Jodie Anna Burrage (born 28 May 1999) is a British professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 85, achieved on 11 September 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 147, set on 15 January 2024.
Burrage has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with six titles in singles and six in doubles on the ITF Circuit.
Burrage made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2020 Linz Open, having received a wildcard into the doubles tournament, partnering Sabine Lisicki.[4] But the pair had to retire in the first set of their opening match when Lisicki suffered an injury.[5]
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 handed a wildcard to the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.[6][7] She lost in the first round to Lauren Davis.[8]
2022: First top-5 win, top 150 debut
At the Eastbourne International, she defeated top seed and world No. 4, Paula Badosa.[9][10][11] As a result, she made her top 150 debut in the WTA singles rankings.[12] She ended the year at a career high ranking of 126 having improved 90 places during the season.[13]
2023: Maiden tour singles final and doubles title, top 100
At the Nottingham Open, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal defeating third seed Magda Linette.[14] She then defeated another Polish player, Magdalena Fręch, to reach a WTA Tour semifinal for the first time in her career.[15] Finally, she defeated Alizé Cornet to set up an all-British final with Katie Boulter, the first since 1977.[16][17] Boulter won in straight sets.[18]
At Wimbledon, she recorded her first major win defeating Caty McNally,[19] before losing in round two to Daria Kasatkina, in straight sets.[20] As a result, she reached the top 100 in the rankings for the first time.[21]
She made her debut for Great Britain's Billie Jean King Cup team in November 2023 in a play-off tie with Sweden held indoors at the Copper Box Arena in London. Playing world No. 372, Kajsa Rinaldo Persson in the opening match of the contest, she raced into a 4–0 lead in the first set only to lose 12 of the next 13 games to go down to a 4–6, 1–6 defeat.[34] She was replaced by Harriet Dart for day two of the tie which Great Britain won 3–1.[35]
2024: Australian Open debut, WTA 500 quarterfinal, injury woe
Burrage underwent surgery having suffered an injury to her left wrist while practicing prior to her defeat in the first round of qualifying at the San Diego Open.[40] After recovering from the surgery, Burrage was set to return to action at the French Open in May for what would have been her first main-draw appearance at the clay-court event, but she was forced to pull out just days before the tournament began when she injured her ankle in practice.[41] She subsequently announced the injury would force her to miss the entire grass-court season including Wimbledon.[42]
Having missed six months of the season, Burrage returned to the competitive court in September in the qualifying stages at the Jasmin Open in Tunisia, winning her first match against Lina Soussi in straight sets.[43] Partnering with Anastasia Tikhonova, Burrage won the doubles title at her second comeback tournament, the W100 Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open in Portugal, defeating third seeds Francisca Jorge and Matilde Jorge in straight sets in the final.[44] Alongside Freya Christie, she won the doubles title at the W75 Glasgow in October, also reaching the singles semifinals at the event.[45]
In December, Burrage reached her first singles final of the year at the W75 Trnava, losing to top seed Tatjana Maria.[46] The following week, having received a wildcard entry, she went one step better, winning the biggest title of her career to date at the W100 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge in Dubai, defeating top seed Polina Kudermetova in the final.[47][48] As a result, Burrage re-entered the WTA rankings top-200, gaining 59 places to world No. 179 on 9 December 2024.[49]
2025: Australian Open first win
Burrage started her 2025 season at the Auckland Open where she entered the main draw as a lucky loser and defeated wildcard entrant Vivian Yang in the first round,[50] before losing her next match to Hailey Baptiste in a deciding set tiebreak.[51]
Using her protected ranking to gain entry into the main draw at the Australian Open, she defeated qualifier Léolia Jeanjean to reach the second round,[52] where she lost to third seed Coco Gauff.[53]
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.
^The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
^2017: WTA ranking–587, 2018: WTA ranking–411, 2019: WTA ranking–287, 2020: WTA ranking–260.
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