GB RANKING2
WORLD RANKING20
CAREER HIGH
21/02/2022 19
ITF TITLES12
Last updated: 23/05/2022
GB RANKING2
WORLD RANKING19
CAREER HIGH
16/05/2022 19
ITF TITLES12
Last updated: 23/05/2022

FAVOURITE
SURFACE: Hard
SHOT: Cross-court forehand
COACH
Lauren Harrington
AGE43
PLAYSRight-handed
BACKHANDOne-handed
LTA SUPPORT Wheelchair Tennis Performance Pathway
TURNED PRO2019
FAVOURITE
SURFACE:Hard
SHOT:Cross-court forehand
COACH
Lauren Harrington
About
QUICK-FIRE FACTS
- Lives: Fulham, London
- Trains: National Tennis Centre
- Likes: Steffi Graf, Inception (favourite film), The 39 Steps
TENNIS BEGINNINGS
A former British Army Women’s Tennis Captain, Oozthuizen sustained a tennis injury in 2014. She began her wheelchair tennis journey in 2017 and was selected to represent Team UK at the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto.
Tennis career
February
Started her 2022 season by contesting the ITF 3 and ITF 2 Bolton Indoor tournaments, the LTA’s first international wheelchair tennis tournaments of the year. Reached the women’s singles second round at the ITF 3 event and reached the consolation singles final at the ITF 2 event.
March
Made her competitive debut in the USA for the ITF 1 Georgia Open and the Cajun Classic Super Series, losing out in the women’s singles first round at both tournaments before winning the consolation final at the Georgia Open and reaching the consolation final of the Cajun Classic.
April
Reached the women’s singles quarter-finals and women’s double semi-finals at the Kemal Sahin Open in Turkey, where she also partnered fellow Brit Lucy Shuker to the women’s doubles final at the Can Uner Open.
Won three singles titles during 2021, at the Vilnuis Open in Lithuania, the Znojmo Cup in the Czech Republic and the Open Internacional Ciudad de Rivas in Spain.
Also won four doubles titles during 2021, partnering Zoe Maras of France to win the women’s doubles at the Czech Open and the Znojmo Cup in the Czech Republic, partnering Dutchwoman Wendi Schutte to win at the Vilnius Open and Lola Ochoa of the Spain to win the Open Internacional Ciudad de Rivas.
- 2021 Won her first ITF 3 title in the women’s doubles at the Czech Open
- 2019 Won her first ITF women’s singles title at the Nairobi Open in December 2019
- 2019 World Team Cup women’s bronze medal on her GB debut
- 2018 Won her first ITF women’s doubles title at the Nottingham ITF Futures
- 2017 Invictus Games doubles bronze medallist