PLAYER PROFILE

Michelle Pits

  • Age25
  • Born27 May 1998
  • Birth PlaceCanberrra, Australian Capital Territory
  • LivesMelbourne, Victoria
  • PlaysRight-handed
  • CoachRob Leads

On court

  • quarterfinalist at the 2012 Victorian Country Championships
  • doubles winner at the 2012 Optus 14s National Grasscourt Championships

Off court

  • started playing tennis at the age of four
  • if she wasn’t a tennis player, Michelle says she would be a singer

Michelle Pits in the news

12s and 16s to contest national clay titles
A wildcard entrant into the Optus 18s tournament, Zoe Hives exhibited some  impressive tennis, defeating higher ranked players to commendably reach the quarterfinals.
9 April, 2013

The National Claycourt Championships continue this week, with the 12s and 16s divisions to be contested in Ipswich and at Melbourne Park respectively.
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Optus 14s event kicks off at Melbourne Park
Seone Mendez, December Showdown, Optus 14s Australian Teams Championships, Melbourne Park, 2012. XUE BAI
5 December, 2012

Sixty-four of the country’s most promising 14 and under players took to the courts at Melbourne Park today for the first matches of the round robin stage of the Optus…
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Pits and Jones to lead Optus 14s field
Scott Jones; Wee Photography
5 December, 2012

Top seeds Michelle Pits and Scott Jones will lead the Optus 14s Australian Championships girls’ and boys’ fields when main draw action starts today.
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V for victory as Victoria scoops Optus 14s teams titles
Richard Yang in action for Victoria in the Optus 14s teams final against New South Wales at Melbourne Park; Georgina Leeder
2 December, 2012

It was a day for the home town teams in the finals of the 14s Teams Championships with Victoria taking out both the boys’ and girls’ titles.
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