Demi Schuurs


Demi Schuurs is a professional Dutch tennis player who has specialized in doubles.
She has won ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and twenty doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 23 February 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 512. On 22 October 2018, she peaked at No. 7 in the doubles rankings.
Schuurs won the junior events of the doubles tournaments at 2011 Australian Open and 2011 US Open.
She qualified for the 2018 WTA Finals doubles event, partnering with Elise Mertens.

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, Carmen.

Premier-Mandatory/Premier-5 finals

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

WTA career finals

Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.12 April 2015Katowice Open, PolandHard Ysaline Bonaventure Gioia Barbieri
Karin Knapp
7–5, 4–6,
Winner2.19 July 2015Bucharest Open, RomaniaClay Oksana Kalashnikova Andreea Mitu
Patricia Maria Țig
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up1.1 October 2016Tashkent Open, UzbekistanHard Renata Voráčová Raluca Olaru
İpek Soylu
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up2.7 January 2017Auckland Open, New ZealandHard Renata Voráčová Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up3.17 June 2017Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, NetherlandsGrass Kiki Bertens Dominika Cibulková
Kirsten Flipkens
6–4, 4–6,
Runner-up4.23 July 2017Bucharest Open, RomaniaClay Elise Mertens Irina Camelia Begu
Raluca Olaru
3–6, 3–6
Winner3.23 September 2017Guangzhou Open, ChinaHard Elise Mertens Monique Adamczak
Storm Sanders
6–2, 6–3
Winner4.6 January 2018Brisbane International, AustraliaHard Kiki Bertens Andreja Klepač
María José Martínez Sánchez
7–5, 6–2
Winner5.13 January 2018Hobart International, AustraliaHard Elise Mertens Lyudmyla Kichenok
Makoto Ninomiya
6–2, 6–2
Winner6.20 May 2018Italian Open, RomeClay Ashleigh Barty Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Barbora Strýcová
6–3, 6–4
Winner7.26 May 2018Nuremberg Cup, GermanyClay Katarina Srebotnik Kirsten Flipkens
Johanna Larsson
3–6, 6–3,
Winner8.16 June 2018Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, NetherlandsGrass Elise Mertens Kiki Bertens
Kirsten Flipkens
3–3 ret.
Runner-up5.24 June 2018Birmingham Classic, Great BritainGrass Elise Mertens Timea Babos
Kristina Mladenovic
6–4, 3–6,
Winner9.12 August 2018Canadian Open, MontrealHard Ashleigh Barty Latisha Chan
Ekaterina Makarova
4–6, 6–3,
Runner-up6.19 August 2018Cincinnati Masters, United StatesHard Elise Mertens Lucie Hradecká
Ekaterina Makarova
2–6, 5–7
Winner10.28 September 2018Wuhan Open, ChinaHard Elise Mertens Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Barbora Strýcová
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up7.16 February 2019Qatar Total Open, DohaHard Anna-Lena Grönefeld Chan Hao-ching
Latisha Chan
1–6, 6–3,
Runner-up8.19 May 2019Italian Open, RomeClay Anna-Lena Grönefeld Victoria Azarenka
Ashleigh Barty
6–4, 0–6,
Runner-up9.23 June 2019Birmingham Classic, Great BritainGrass Anna-Lena Grönefeld Hsieh Su-wei
Barbora Strýcová
4–6, 7–6,
Runner-up10.11 August 2019Canadian Open, TorontoHard Anna-Lena Grönefeld Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
5–7, 0–6
Runner-up11.17 August 2019Cincinnati Masters, United StatesHard Anna-Lena Grönefeld Lucie Hradecká
Andreja Klepač
4–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.15 October 2012Antalya, TurkeyClay Olga Ianchuk6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Winner1.24 February 2014Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptHard Emily Webley-Smith6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 27 (20–7)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.27 July 2009Bree, BelgiumClay An-Sophie Mestach Kiki Bertens
Quirine Lemoine
1–6, 0–6
Winner1.26 July 2010Bree, BelgiumClay Sofie Oyen Marcella Koek
Marina Melnikova
6–0, 6–1
Winner2.16 August 2010Westende, BelgiumHard Quirine Lemoine Alison Van Uytvanck
Irina Khromacheva
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner3.21 March 2011Antalya, TurkeyClay Ilona Kremen Martina Gledacheva
Isabella Shinikova
3–6, 7–6,
Winner4.2 April 2012Tessenderlo, BelgiumClay Maryna Zanevska Tatjana Maria
Stephanie Vogt
6–4, 6–3
Winner5.8 July 2013Aschaffenburg, GermanyClay Eva Wacanno Carolin Daniels
Laura Schaeder
7–5, 1–6,
Winner6.22 July 2013Maaseik, BelgiumClay Eva Wacanno Bernice van de Velde
Kelly Versteeg
6–2, 4–6,
Winner7.26 August 2013Rotterdam, NetherlandsClay Amandine Hesse Elke Lemmens
Sviatlana Pirazhenka
3–6, 7–5,
Runner-up2.2 September 2013Alphen aan den Rijn, NetherlandsClay Eva Wacanno Cindy Burger
Daniela Seguel
4–6, 1–6
Winner8.11 November 2013Bol, CroatiaClay Barbora Krejčíková Vivien Juhászová
Tereza Malíková
6–2, 6–4
Winner9.13 December 2013Madrid, SpainHard Eva Wacanno Elitsa Kostova
Evgeniya Rodina
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up3.22 February 2014Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptHard Zarah Razafimahatratra Ana Veselinović
Eugeniya Pashkova
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up4.23 June 2014Breda, NetherlandsClay Eva Wacanno Sviatlana Pirazhenka
Natela Dzalamidze
4–6, 1–6
Runner-up5.9 August 2014Koksijde, BelgiumClay Bernarda Pera Ysaline Bonaventure
Richèl Hogenkamp
4–6, 4–6
Winner10.18 August 2014Wanfercée-Baulet, BelgiumClay Elise Mertens Tatiana Búa
Daniela Seguel
6–2, 6–3
Winner11.30 August 2014Fleurus, BelgiumClay Arantxa Rus Hilda Melander
Marina Melnikova
6–4, 6–1
Winner12.15 November 2014Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptHard Marie Benoît Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Polina Monova
6–4, 7–5
Winner13.1 December 2014Sousse, TunisiaHard Kelly Versteeg Vivien Juhászová
Tereza Malíková
6–3, 6–0
Winner14.8 February 2015Grenoble, FranceHard Hiroko Kuwata Manon Arcangioli
Cindy Burger
6–1, 6–3
Winner15.27 February 2015Beinasco, ItalyClay Daniela Seguel Xenia Knoll
Alice Matteucci
6–4, 4–6,
Runner-up6.15 June 2015Ilkley, Great BritainGrass An-Sophie Mestach Raluca Olaru
Xu Yifan
3–6, 4–6
Winner16.3 August 2015Koksijde, BelgiumClay Elise Mertens Justyna Jegiołka
Sherazad Reix
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up7.30 April 2016Wiesbaden, GermanyClay Steffi Distelmans Marie Benoît
Arantxa Rus
2–6, 2–6
Winner17.8 May 2016Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceClay Andreea Mitu Xenia Knoll
Aleksandra Krunić
6–4, 7–5
Winner18.9 May 2016Saint-Gaudens, FranceClay Renata Voráčová Nicola Geuer
Viktorija Golubic
6–1, 6–2
Winner19.30 July 2016Prague, Czech RepublicClay Renata Voráčová Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Sara Sorribes Tormo
7–5, 3–6,
Winner20.14 August 2016Koksijde, BelgiumClay Steffi Distelmans Başak Eraydın
Ilona Kremen
6–1, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Doubles performance timeline