Jordanne Whiley

Jordanne Whiley

Whiley at the 2016 Paralympics
Country (sports)  Great Britain
Residence Halesowen, West Midlands
Born (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992
Birmingham, England
Official website jordannewhiley.com
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open SF (2014)
French Open QF (2011, 2014)
Wimbledon SF (2016)
US Open W (2015)
Other tournaments
Paralympic Games R1 (2008, 2012, 2016)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open W (2014, 2015)
French Open W (2014, 2016)
Wimbledon W (2014, 2015, 2016)
US Open W (2014)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters Doubles W (2013, 2014)
Paralympic Games Bronze medals (2012, 2016)

Jordanne Joyce Whiley MBE[1] (born 11 June 1992) is a British wheelchair tennis player. Aged 14 she became Britain's youngest ever national women's singles champion in wheelchair tennis.[2] She has osteogenesis imperfecta as does her father, Keith, who was also a Paralympian and won a bronze medal in New York.[3] Whiley was awarded the MBE in the 2015 Queens Birthday Honours list.

Junior career

In 2006 at the age of 14 Whiley claimed her first senior main draw titles when she won the singles and doubles at the Cardiff Wheelchair Tennis tournament, also winning the girls title.[4][5] At the end of 2006 Whiley had moved up from 112 to 48 in the rankings and had won junior titles in Poland and the Netherlands.[6][7][8] Whiley won two awards at the British Wheelchair Tennis Association awards: Most improved female player and players' player of the year.[9] Whiley created history in 2007 when she defeated Katharine Kruger in Tarbes. She became the first Briton to claim the Cruyff Foundation Wheelchair Juniors Masters title, Whiley also claimed the doubles title with Louise Hunt.[10] Following on from the Masters success Whiley won her second senior title at the North West Challenge.[11] Whiley followed this up by becoming the youngest national British Champion and winning the doubles title as well.[9][12] Whiley then successfully defended her Cardiff wheelchair tennis tournament titles.[5] In 2008 Whiley successfully defended her Masters titles; defeating Emmy Kaiser in the singles before partnering Hunt to back to back doubles titles.[13] The following week Whiley claimed her first international title the Sion Indoor.[14] Whiley then successfully defended both titles at the North West Challenge.[15] She was named in the team for the 2008 Paralympic Games.[16]

Senior career

In 2012, she reached the finals of Women's wheelchair doubles at Wimbledon.[17] She competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[18] where she shared a bronze with Lucy Shuker in women's doubles.[19] Whiley and Shuker won another bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where Whiley was eliminated in the women's singles quarterfinals.[20]

Whiley and her partner Yui Kamiji of Japan achieved a calendar Grand Slam by winning the wheelchair doubles at the Australian Open (beating the Dutch pair Marjolein Buis and Jiske Griffioen), the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open (overcoming Griffioen and fellow Dutchwoman Aniek van Koot in all three finals). They finished the year by adding the Masters crown after defeating Louise Hunt and Katharina Kruger in the final. However, despite the absence of van Koot and Griffioen the pair did not go undefeated throughout the tournament as they lost to Marjolein Buis and Michaela Spaanstra during the round robin group stage.[21]

References

  1. ↑ GRO reference: July 1992, Vol. 32, Page 22
  2. ↑ "Athlete Bio". Ipc.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Major Events | Tennis in Britain". Lta.org.uk. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Teenage duo claim Cardiff titles". BBC Sport. 23 October 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Black Country - Sport - Jordanne hits another hat-trick". BBC. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Jordanne Whiley: tennis ace". BBC. 11 January 2007. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Cruyff Foundation Junior Camp Success for Britons". Itftennis.com. 5 August 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "British juniors net another double in Poland". Itftennis.com. 27 August 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Teenage duo claim national crowns". BBC Sport. 29 May 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "Junior Whiley wins French title". BBC Sport. 8 February 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Title success for Reid and Whiley". BBC Sport. 5 March 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "Black Country - Sport - Jordanne: teenage champion". BBC. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Britons celebrate Masters success". BBC Sport. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  14. ↑ "Swiss success for teenager Whiley". BBC Sport. 10 February 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  15. ↑ "Reid & Whiley claim singles wins". BBC. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  16. ↑ "Norfolk named in GB tennis squad". BBC News. 12 June 2008.
  17. ↑ "Wimbledon 2012: Lucy Shuker & Jordanne Whiley lose final". Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  18. ↑ "The players call me Princess Smurf. Apparently I act like a princess on tour". paralympics.channel4.com. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  19. ↑ "Lucy Suker and Jordanne Whiley survive match point to win bronze". London: The Daily Telegraph. 7 September 2012.
  20. ↑ Jordanne Whiley. rio2016.com
  21. ↑ "Top seeds lift UNIQLO Doubles Masters titles". Itftennis.com. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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