Demi Schuurs

Schuurs won the junior events of the doubles tournaments at 2011 Australian Open and 2011 US Open.^[1]

She qualified for the 2018 WTA Finals doubles event, partnering Elise Mertens^[2] where she reached the quarterfinals.^{[3][note 1]}

She qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals with Nicole Melichar and reached the semifinals for a second time.^{[3][note 1]}

In 2022, she also qualified for her fourth WTA Finals in a row with a fourth different partner, Desirae Krawczyk.^[4][5] The pair reached the semifinals, making it the third time for Schuurs.^[6]

Without a singles ranking she qualified at the Guadalajara Open for her first singles main draw at a tour–level on her eighth WTA singles qualifying attempt, getting her first singles ranking in the top 1000 since 2016.^[7]

She qualified for the 2023 WTA Finals with Desirae Krawczyk for a fifth year in a row that the tournament was played and for the second time with the same partner.^{[3][note 1]}

Schuurs' first competition of the season was representing the Netherlands in the United Cup, a mixed team competition in Perth, Australia. Although the team's performance was not good, being eliminated in the group stage, Schuurs won both mixed doubles matches she played.^[8]

Still on the Australian swing, Schuurs participated in the Adelaide International in partnership with Asia Muhammad. They reached the quarterfinals.^{[3][note 1]} Next, she entered the Australian Open with a new partner, the Brazilian Luisa Stefani, and they reached the quarterfinals.^{[3][note 1]} Continuing her campaign on hardcourts, now in the Middle East, Schuurs and Stefani competed at the Qatar Ladies Open where they won the title without losing a single set.^{[3][note 1]}

In October 2024, Schuurs teamed up with Yuan Yue to win the doubles at the Ningbo Open, defeating top seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final.^[9]

Schuurs reached three times the round of 16, at the 2025 Australian Open, in Doha, and in Dubai with partner Muhammad.^{[3][note 1]} Again with Muhammad, she reached the final at Indian Wells by defeating top seeds world No. 1, Kateřina Siniaková, and world No. 2, Taylor Townsend.^[10] They won the title defeating the Slovak-British duo of Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls.^[11][12]

Schuurs is a daughter of former Dutch international handball player Lambert Schuurs. Her younger brother Perr is a professional football (soccer) player.^[13]

During an interview with the WTA in 2020, Schuurs revealed that she is in a relationship with a woman named Carmen.^[14]