# Tyler Wright (surfer)

Tyler Wright (born 31 March 1994) is an Australian professional surfer on the WSL World Tour. She is a consecutive WSL Women's World Champion (2016, 2017). She qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.

## Early life

Wright, who is from a close-knit surfing family, grew up at Culburra Beach, a surf spot about two hours south of Sydney near Nowra. Her four siblings are Owen, Kirby, Mikey, and Tim. Her father, Rob, a passionate surfer, and her mother, Fiona, drove the whole family around Australia following the amateur scene.

## Career

At the age of 14, Wright overtook a number of champions, some of whom were twice her age, to become the youngest-ever winner of a Championship Tour event, Layne Beachley's Beachley Classic in 2008. Wright joined the World Surf League Women's Championship Tour in 2011, and won World Titles in 2016 and 2017. In 2025, Wright became the first woman to win the Pipe Pro event at the Banzai Pipeline twice, having won it previously in 2020 and then winning it again in 2025.

## Media

Australian TV channel ABC featured her in its biographic documentary program Australian Story on national television in March 2017.

## Personal life

Wright is bisexual, and has been married to Lilli Baker since 2022; the two had met in Newcastle the previous year while Baker was working at a local cafe and Wright was present for a surfing competition.
In 2018 Wright fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome after influenza A.

## Career victories

| WSL World Tour Wins |
| Year | Event | Venue | Country |
| 2008 | Beachley Classic | Manly Beach | Australia |
| 2010 | O'Neill Women's World Cup | Sunset Beach, Hawaii | Hawaii |
| 2013 | Roxy Pro Gold Coast | Kirra, Queensland | Australia |
| 2013 | Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 2014 | U.S. Open of Surfing | Huntington Beach, California | United States |
| 2014 | Roxy Pro France | Soorts-Hossegor | France |
| 2015 | Roxy Pro France | Soorts-Hossegor | France |
| 2016 | Roxy Pro Gold Coast | Snapper Rocks | Australia |
| 2016 | Drug Aware Pro Margaret River | Margaret River | Australia |
| 2016 | Oi Rio Pro | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 2016 | Swatch Women's Pro Trestles | San Clemente | United States |
| 2016 | Maui Women's Pro | Maui | Hawaii |
| 2017 | Oi Rio Women's Pro | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 2021 | Maui Pro presented by ROXY at Pipeline | Banzai Pipeline, Oahu | Hawaii |
| 2022 | Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach | Bells Beach, Victoria | Australia |
| 2023 | Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach | Bells Beach, Victoria | Australia |
| 2025 | Lexus Pipe Pro | Banzai Pipeline, Oahu | Hawaii |

### WSL World Championship Tour

| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Roxy Pro Gold Coast | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 5th |
| Rip Curl Pro | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 3rd |
| Margaret River Pro | — | — | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 2nd |
| Rio Pro | 5th | 9th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st |
| Fiji Pro | — | — | — | 9th | 9th | 13th | 3rd |
| US Open of Surfing | 9th | 9th | 3rd | 1st | 13th | 3rd | 5th |
| Swatch Women's Pro at Trestles | — | — | — | 5th | 5th | 1st | 9th |
| Cascais Women's Pro | — | — | 5th | 1st | 9th | 2nd | 13th |
| Roxy Pro France | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Maui Women's Pro | — | — | — | — | 5th | 1st | 3rd |
| TSB Bank Women's Surf Festival | 3rd | 5th | 9th | — | — | — | — |
| Beachley Classic | 5th | 3rd | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rank | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 1st |
| Earnings | $44,000 | $47,500 | $83,000 | $259,000 | $171,500 | $400,500 | $215,250 |