Jodie Burrage

Jodie Burrage
Jodie Anna Burrage (born 28 May 1999) is a British tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 85, achieved on 11 September 2023, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 291, set on 21 August 2023. Burrage has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour. She has also won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Early and personal life
Burrage was born in Kingston upon Thames and grew up in Hindhead, Surrey. She was first introduced to tennis through her mother. Burrage won a scholarship to Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth, which enabled her to develop her tennis at the nearby West Hants Club. Following the completion of GCSE exams Burrage relocated to Junior Tennis Coaching (JTC) in Chiswick, London, where she was guided by former tour professionals Colin Beecher and Lucie Ahl.
Professional career
2020–2021: WTA Tour and Grand Slam debut
Burrage made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2020 Linz Open, after having received a wildcard into the doubles tournament, partnering Sabine Lisicki.
In January 2021, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in singles at the Abu Dhabi Open as a lucky loser. In June, she had her main-draw Grand Slam debut, after being given a wildcard to the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.
2022: First top-5 win, top 150 debut
At the Eastbourne International, she defeated top seed and world No. 4, Paula Badosa. As a result, she made her top 150 debut in the WTA singles rankings. On 26 September, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 137.
2023: Maiden WTA singles final and doubles title, First Major wins, top 100
At the Nottingham Open, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal defeating third seed Magda Linette. She then defeated another Polish player, Magdalena Fręch, to reach a WTA Tour semifinal for the first time in her career. Finally, she defeated Alizé Cornet to setup an all British final with Katie Boulter, the first since 1977.
At Wimbledon, she recorded her first major win defeating Caty McNally, before losing in round two to Daria Kasatkina, in straight sets. As a result, she reached the top 100 in the rankings for the first time.
After Wimbledon, Burrage struggled for consistency. After a quarterfinal appearance at a $100k event in Spain, she won a round in the Poland Open against Ankita Raina, but lost in straight sets against Lucrezia Stefanini.
She lost in the first round of the Canadian Open to world number No. 139 Marina Bassols Ribera, before a quarterfinal showing in the Stanford WTA Challenger level event, beating Diana Shnaider and Kayla Day, before a narrow three-set loss to Moyuka Uchijima. At the Chicago Women's Open, she again fell in the first round, to world No. 782 Quinn Gleason.
Burrage achieved her first main-draw win at the US Open, beating world No. 38, Anna Blinkova, 6–3, 6–4 in the first round, before falling in straight sets to world No. 2, Aryna Sabalenka.
She captured her maiden WTA title with Jil Teichmann at the 2023 Transylvania Open.
Sponsorship
Burrage is sponsored by Midstream Lighting in the form of an EV car and Komodo Fashion.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
Current through the 2023 Cluj Open.
Doubles
Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Doubles: 1 (title)
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups)
Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Head-to-head record
Record against top 10 players
She has a 1–2 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Notes
References
External links
LTA profile
1999 births
Living people
British female tennis players
Sportspeople from Kingston upon Thames
People educated at Talbot Heath School