Kimberly Birrell was born on 29 April 1998 and is an Australian tennis player.
36 Facts About Kimberly Birrell
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Kimberly Birrell has won four singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit.
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Kimberly Birrell was born in Dusseldorf, Germany, on 29 April 1998 to Australian parents.
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The family then settled on the Gold Coast, Queensland when Kimberly Birrell was three years of age as her father took up a role as the head coach of Pat Cash's Tennis Academy.
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Kimberly Birrell 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.
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Queens Park had previously produced top 20 tennis players such as Bernard Tomic and Samantha Stosur, the latter of whom would train with Kimberly Birrell when visiting the club.
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Kimberly Birrell attended Coomera Anglican College during her schooling years and graduated in 2015.
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Kimberly Birrell began playing on the ITF Junior Circuit under-18 events in July 2011 as a 13-year-old.
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Kimberly Birrell continued to improve her junior ranking throughout 2013 by reaching two finals.
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Kimberly Birrell entered the 2014 Australian Open unseeded and caused several upsets on her way to the semifinals.
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Kimberly Birrell went on to compete in all the remaining majors throughout 2014 and reached her highest junior ranking of 18 in the world.
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Kimberly Birrell competed in three junior Grand Slam events in 2015 but mostly focused on the women's tour.
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Kimberly Birrell competed in her first professional event at the Bendigo Tennis Centre in October 2012 at the age of 14.
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Kimberly Birrell gained her first professional ranking point a year later with a straight sets win over Elizabeth James after receiving a wildcard into the main draw of a tournament held in her home state of Queensland.
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Kimberly Birrell finished 2013 with a professional singles ranking of 847.
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Kimberly Birrell was awarded a wildcard into the doubles main draw of the Hobart International with compatriot Olivia Tjandramulia, where they lost in the first round to second seeds Lisa Raymond and Zhang Shuai.
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In 2015, Kimberly Birrell was awarded a qualifying wildcard into the Hobart International, but lost to Vitalia Diatchenko in straight sets.
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Kimberly Birrell was then given a wildcard for the Australian Open qualifying, where she fell to Kateryna Bondarenko, in three sets.
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Kimberly Birrell made her Grand Slam main-draw debut by getting one of seven team wildcards in women's doubles alongside Priscilla Hon, but lost to the fifth seeds, Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears.
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Kimberly Birrell finished the year with a ranking of No 361.
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Kimberly Birrell was awarded a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, but lost to eventual main draw semifinalist Samantha Crawford.
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Kimberly Birrell made her WTA Tour debut after being awarded a wildcard into the main draw at the Hobart International.
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Kimberly Birrell lost in the first round of qualifying in Brisbane, Sydney and the Melbourne.
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Kimberly Birrell ended 2018 with a singles ranking of No 285.
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Kimberly Birrell commenced 2019 with a wildcard into the Brisbane International, where she claimed her first top 10 win over Daria Kasatkina.
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At the 2019 Australian Open, Kimberly Birrell had defeated Paula Badosa in round one, earning her first Grand Slam main-draw win before upsetting the 29th seed Donna Vekic, in the second round.
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Kimberly Birrell lost her third-round match against three time major champion and second seed Angelique Kerber, in straight sets.
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Kimberly Birrell played Madison Keys in the first round of the 2019 Fed Cup World Group and lost the match, but Australia won the tie.
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Kimberly Birrell lost in the first round of qualifying in the 2019 French Open and Wimbledon.
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Kimberly Birrell played her first competitive match in 18 months at the Yarra Valley Classic, where she lost in round one.
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Kimberly Birrell was given a wildcard into the Australian Open where she lost in round one to Rebecca Marino.
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Kimberly Birrell ended the season with a singles ranking of No 740.
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Kimberly Birrell reached a new career high ranking of No 136 on 13 February 2023, following her fourth ITF title.
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Kimberly Birrell reached a new career high ranking of No 116 on 27 February 2023.
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Kimberly Birrell made her WTA 1000 debut in Indian Wells as a qualifier.
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Kimberly Birrell made her debut for the Australia Fed Cup team in February 2016 against Slovakia at the age of 17.