open champion and world No. 4, Sofia Kenin. With Gadecki's career-high ranking being No. 988 in the world, this was Kenin's worst defeat by ranking on the WTA Tour.[7] Gadecki lost in the third round.[8] The following week, she re-entered onto the WTA rankings at No. 642.[9] In May 2021, Gadecki won her first professional singles title in Turkey.[10]

In August 2021, she won the singles and doubles titles at Vigo, Spain. It was her second singles title and fifth doubles title.[11]

On 20 September 2021, Gadecki debuted in the Australian top 10 in singles and doubles rankings.[12] She ended the year with a singles ranking of 238.

2022: Top 200

Gadecki did not enter the 2022 Australian Open due to the requirement for all played to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and her anti-vaccination stance.[13]

In April 2022, Gadecki broke into the top 200, after reaching three finals from four Australian Pro Tour appearances.[14]

2023: United Cup and Australian Open debuts, first major win, top 150

She made her debut at the 2023 Australian Open as a wildcard.[15] She defeated Polina Kudermetova in the first round. As a result she reached the top 150 at world No. 144 on 20 February 2023.

Performance timelines
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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current after the 2023 Australian Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics
Tournaments 3 1 2 Career total: 6
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 3–3 0–1 1–3 0 / 6 4–7 36%
Year-end ranking 238 201 $164,833

Doubles

Current after the 2023 Australian Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R A 2R 0 / 2 1–1 50%
French Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 1–1 0–1 1–1 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Career statistics
Tournaments 3 1 2 Career total: 6
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 1–3 0–1 2–2 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Year-end ranking 178 730

ITF Circuit finals

Single: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (0–2)
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (1–4)
$15,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–6)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 May 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Russia Julia Avdeeva 6–3, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Jun 2021 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Hard United States Robin Anderson 3–6, 7–6(3), 6–7(8)
Win 2–2 Aug 2021 ITF Vigo, Spain 25,000 Hard Japan Yuriko Miyazaki 6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Feb 2022 ITF Bendigo, Australia 25,000 Hard United States Asia Muhammad 2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Mar 2022 ITF Bendigo, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Jaimee Fourlis 3–6, ret.
Loss 2–5 Mar 2022 Clay Court International, Australia 60,000 Clay Japan Moyuka Uchijima 2–6, 2–6
Loss 2–6 Feb 2023 Burnie International, Australia 60,000 Hard Australia Storm Hunter 4–6, 3–6
Loss 2–7 Feb 2023 ITF Burnie, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Jaimee Fourlis 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (3–3)
$15,000 tournaments (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Romania Elena-Teodora Cadar Canada Raphaëlle Lacasse
Czech Republic Anna Sisková		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Apr 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Romania Elena-Teodora Cadar United Kingdom Alicia Barnett
Israel Lina Glushko		 4–6, 2–6
Win 2–1 Apr 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Burundi Sada Nahimana South Korea Lee So-ra
Japan Misaki Matsuda		 6–3, 1–6, [11–9]
Win 3–1 Jun 2021 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava Japan Mana Ayukawa
South Korea Han Na-lae		 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–1 Jul 2021 Open Araba en Femenino, Spain 60,000 Hard Spain Rebeka Masarova Spain Celia Cerviño Ruiz
United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls		 6–3, 6–3
Win 5–1 Aug 2021 ITF Vigo, Spain 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Alicia Barnett Switzerland Conny Perrin
Brazil Laura Pigossi		 6–3, 6–2
Loss 5–2 Oct 2021 ITF Hamburg, Germany 25,000 Hard (i) Burundi Sada Nahimana Latvia Kamilla Bartone
Switzerland Ylena In-Albon		 4–6, 3–6
Loss 5–3 Feb 2023 ITF Burnie, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Lily Fairclough Australia Destanee Aiava
United Kingdom Naiktha Bains		 3–6, 5–7
Win 6–3 Feb 2023 ITF Swan Hill, Australia 25,000 Grass Australia Lily Fairclough Chinese Taipei Liang En-shuo
China Wang Yafan		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 6–4 Mar 2023 ITF Swan Hill, Australia 25,000 Grass Australia Petra Hule Australia Elysia Bolton
Australia Alexandra Bozovic		 6–7, 6–2, [7–10]
Win 6–10 May 2023 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 100,000 Clay Australia Jaimee Fourlis United Kingdom Emily Appleton
Germany Julia Lohoff		 6–1, 6–4

Head-to-head record

Wins over top 10 players
Season2021Total
Wins11
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score OGR
2021
1. United States Sofia Kenin No. 4 Phillip Island Trophy, Australia Hard 2R 2–6, 7–6(4), 6–4 not ranked[16]

References
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  4. "Golden Girl Gadecki". tennis.com.au. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  5. "Aussie's March on in Australian Open 2021 Qualifying". Tennis Australia. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
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  8. "Winning Runs Over for Aussies at Melbourne Summer Series". Tennis Australia. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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  10. "Australia's Olivia Gadecki has won her maiden professional singles title at an ITF $15K tournament in Turkey". Tennis Australia. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  11. Rogers, Leigh (30 August 2021). "Ranking Movers". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  12. Rogers, Leigh (20 September 2021). "Ranking Movers". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  13. "Aussie teen star snubs Aus Open in shock anti-vax call". Fox Sports. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  14. "RANKING MOVERS: SAVILLE, KOKKINAKIS AND KYRGIOS CONTINUE RESURGENCES". Tennis Australia. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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