Olivia Gadecki cracked the women’s top 100 for the first time in 2024. Now, she’s leading the Australian team at the 2025 United Cup.
The 22-year-old Australian tennis player has ticked off a number of milestones in the past 12 months, including an Olympic Games appearance, a
The move to the UK, where her coach Nigel Sears – Andy Murray’s father-in-law – is based, was a practical decision to help ease the pressure that comes with the daily grind of the professional circuit.“I definitely thought it would make a big difference, basing out of the UK, just because Australia is so far and it does take a toll when you live out of a suitcase week after week,” Gadecki says.
After playing through Wimbledon qualifying, she appeared in the main draw for the first time in her career, before losing to American Robin Montgomery in the first round. But she carried that confidence into the Olympics and the hard court season in the US, before it all came together in Guadalajara in September.
“We don’t get to do that a lot,” she says. “It’s not about you for the first time, so it’s really refreshing.”
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