after months away, olivia returned home to australia to play a string of $25,000 tournaments across the country. her first one was in rockhampton where she made the final with four straight-set wins. although having a tough start, she came back to defeat sacha jones 0–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the tournament. the next week in port pirie, south australia, she lost in the final to jones who hadn't lost a set all week 2–6, 5–7. two weeks later in her next $25,000 tournament in esperance, she only lost one set all week and played a great final to defeat ashleigh barty 6–0, 6–3. she lost to barty in a final in sydney earlier in the year by nearly the same score.