Demi Schuurs


Demi Schuurs is a Dutch professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
On 22 October 2018, she peaked at No. 7 in the doubles rankings. In February 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 512.
She has won twenty-one doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career

Juniors

Schuurs won the junior events of the doubles tournaments at 2011 Australian Open and 2011 US Open.

Professional

2018–2020: Four WTA 1000 titles, world No. 7, WTA Finals debut & semifinal

She qualified for the WTA Finals doubles event, partnering Elise Mertens where she reached the quarterfinals.

2021–2022: Fourth WTA Finals with fourth different partner and two times semifinalist

She qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals with Nicole Melichar and reached the semifinals for a second time.
In 2022, she also qualified for her fourth WTA Finals in a row with a fourth different partner, Desirae Krawczyk. The pair reached the semifinals, making it the third time for Schuurs.

2023: WTA Tour singles debut, fifth WTA Finals

Without a singles ranking she qualified at the Guadalajara Open for her first singles main draw at a tour–level on her eighth WTA singles qualifying attempt, getting her first singles ranking in the top 1000 since 2016.
She qualified for the 2023 WTA Finals with Desirae Krawczyk for a fifth year in a row that the tournament was played and for the second time with the same partner.

2024–2025: New partnership with Muhammad, 20th title at Indian Wells

Schuurs' first competition of the season was representing the Netherlands in the United Cup, a mixed team competition in Perth, Australia. Although the team's performance was not good, being eliminated in the group stage, Schuurs won both mixed doubles matches she played.
Still on the Australian swing, Schuurs participated in the Adelaide International in partnership with Asia Muhammad. They reached the quarterfinals. Next, she entered the Australian Open with a new partner, the Brazilian Luisa Stefani, and they reached the quarterfinals.
Continuing her campaign on hardcourts, now in the Middle East, Schuurs and Stefani competed at the Qatar Ladies Open where they won the title without losing a single set.
In October 2024, Schuurs teamed up with Yuan Yue to win the doubles at the Ningbo Open, defeating top seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final.
Schuurs reached three times the round of 16, at the 2025 Australian Open, in Doha, and in Dubai with partner Muhammad. Again with Muhammad, she reached the final at Indian Wells by defeating top seeds world No. 1, Kateřina Siniaková, and world No. 2, Taylor Townsend. They won the title defeating the Slovak-British duo of Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls.

Personal life

Schuurs is a daughter of former Dutch international handball player Lambert Schuurs.
Her younger brother Perr is a professional football player.
During an interview with the WTA in 2020, Schuurs revealed that she is in a relationship with a woman named Carmen.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 37 (21 titles, 16 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Apr 2015Katowice Open, PolandInternationalHard

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (1–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 2012ITF Antalya, TurkeyClay

Doubles (20–7)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Jul 2009ITF Bree, BelgiumClay