Storm Hunter

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I actually think about it a lot because it is one of those moments where I could easily just think I’m too tired or I’m too sore. I really fought hard and really thought about trying to get the win for Australia.

Storm Hunter, 9 Apr 2025

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Idol growing up was Andre Agassi: “I first started [to play tennis] because he was one of the first tennis matches I ever watched and after watching him I wanted to be a pro tennis player”
Also likes Rafael Nadal: “I’m a lefty too so I love to watch him play and he is so mentally tough so I aspire to be like him”
Realised at age 15 or 16 that she was good enough to follow a professional career
Named in the Australian Fed Cup team for the first time in January 2014
Singles finalist in the 2011 Optus 18s Australian Championships, going down to Ashleigh Barty; teamed up with Brooke Rischbieth to make the doubles semifinals
Pushed world No.3 Daria Gavrilova to three tough sets in her first Australian Open junior championships in 2010; from this, realised her potential to become a professional tennis player
Aspires to be like former Australian pro and world No.8 Alicia Molik; believes if she works hard she has every chance to reach such heights
Toughest opponent she’s faced is Belgian Kirsten Flipkens
Wishes she could replay her Hobart International second-round match against Flipkens, where she fell in a third-set tiebreak
Dream tennis scenario would be to beat the world No.1 in a night match at Rod Laver Arena
Ultimate professional goal is to win a Grand Slam – especially the Australian Open – and to win a Fed Cup
Sitting in her entourage at an Australian Open match at Rod Laver Arena would be her family, her team, and hopefully Billy Slater or Sally Fitzgibbons
Qualified at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career at Roland Garros 2021
Advanced to Wimbledon ladies’ doubles semifinals in 2021 with American Caroline Dolehide, where they lost to Russians Elena Vesnina and Veronika Kudermetova after holding three match points
Represented Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, reaching doubles quarterfinals alongside Ash Barty
Made top-20 debut in doubles in January 2022
Broke into the world’s top-10 in doubles in October 2022, after winning first WTA 1000 title alongside Brazil’s Luisa Stefani at Guadalajara
Made the Wimbledon ladies’ doubles final alongside Belgium’s Elise Mertens in 2023
Rose to world No.2 in doubles in September 2023, making her the highest-ranked Australian female in 16 years
Became the third Australian woman to achieve a No.1 ranking in doubles in November 2023
Advanced to the third round in singles at Australian Open 2024 as a qualifier. She was the first Aussie qualifier to progress that far in 39 years
Was a doubles semifinalist at the 2024 Australian Open with Katerina Siniakova
Made the Mumbai W125 singles final in 2024
Won the Dubai doubles title with Siniakova in February 2024, before the pair made the Indian Wells final the following month
Missed most of the 2024 season after rupturing Achilles during a training session at a Billie Jean King Cup tie in Brisbane in April
Returned from injury in February 2025, and lifted the Wuhan doubles trophy with Siniakova in October, her fifth WTA 1000 doubles triumph
Enjoyed a run to the Rome doubles semifinals in 2025 with Ellen Perez, and the final eight in Miami with Caroline Dolehide.

If she wasn’t a tennis player she would be a high school teacher
Fan of the Fremantle Dockers in the AFL and Melbourne Storm in the NRL
Loves to surf
Nicknamed “Storminator”
Best piece of advice received is to control what you can control
Her perfect day would involve going on a surfing round trip down south to Margaret River with family and friends
Had she not been a tennis player, she would have been a professional surfer or school teacher
Married partner Loughlin Hunter in November 2022.

Born	11 August 1994
Birthplace	Rockhampton, Australia
Height	166cm
Plays	Left-handed
Coach	Nicole Pratt

Singles titles

2023: Burnie W60
2019: Playford W60

Singles finals

2024: Mumbai W125

Doubles titles

2025: Wuhan (w/ Katerina Siniakova)
2024: Dubai (w/ Katerina Siniakova)
2023: Guadalajara (w/ Elise Mertens), Rome (w/ Elise Mertens), Catalonia W125 (w/ Ellen Perez)
2022: US Open mixed (w/ John Peers), Guadalajara (w/ Luisa Stefani), Berlin (w/ Katerina Siniakova), Adelaide (w/ Ashleigh Barty)
2020: Hua Hin (w/ Arina Rodionova)
2017: Nottingham (w/ Monique Adamczak)

Doubles finals

2025: Chennai (w/ Monica Niculescu), Osaka (w/ Desirae Krawczyk)
2024: Indian Wells (w/ Katerina Siniakova)
2023: Wimbledon (w/ Elise Mertens), Birmingham (w/ Alycia Parks), Adelaide (w/ Katerina Siniakova)
2021: Nottingham (w/ Caroline Dolehide), Charleston (w/ Ellen Perez)
2020: Istanbul (w/ Ellen Perez)
2017: Guangzhou (w/ Monique Adamczak), Osaka (w/ Monique Adamczak)