Sacha Jones

On court

• started playing tennis at age four
• won Pro Tour titles in Cairns and Port Pirie in 2012, as well as finishing runner-up in Rockhampton
• captured Kristinehmn $25,000 ITF title in Sweden in 2012
• favourite surface is hardcourt
• her goals are to fulfill her potential, enjoy every day that she is fortunate enough to play tennis, and to crack the WTA top 50.
• sporting heroes are Roger Federer and American surfer Bethany Hamilton
• she cites Federer and Nadal as her ideal mixed doubles partners

Off court

• having represented New Zealand, began representing Australia in January 2012, her father’s country of birth
• describes herself as happy, outdoorsy and kind
• her favourite city is New York, which she describes as a one-of-a-kind city and where there’s always something going on
• favourite meal is her mother’s home-cooked roast lamb and vegetables
• if she wasn’t a tennis player, she would be a sports broadcaster or pilot, or pursue a career in psychology

Year-end singles ranking history