Sally Peers (born 1 June 1991) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking by the WTA was 145, which she achieved on 11 April 2011, and her best doubles ranking was world No. 89, reached on 8 November 2010. Peers won a gold medal in women's doubles and bronze in women's singles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. As a junior, she won the girls' doubles title at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.
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Early life and junior years
Her mother, Elizabeth Little, was a professional tennis player, as is her brother, John Peers. Sally Peers started playing tennis at the age of six. She attended Mount View Primary School in Glen Waverley and Korowa Anglican Girls' School.
In 2009, she won the girls' doubles tournament of the Wimbledon Championships, paired with Noppawan Lertcheewakarn of Thailand.
Professional
At the 2010 US Open, Peers qualified to play in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. She defeated world No. 54, Aleksandra Wozniak, before losing to defending champion Kim Clijsters in the second round.
Peers represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India. She was seeded fourth in the singles and, after receiving a bye in the first round, double bagelled Maldive player Aminta Mahir and defeated seventh seed Anna Smith from England in straight sets to reach the semifinals, where she lost to fellow Australian and top seed Anastasia Rodionova in three sets. Peers won the bronze medal play-off match against another Australian, sixth seed Olivia Rogowska. In the women's doubles, Peers and Anastasia Rodionova were top seeds and, after a first round bye, defeated Bahamian team Nikkita Fountain and Larikah Russell and Indian fourth seeds Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi to reach the final, where they overcame fellow Australians Jessica Moore and Olivia Rogowska in three sets to win the gold medal.
As a wildcard entrant, Peers achieved her first win over a top 50 ranked player at the 2011 Brisbane International, defeating world No. 25 Alisa Kleybanova in three sets, before losing to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the second round.
Given a wildcard entry into the singles main draw at the 2011 Australian Open, she lost to 25th seed Petra Kvitová in the first round. Peers also entered the mixed doubles with Carsten Ball as a wildcard pairing and reached the quarterfinals, where they lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecău.