the right-hander was born in and lives in melbourne. her career-high singles ranking is world no. 102, achieved on 11 august 2014. her career high in doubles is no. 89, which she reached on 28 july 2014. she has defeated jelena dokić, alicia molik, and maria kirilenko, and taken sets from former no. 1 dinara safina, from alona bondarenko, kateryna bondarenko, sorana cîrstea, jarmila gajdošová, anastasia rodionova, sania mirza, and casey dellacqua.