Destanee Aiava
| Full name | Destanee Gabriella Aiava |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |
 Australia
|
| Residence | Narre Warren, Australia |
| Born |
10 May 2000 Melbourne, Australia |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 2015 |
| Plays | Right-handed (double handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $15,728 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 28–19 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 210 (20 March 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 210 (20 March 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 10–11 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 516 (7 November 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 569 (5 December 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
| Last updated on: 9 January 2017. | |
Destanee Gabriella Aiava (born 10 May 2000) is a professional Australian tennis player.
Aiava has a career high WTA singles ranking of 270 achieved on 9 January 2017. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 516 achieved on 7 November 2016. Aiava has reached two ITF singles finals.
Aiava will make her grand slam main draw debut after winning the 2016 18/u Australian Championships, granting her a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open. She became the first player, male or female, born in 2000 or later to participate in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.
Aiava is the daughter of Samoan parents; her father, Mark, was born in New Zealand to Samoan parents, and her mother, Rosie, was born in American Samoa.
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 alongside Steffi Graf in an exhibition match. 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 in Queensland and Victoria. At the age of 14, she won the U18 Canadian World Ranking Event in Montreal, Canada.
In early 2015, Aiava made her professional debut at the Burnie International after receiving wildcards in the singles and doubles, where she lost early in both. At the Launceston Tennis International, Aiava won her first professional main draw match against Lu Jiajing. She also made the Quarterfinals of a $15K tournament in Melbourne in April 2015. In March 2016, Aiava made her first career final at a $25K ITF tournament in Canberra. In December 2016, Aiava won the 18/u girls' Australian Championships and earned a wild card into the 2017 Australian Open. She will become the first player born this century to play at a Grand Slam.
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