Fourlis reached four ITF singles finals and won three, the biggest of those titles, at the 60K event in Brasov, Romania.
That performance in Brasov was the start of a 12-match, 24-set winning streak, boosting her ranking to almost 100 places in three weeks.
It was a heartening breakthrough into the world’s top 150, given the 23-year-old from Melbourne underwent shoulder surgery which kept her off the court for nearly 18 months, from early 2020 to mid-2021.
Among Fourlis’ 50 match victories in 2022 were three rounds of qualifying wins to reach the main draw at Wimbledon. She won her first-round Australian Open main-draw match as a 17-year-old on debut in 2017.
“I’m so thankful to Tennis Australia for the opportunity to play in the main draw of my home Slam,” Fourlis said.