On court

• Won the singles and doubles events at the 2011 Australian Optus Championships
• In 2012, selected to represent Australia at the Longines Future Tennis Aces tournament in Paris; she went on to win the tournament. Her prize was a opportunity to hit with 22-time Grand Slam Champion Steffi Graf
• Went a sparkling 41-7 on the ITF junior circuit in 2014, winning five titles (including the U18 Canadian World Ranking Event Montreal)
• Reached the third round of the Australian Open junior championships in 2014 and 2015
• Represented Australia in Junior Fed Cup play in 2014 and 2015; both years competed in the competition finals, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico (2014) and Madrid, Spain (2015)
• In just her fourth ever pro tournament, reached the quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF event in Melbourne.
• Upset No.3 seed Sara Tomic en route to the semifinals of the 18/u Australian Championships in 2015
• Advanced to her first final at the Canberra Claycourt International #1 in March 2016 after beginning the week as a qualifier
• At the Brisbane International in 2017, won three rounds of qualifying before beating Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the main draw to win her first WTA tour-level match.
• Made her Grand Slam debut at Australian Open 2017 at age 16, becoming the first player to be born in 2000 or later to compete in a major
• Won her first professional title at the Australian Pro Tour event in Perth in February 2017
• In April 2018, captured her first pro title overseas at the ITF 25K event in Osaka, Japan (beating former world No.38 Rebecca Marino in the final)
• That same month, debuted in Australia’s Fed Cup team for the World Group Play-off tie against Netherlands in Wollongong, winning the doubles rubber with Daria Gavrilova
• Stunned world No.10 and second seed Aryna Sabalenka in the first round of the WTA grass-court tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (June 2019)
• In November 2022, won the Australian Pro Tour title in Traralgon, her first tournament win in three-and-a-half years.

Off court

• Goal is to one day become world No.1 which inspires her to continually improve her game, much like her hero Roger Federer
• Mother is a former rugby player; father is the Australian UFC coach
• Started out playing soccer but says she was kicked off her junior team because “I wouldn’t pass the ball”
• Nickname is ‘Des’.

Year-end singles ranking history