Shanelle Iaconi - ITF Tennis Player

Education & Rankings

I achieved my high school diploma in 2021 where I attended full-time school, and commenced university the following year, completing a year studying a Bachelor of Psychology at the University of Western Australia. As this degree didn’t allow off-campus (online) learning, I changed my degree to Communications which I’m really enjoying as I love speaking, writing and any kind of human interaction. I hope to specialise in journalism and marketing. I also have achieved a range of certificates such as First Aid, Hospitality training and Serving Alcohol.

My tennis rankings include:

Current UTR: 9.30

Current ITF singles ranking: 1843

Best ITF singles ranking: 1475

Best WTA doubles ranking: 1449

Dutch singles and doubles ranking: 2

Leistungsklasse (LK): 1

Playing experience

I have travelled and played tennis internationally for a number of years now, and have been to parts of the USA and Asia with Tennis Australia, and have represented my school, State, and country in a number of events and national tournaments. I also compete at the highest level in Perth and play number 1 position in my Women’s State League team. Over the past two years I used my savings to solo travel and compete in tournaments around Europe, and also played club competition matches for TC Zandvoort (Netherlands) and TC Rot-Weiss (Germany). Prior to my health issues which prevented me from playing matches mid-to-late 2023, I played a combination of club competition matches, national money tournaments, UTR pro tournaments and ITF tournaments, which I’m looking forward to doing again this year in 2024!

About you

I am totally committed to improving my overall game and my rankings by touring Europe and other parts of the world this year to compete against better players. By being exposed to many different players, conditions and environments, I would like to play as many matches as possible with the aim of achieving a WTA ranking this year.

In order to make this happen, I have created this profile to seek any kind of sponsorship or financial aid, and also for the opportunity of training at an academy at a reduced/affordable price.

Current and Previous Coach, Club & Academies

I’ve been working with Rhys McDougall from Mount Lawley Tennis Club in Perth for a number of years now, who focuses predominantly on the technical, tactical and psychological aspects of my game. My father Claude Iaconi feeds me baskets and is always there to help me when I need it, and Stefan Kok is my coach and hitting partner when I’m in The Netherlands.