Erin Hope Routliffe was born on April 11,1995 and is a New Zealand professional tennis player who previously represented Canada.
33 Facts About Erin Routliffe
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Erin Routliffe reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No 29 on 8 August 2022.
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Erin Routliffe studied at the University of Alabama and was part of their tennis team from September 2013 until her graduation in May 2017, majoring in public relations.
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Erin Routliffe had a career-high junior rank of No 17 achieved on 21 January 2013.
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Erin Routliffe has two sisters, Tara and Tess, the latter being an international paraswimmer.
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Erin Routliffe made the move to Montreal in September 2011 to train at the National Training Centre and stayed there until 2013.
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In October 2010, Erin Routliffe won the doubles title at the G4 in Burlington.
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Erin Routliffe won her first junior singles title at the same tournament a year later.
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Erin Routliffe reached her second straight $50k doubles quarterfinal in Toronto the next week.
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Erin Routliffe lost in the first round in singles at the junior French Open and Wimbledon, but reached the quarterfinals in doubles at Wimbledon.
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Erin Routliffe was defeated in the first round in singles of the junior US Open, but reached the quarterfinals in doubles.
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Erin Routliffe won the doubles title at the GB1 in Tulsa alongside compatriot Carol Zhao, overcoming Charlotte Petrick and Denise Starr in the final.
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Erin Routliffe lost in the first round in singles of the junior Australian Open, but made the quarterfinals in doubles for her third straight Grand Slam.
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Erin Routliffe was defeated in the first round in singles and the second round in doubles at the junior French Open.
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In Irapuato, Mexico, Erin Routliffe won her third ITF doubles title for the year when she teamed up with Alexa Guarachi again.
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Erin Routliffe then went to South Korea to start a series of tournaments in Asia.
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Erin Routliffe followed that with a month-long training block in New Zealand before heading to Cairns for the first of a series of ITF tournaments in Australia.
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Erin Routliffe had better luck with Freya Christie as her partner, reaching the semifinals in Brisbane and taking her ninth doubles title of the year in Toowoomba, but lost with different partners in the first round in both Bendigo and Canberra.
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Erin Routliffe then had a series of tournaments where she lost in either the first or second round, until she came to defend her title in Irapuato.
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Erin Routliffe lost in the quarterfinals of her next two tournaments in Mexico, and then in the first round of the WTA tournament in Bogota.
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Guarachi then returned to the WTA Tour in Europe, so Erin Routliffe teamed up with Francesca Di Lorenzo to reach the quarterfinals in Charlottesville, and then with Allie Kiick to reach the semifinals at the next event in Charleston.
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Erin Routliffe then flew to Kuala Lumpur for New Zealand's 2019 Fed Cup Group II tournament.
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Erin Routliffe was straight back on a flight to London, where she teamed up with Madison Brengle for Wimbledon.
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Erin Routliffe was given wildcards for both the qualifying singles and doubles at the Auckland Open.
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Erin Routliffe lost her first singles match to Sara Errani, and she and Allie Kiick lost a tight match tie-break to Caroline Garcia and Julia Gorges in the first round of doubles.
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Erin Routliffe's next stop was an ITF tournament in Burnie, where she was the subject of one of the stranger happenings in recent times.
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Erin Routliffe had to retire from her second round singles qualifying match against Irina Ramialison with what turned out to be a mild case of food poisoning.
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Erin Routliffe partnered Fanny Stollar in the doubles, and they lost their quarterfinal against Paige Hourigan and Destanee Aiava in a long match tie-break.
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Erin Routliffe played only doubles, winning all three of her round-robin matches with different partners each time.
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Two tournaments in Perth followed, with Erin Routliffe losing in the first round of singles in the first week, and in the final qualifying round in the second.
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Erin Routliffe began the new year with ITF tournaments in Rome, Georgia, and Newport Beach, California.
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Erin Routliffe reunited with Rosolska for the Wimbledon Championships where she reached the quarterfinals seeded 11th for the first time at a major becoming the first woman from New Zealand since Marina Erakovic to reach the last eight in 2011 at the All England Club.
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Erin Routliffe made her top 30 debut at world No 29 on 8 August 2022 following her title at the Washington Open, partnering Jessica Pegula.