Shortly after making her Grand Slam debut at Australian Open 2005 as a wildcard, Tiffany Welford was struck down by injury, which kept her off the Tour until April 2008.

She finished 2008 ranked 1113 but by the following year she had slashed more than 400 places off her ranking to finish 2009 inside the world’s top 680.

Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, but residing in Queensland, the right-hander enjoys reading, music, travelling, movies and photography in her spare time.