First Australian junior world No. 1 since Jelena Dokic in 1998
Right-handed with a two-handed backhand — the Gold Coast teenager and two-time junior Grand Slam finalist rode a 12–2 home-summer run and a maiden WTA 1000 win in Miami into the top 140.
Career-High Rank
No. 129
4 MAY 2026
Current Rank
No. 136
6 APR 2026
Age
17
B. 7 JUL 2008
Turned Pro
2023
GOLD COAST, AUS
Birthplace
Gold Coast, Queensland
Residence
Gold Coast, Queensland
Coach
David Taylor
Plays
Right-handed
Backhand
Two-handed
Best Slam
1R — AO (2025, 2026)
Jones ended 2025 with a target she and her coach had set together: crack the top 150. She then did most of the work in a single home summer. Starting the Australian swing ranked No. 189, she went 12–2 across Brisbane, Sydney and Playford — lifting the ITF W75 Playford International trophy along the way — and touched No. 150 right at the season's turn. In February she added the Queensland International II title in Brisbane, beating Zhu Lin in the final.
"We wanted to crack the top 150, so that was great." — Press conference after the 2026 Brisbane International · Tennis365
The climb accelerated in March at the Miami Open, where the wildcard came from a set down to beat Linda Fruhvirtová 3–6, 7–6(3), 7–6(4) for her first WTA 1000 main-draw win — per Tennis Australia, the youngest Australian to win a match at that level since Jelena Dokic in 1999. By early April she was up nine places to No. 136, and a month later she set her career-high of No. 129.
"It was definitely hard stepping into women's, especially coming newly from juniors."
ON THE JUMP FROM JUNIORS, DEC 2025 · WTATENNIS.COM"I'm coming up against bigger, older and stronger women than me."
ON THE PHYSICAL STEP UP TO TOUR LEVEL · WTATENNIS.COM"The more I can play at that level, the more it will improve me."
ON FACING TOP-RANKED OPPOSITION, DEC 2025 · WTATENNIS.COM