PLAYER PROFILE

Olivia Gadecki

“We've had big battles. Mentally I was coming in kind of the underdog, which always helps. So I can just swing freely and go for it.”

Represented Australia at the Longines Future Tennis Aces event in Paris in 2014
Won the 14/u Australian Championships singles title in December 2016
Part of the Australian Junior Fed Cup team in 2017
Embarked on a junior tour of Europe in 2018, reaching the final at the 2018 Torneo Internazionale Junior in Italy
Attacking style of game, helped by her big serve and forehand

First encouraged to pick up a tennis racquet as a three-year-old by her four brothers
Names her idol as Serena Williams