Demi Schuurs

Biography

Demi Schuurs was born on August 1, 1993 in Sittard, Netherlands. She is right handed, uses a two handed backhand, and stands 170 cm tall. She turned professional in 2009 and has always specialized in doubles.

As a junior, in 2011 she won Grand Slam doubles titles at the Australian Open (with An-Sophie Mestach) and the US Open (with Irina Khromacheva), and also reached the finals at Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

On the main tour, she claimed her first WTA title in April 2015 in Katowice with Ysaline Bonaventure. Frequently changing partners, in 2018 she reached a career high ranking of world No. 7 in doubles with Elise Mertens. In the following seasons she played with Nicole Melichar, Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Gabriela Dabrowski and Desirae Krawczyk, regularly reaching finals of top level tournaments, including two WTA Finals. Her best Grand Slam result during that period was a semifinal at the 2021 Australian Open with Melichar.

In the summer of 2024 she competed at the Paris Olympics in mixed doubles with Wesley Koolhof (semifinal), and on tour she won the WTA 1000 event in Doha with Luisa Stefani and the tournament in Ningbo with Yue Yuan. From the autumn of that year her partner became American Asia Muhammad: in March 2025 the pair won the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells, defeating Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls in the final, and in June they added a title in London. In total, Schuurs has more than twenty WTA doubles titles to her name; she currently ranks in the top 25 of the world doubles rankings.