Kiwi US Open Champion - Erin Routliffe on Playing with Coco Gauff, Gaby Dabrowski’s Breast Cancer

Erin Routliffe is a kiwi tennis superstar. At the time of recording this she is ranked as the world’s second-best women’s doubles player. And for a time in 2024 she was ranked as number 1 in the world!

With her doubles partner, Gabby Dabrowski she won the US Open in 2023, she made the finals of Wimbledon in 2024, and they ended 2024 by winning the WTA finals in Saudi Arabia.

She is also a finalist for Halberg the sportswoman of the year awards which will be announced in February.

This is part of the Erin Routliffe story:

Her early memories of growing up in New Zealand

Why she turned her back on tennis and worked at a tanning salon in 2019

Her rock bottom moment at Wimbledon in 2023.

Navigating her doubles partners breast cancer journey throughout 2024

Reflections on the Paris Olympics and much more.

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