Destanee Aiava

Aiava at the2019 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Destanee Gabriella Aiava
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Narre Warren,Victoria, Australia
Born	(2000-05-10)10 May 2000 (age 25) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Corey Gaal
Prize money	$1,317,680
Singles
Career record	269–178
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 147 (11 September 2017)
Current ranking	No. 320 (16 February 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2025)
French Open	1R (2025)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2017)
US Open	1R (2024,2025)
Doubles
Career record	156–94
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 133 (5 August 2024)
Current ranking	No. 272 (17 November 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2017,2025)
Last updated on: 17 November 2025.

Destanee Gabriella Aiava (born 10 May 2000) is an Australian professionaltennis player.She has career-highWTA rankings of world No. 147 in singles, achieved on 11 September 2017, and No. 133 in doubles, set on 5 August 2024.

Aiava has won ten singles and fourteen doubles titles on theITF Women's Circuit.She made her major main-draw debut, after winning the2016 U18 Australian Championships, what granted her a wildcard into the2017 Australian Open. She thus became the first player, male or female, born in 2000 or later to participate in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.^[1]

Aiava was born inMelbourne to aNew Zealand father ofSamoan descent and a mother fromAmerican Samoa.^[2] Her mother, Rosie, was a professionalkickboxer andrugby player who represented theAustralian national rugby team and her father, Mark, was a professionalpowerlifter.^[3] In 2005, at four years of age, Aiava watchedSerena Williams win theAustralian Open final and was inspired to begin playing tennis.^[4]

In 2012, at the age of 12, Aiava represented Australia at Roland Garros in the Longines Future Tennis Aces Tournament. Competing against fifteen of the top under-13 female tennis players, Aiava won the tournament and won the right to play alongsideSteffi Graf in an exhibition match.^[5] The years following, Aiava mainly played on the junior circuit. In 2014, she won the Tecnifibre Tennis Central Championships and NZ ITF Summer Championships in New Zealand as well as Australian International's inQueensland andVictoria. At the age of 14, she won the U18 Canadian world ranking event inMontreal, Quebec.

In early 2015, Aiava made her professional debut at theBurnie International, after receivingwildcards into the singles and doubles draws, where she lost early in both. At theLaunceston Tennis International, Aiava won her first pro main-draw match againstLu Jiajing. She also made the quarterfinals of a $15k tournament in Melbourne in April 2015. In March 2016, Aiava reached her first career final at a $25k tournament in Canberra which she lost, in three sets. In December 2016, she won theU18 Girls' Australian Championships and earned a wildcard into the2017 Australian Open. She thus became the first player born in the 21st century to play at a Grand Slam championship.^[6]

Aiava commenced the year by qualifying for theBrisbane International and her first appearance in aWTA Tour main draw.^[7] Aiava defeatedBethanie Mattek-Sands in the first round,^[8] before losing to two-time major champion and world No. 9,Svetlana Kuznetsova. Aiava made hermajor debut at theAustralian Open as a wildcard, losing inround one toMona Barthel.

In February, Aiava won the first ITF Circuit title of her career, winning the $25k event in Perth by defeatingViktória Kužmová in the final. The following month, she won another $25k title, this time inMornington, beatingBarbora Krejčíková in the final. In April, Aiava was named in theAustralia Fed Cup team for the first time.^[9] In May, she reached the semifinals of theOpen Saint-Gaudens, before losing the first round ofqualifying at theFrench Open. In June, Aiava lost in the final round ofWimbledon qualifying. In September, she reached the second round ofqualifying for the US Open before being granted a wildcard intoTournoi de Québec, where she lost in the first round. In October, Aiava reached the final of theCanberra International. In December, she was unable to defend hergirls' title, losing toJaimee Fourlis in a reversal of the result from 2016.^[10] The following week, Aiava won the Australian Open Wildcard Playoff.^[11][12]

Aiava was awarded a wildcard into theBrisbane International^[13] where she lost in the first round to another wildcard entry,Ajla Tomljanović.^[14]

Aiava also was handed a wildcard for theAustralian Open, where she was defeated in the first round byworld No. 1 and top seed,Simona Halep. Aiava had two set points in the first set, before going off-court to receive a medical time out. She subsequently lost the match in straight sets.^[15] Aiava reached the quarterfinals of theBurnie International andZhuhai Open, before reaching the final of theClay Court International.^[16] In April, she won the title at the Osaka event; her third on the ITF Circuit and first title outside Australia.^[17]

In May, she lost in the first round ofFrench Open qualifying.

Aiava began the season at theBrisbane International where she qualified for the main draw with victories overVania King,Mandy Minella andChristina McHale. She then defeatedKristina Mladenovic in the first round, before falling to second seedNaomi Osaka.Aiava received her thirdAustralian Open wildcard entry, losing to 17th seedMadison Keys.She then won the Clay Court International title on March 24 by defeating world No. 289,Risa Ozaki.^[18]

In January 2022, Aiava lost in the first round of theAustralian Open qualifying.^[20]

Ranked No. 180, she qualified for the main draw of the2024 US Open making her debut at this major with wins overGergana Topalova, fourth seedMai Hontama andAna Konjuh.^[21] She lost in the first round to fourth seedElena Rybakina.^[22]

Aiava defeatedEva Lys in thefinal qualifying round at theAustralian Open to make it into the main draw.^[23] She then claimed her first Grand Slam tournament win by defeatingGreet Minnen in a match which went to a deciding set tiebreak.^[24][25] Aiava lost in the second round to 10th seedDanielle Collins in another three set match.^[26]

She was given a wildcard into the main draw at theFrench Open,^[27] but lost toDayana Yastremska in the first round.^[28] Aiava qualified for theUS Open,^[29] but once again lost in the first round, this time to seventh seedJasmine Paolini.^[30]

In 2026, Aiava lost her first round women's doubles match, and failed to qualify for the singles draw. She announced in February that she planned to retire at the end of the season, criticising the sport's sexism, racism, and homophobia.[1]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2025	Birmingham Open, United Kingdom	Grass	Cristina Bucșa	Alicia Barnett Elixane Lechemia	6–4, 6–2

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2016	Clay Court International, Australia	W25	Clay	Eri Hozumi	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(3)
Loss	0–2	Sep 2016	ITF Tweed Heads, Australia	W25	Hard	Lizette Cabrera	3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win	1–2	Feb 2017	ITF Perth, Australia	W25	Hard	Viktória Kužmová	6–1, 6–1
Win	2–2	Mar 2017	ITF Mornington, Australia	W25	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Nov 2017	Canberra International, Australia	W60	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	1–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Mar 2018	Clay Court International, Australia	W60	Clay	Dalila Jakupović	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–4	Apr 2018	ITF Osaka, Japan	W25	Hard	Rebecca Marino	6–3, 7–6(2)
Loss	3–5	Sep 2018	ITF Cairns, Australia	W25	Hard	Astra Sharma	6–0, 6–7(5), 1–6
Win	4–5	Mar 2019	Clay Court International, Australia	W25	Clay	Risa Ozaki	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–6	Feb 2020	Launceston International, Australia	W25	Hard	Asia Muhammad	4–6, 3–6
Loss	4–7	Feb 2020	ITF Perth, Australia	W25	Hard	Maddison Inglis	4–6, 6–7(4)
Loss	4–8	Jul 2022	ITF Caloundra, Australia	W15	Hard	Talia Gibson	6–7(4), 4–6
Loss	4–9	Jul 2022	ITF Caloundra, Australia	W15	Hard	Talia Gibson	4–6, 2–3 ret.
Loss	4–10	Sep 2022	ITF Darwin, Australia	W25	Hard	Alexandra Bozovic	1–6, 4–6
Win	5–10	Nov 2022	ITF Traralgon, Australia	W25	Hard	Lizette Cabrera	6–3, 6–7(4), 6–4
Win	6–10	Aug 2023	ITF Aldershot, United Kingdom	W25	Hard	Alex Eala	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	7–10	Sep 2023	ITF Cairns, Australia	W25	Hard	Lizette Cabrera	w/o
Win	8–10	Nov 2023	Sydney Challenger, Australia	W60	Hard	Astra Sharma	6–3, 6–4
Win	9–10	Oct 2024	ITF Cairns, Australia	W35	Hard	Maddison Inglis	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Win	10–10	Nov 2024	Brisbane QTC Tennis International, Australia	W50	Hard	Lizette Cabrera	7–6(4), 4–6, 6–3
Loss	10–11	Feb 2025	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	W60	Hard (i)	Gabriela Knutson	4–6, 6–3, 5–7

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2018	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	W25	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Wang Xinyu Wang Xiyu	5–7, 7–5, [4–10]
Loss	0–2	Nov 2018	Canberra International, Australia	W60	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Ellen Perez Arina Rodionova	7–6(5), 3–6, [7–10]
Loss	0–3	Mar 2019	Clay Court International, Australia	W25	Clay	Ellen Perez	Naiktha Bains Tereza Mihalikova	6–4, 2–6, [4–10]
Loss	0–4	Apr 2019	Dothan Pro Classic, United States	W80	Clay	Astra Sharma	Caroline Dolehide Usue Maitane Arconada	6–7(5), 4–6
Win	1–4	Sep 2019	Darwin International, Australia	W60	Hard	Lizette Cabrera	Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis	6–4, 2–6, [10–3]
Win	2–4	Oct 2019	ITF Brisbane International, Australia	W25	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Alison Bai Paige Hourigan	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–4	June 2021	ITF Madrid, Spain	W25	Hard	Olivia Gadecki	Mana Ayukawa Han Na-lae	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–5	Oct 2022	ITF Cairns, Australia	W25	Hard	Lisa Mays	Naiktha Bains Alexandra Bozovic	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–5	Nov 2022	Sydney Challenger, Australia	W60	Hard	Lisa Mays	Alexandra Osborne Jessy Rompies	5–7, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	5–5	Nov 2022	ITF Traralgon, Australia	W25	Hard	Katherine Westbury	Ankita Raina Priska Madelyn Nugroho	6–1, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	6–5	Feb 2023	Burnie International, Australia	W25	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Lily Fairclough Olivia Gadecki	7–5, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Mar 2023	Clay Court International, Australia	W60	Clay	Olivia Gadecki	Erina Hayashi Yuki Naito	6–7(2), 5-7
Loss	6–7	June 2023	Open ITF Madrid, Spain	W60	Hard	Berfu Cengiz	Makenna Jones Jamie Loeb	4–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Win	7–7	Jul 2023	ITF Foxhills, UK	W25	Hard	Rutuja Bhosale	Talia Gibson Petra Hule	6-2, 6-3
Win	8–7	Aug 2023	ITF Aldershot, UK	W25	Hard	Sarah Beth Grey	Erina Hayashi Saki Imamura	6-4, 6-3
Win	9–7	Sep 2023	ITF Perth, Australia	W25	Hard	Maddison Inglis	Misaki Matsuda Naho Sato	6-1, 6-4
Win	10–7	Sep 2023	ITF Perth, Australia	W25	Hard	Maddison Inglis	Talia Gibson Taylah Preston	6-3, 7–6(3)
Win	11–7	Oct 2023	ITF Cairns, Australia	W25	Hard	Taylah Preston	Roisin Gilheany Alicia Smith	7-6(5), 7-5
Win	12–7	Oct 2023	Sydney Challenger, Australia	W60	Hard	Maddison Inglis	Kyōka Okamura Ayano Shimizu	6–0, 6–0
Loss	12–8	Nov 2023	ITF Brisbane International, Australia	W60	Hard	Maddison Inglis	Talia Gibson Priscilla Hon	6–4, 5–7, [5–10]
Loss	12–9	Feb 2024	ITF Traralgon, Australia	W35	Hard	Tenika McGiffin	Yuki Naito Naho Sato	1–6, 3–6
Win	13–9	May 2024	Open Villa de Madrid, Spain	W100	Clay	Eleni Christofi	Andrea Gámiz Eva Vedder	6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss	13–10	Oct 2024	ITF Cairns, Australia	W35	Hard	Alexandra Bozovic	Petra Hule Alana Parnaby	6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss	13–11	Oct 2024	2024 NSW Open, Australia	W75	Hard	Maddison Inglis	Lizette Cabrera Taylah Preston	1–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win	14–11	Nov 2024	Brisbane QTC Tennis International, Australia	W50	Hard	Maddison Inglis	Yuki Naito Ankita Raina	6–3, 6–4

#	Player	Rank	Tournament	Surface	Rd	Score	DAR
2019
1.	Aryna Sabalenka	No. 10	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Grass	1R	7–6(3), 1–6, 6–4	No. 214

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