Kimberly Birrell
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Birrell at the 2014 French Open
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| Full name | Kimberly Birrell |
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia
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| Residence | Gold Coast, Australia |
| Born |
29 April 1998 Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Turned pro | 2014 |
| Prize money | $69,035 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 32–26 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | 278 (1 February 2016) |
| Current ranking | 323 (3 October 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 10–15 |
| Career titles | 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 265 (18 January 2016) |
| Current ranking | 265 (18 January 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2015, 2016, 2017) |
| Last updated on: 1 February 2016. | |
Kimberly Birrell (born 29 April 1998 in Düsseldorf, Germany) is an Australian tennis player.
Birrell has won one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 1 February 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 278 and on 18 January 2016, world number 265 in the doubles rankings.
Birrell was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 29 April 1998 to Australian parents. Her father, John, was working as a tennis coach in Germany at the time of her birth and shortly after relocated his family to Wodonga, Victoria. The family then settled on the Gold Coast, Queensland when John took up a role as the head coach of Pat Cash's Tennis Academy. Kimberly began playing tennis at the age of four and switched training bases to the Queens Park Tennis Centre in 2008 when her father began managing the club. Queens Park had previously produced tennis professionals such as Samantha Stosur and Bernard Tomic. Birrell attended Coomera Anglican College during her schooling years and graduated in 2015.
Birrell began playing junior ITF under 18 events in July 2011 as a 13-year-old. She reached her first junior ITF final a year later in Sydney and came out victorious over Pamela Boyanov in three sets. Following a strong 2012 season, she made her junior grand slam debut at the 2013 Australian Open at 14 years of age and was beaten by Sweden's Rebecca Peterson in straight sets. She continued to improve her junior ranking throughout 2013 by reaching two finals.
She entered the 2014 Australian Open unseeded and caused several upsets on her way to the semifinals. In the semifinals, at 15 years of age, she was defeated by Croat Jana Fett who two years her senior. She went on to compete in all the remaining grand slams throughout 2014 and reached her highest junior ranking of 18 in the world. Birrell competed in three junior grand slams in 2015 but mostly focused on the professional women's tour.
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