
PLAYER PROFILE
Zoe Hives
- Age24
- Born24 October 1996
- Birth PlaceBallarat, (Victoria)
- LivesKingston, (Victoria)
- PlaysRight-handed
- CoachMichael Logarzo
“I guess I know what I can do now. If I play well I can get some good results, but I’m not putting too much pressure on myself.”
— Zoe Hives, 26 Sep 2019
» Hives eases through in Darwin
On court
- Champion at the 2011 Optus 14s Spring Nationals and 2012 Queensland Junior Claycourt International #1
- Reached career-high ITF junior ranking of world No.95 in January 2013
- Won first professional title in 2015, at the 15K Melbourne ITF tournament, part of a purple patch on the Australian Pro Tour during which she went 12-2 and slashed her ranking from No.917 to No.493 in four weeks across March and April
- Made her Australian Open debut in 2016, falling in the first round of qualifying
- Won three Australian Pro Tour titles in 2018, including the biggest of her career in Canberra (ITF 60K)
- Won first WTA main-draw match in Hobart over Johanna Larsson in January 2019
- In her Australian Open main-draw debut in 2019, won her first Grand Slam match over Bethanie Mattek-Sands to reach second round
- Claimed first WTA doubles title in April 2019 alongside Astra Sharma in Bogota
- Played at Wimbledon and US for the first time in 2019, contesting the qualifying rounds
- Debuted in top 200 (at No.178) on 28 January 2019; cracked world’s top 150 on 16 September 2019
Off court
- Has been playing tennis since the age of five; her father built a court at their house made of granite sand
- If she wasn’t playing tennis, Zoe says she would be a teacher
- Her ideal mixed doubles partner would be Bob Bryan
- Favourite player is Roger Federer
- Goal is to reach the WTA top 20
Year-end ranking history
2020 | 304 |
2019 | 191 |
2018 | 215 |
2017 | 384 |
2016 | 904 |
2015 | 494 |
2014 | 953 |
Titles/Finals
Titles
2018 Playford 25K ITF, Toowoomba 25K ITF, Canberra 60K ITF
2015 Melbourne Park 15K ITF
Finals
2019 Ashland 60K ITF
Zoe Hives in the news
Social round-up: Giving back and getting ready

20 August, 2020
What have Australia's top-ranked players been up to? We've collated tweets and posts from this week to keep fans up to date.
Read moreWhat have Australia's top-ranked players been up to? We've collated tweets and posts from this week to keep fans up to date.
Social round-up: Players starting to return to court

14 May, 2020
What have Australia's top-ranked players been up to? We've collated tweets and posts from this week to keep fans up to date.
Read moreWhat have Australia's top-ranked players been up to? We've collated tweets and posts from this week to keep fans up to date.
Biggest movers: Australian women soar in 2019 rankings

14 November, 2019
In a banner season for Australian women's tennis, 14 of our players enjoyed significant rankings rises to end 2019 in a far higher position than one year earlier.
Read moreIn a banner season for Australian women's tennis, 14 of our players enjoyed significant rankings rises to end 2019 in a far higher position than one year earlier.
Biggest movers: Cabrera, Myers make gains

1 October, 2019
Darwin Pro Tour finalists Lizette Cabrera and Abbie Myers make big gains in this week's WTA rankings while Thanasi Kokkinakis was rewarded for his trip to the final at the…
Read moreDarwin Pro Tour finalists Lizette Cabrera and Abbie Myers make big gains in this week's WTA rankings while Thanasi Kokkinakis was rewarded for his trip to the final at the…