Abigail Agivanagi Tere-Apisah (born 13 July 1992) is a former professional tennis player from Papua New Guinea.
Full name | Abigail Agivanagi Tere-Apisah |
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Residence | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
Born | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 13 July 1992
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $55,261 |
Singles | |
Career record | 111–68 |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 276 (6 August 2018) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 61–51 |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 224 (11 June 2018) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 16–12 |
Medal record |
Tere-Apisah has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 276, achieved on 6 August 2018. She is the daughter of Kwalam Apisah and Verenagi Tere. Her sister Marcia, and her nieces, Violet and Patricia Apisah, are also tennis players.
Tennis career
editIn 2010, Abigail graduated from Albury High School in Albury, Australia. She then attended Georgia State University, playing tennis for the Panthers, and graduated in 2014 with a BS in Health and Physical Education.[citation needed] Apisah is a two time All-American tennis player (2012 and 2014).
On 24 May 2014, she reached the semifinals of the NCAA Championship, losing in the third-set tiebreak to Lynn Chi. She reached a collegiate national ranking of No. 8 in singles.
On 3 December 2017, in the Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff final for the 2018 Australian Open, she was looking to become the first player from Papua New Guinea to compete in a Grand Slam main draw, but lost the final match 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 to Wang Xinyu of China.[1]
On 19 May 2019, Tere-Apisah became the first Pacific islander to win a professional tennis singles title beating Russian top seed, Valeria Savinykh, at a $25k event in Singapore.
ITF Circuit finals
editSingles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2017 | ITF Cairns, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 6–1, 2–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 1–1 | May 2019 | ITF Singapore | 25,000 | Hard | 6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2016 | ITF Brisbane, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 6–7(4), 6–2, [10–3] | ||
Win | 2–0 | Jun 2017 | ITF Bethany Beach, United States |
25,000 | Clay | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
Win | 3–0 | Sep 2017 | ITF Penrith, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 6–0, 7–5 | ||
Win | 4–0 | Sep 2017 | ITF Brisbane, Australia (2) | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
Loss | 4–1 | Oct 2017 | ITF Toowoomba, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 5–7, 5–7 | ||
Win | 5–1 | Oct 2017 | ITF Cairns, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 4–6, 6–2, [10–6] | ||
Loss | 5–2 | May 2018 | Kurume Cup, Japan | 60,000 | Carpet | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 5–3 | May 2019 | ITF Singapore | 25,000 | Hard | 4–6, 6–0, [6–10] | ||
Win | 6–3 | Jun 2019 | ITF Hong Kong | 25,000 | Hard | 6–3, 2–6, [10–6] | ||
Loss | 6–4 | Feb 2020 | Launceston International, Australia |
25,000 | Hard | 6–7(4), 3–6 | ||
Loss | 6–5 | Feb 2020 | ITF Perth, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | 1–6, 6–4, [7–10] |
National representation
editFed Cup
editTere-Apisah made her Fed Cup debut for Pacific Oceania in 2015, while the team was competing in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II.
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Singles (10–5)
editEdition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Score |
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2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
Pool D | 14 April 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Hard (i) | Lavinia Tananta | L | 6–2, 1–6, 3–6 | |
15 April 2015 | Medhira Samarasinghe | W | 6–0, 6–3 | |||||
5th-8th Play-off | 17 April 2015 | Angeline Devanthiran | W | 6–0, 6–3 | ||||
2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
Pool A | 11 April 2016 | Hua Hin, Thailand | Hard | Maggie Ng | W | 2–6, 6–1, 7–5 | |
12 April 2016 | Sadaf Sadeghvaziri | W | 6–1, 6–1 | |||||
13 April 2016 | Anna Clarice Patrimonio | W | 6–1, 6–0 | |||||
2017 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
Pool B | 18 July 2017 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Hard | Sara Amiri | W | 6–3, 6–0 | |
19 July 2017 | Zhang Ling | L | 4–6, 4–6 | |||||
5th-8th Play-off | 21 July 2017 | Y-kit Nicole Tan | W | 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–0 | ||||
2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
Pool C | 7 February 2018 | Isa Town, Bahrain | Hard | Fatma Al-Nabhani | W | 7–6(7–4), 7–5 | |
8 February 2018 | Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam Das | W | 6–2, 6–0 | |||||
Promotional Play-off | 10 February 2018 | Stefanie Tan | W | 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 | ||||
2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I |
Pool B | 6 February 2019 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | Zhang Shuai | L | 1–6, 2–6 | |
7 February 2019 | Beatrice Gumulya | L | 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 | |||||
8 February 2019 | Han Na-lae | L | 1–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
Doubles (5–5)
editEdition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
Pool D | 14 April 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Hard (i) | Ayu Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta |
L | 0–6, 2–6 | ||
5th-8th Play-off | 17 April 2015 | Wi Joanne Koh Sarah Pang |
W | 6–0, 6–3 | |||||
2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
Pool A | 11 April 2016 | Hua Hin, Thailand | Hard | Sher Chun-wing Zhang Ling |
L | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
13 April 2016 | Khim Iglupas Katharina Lehnert |
L | 4–6, 3–6 | ||||||
2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
Pool C | 6 February 2018 | Isa Town, Bahrain | Hard | Shahrzad Banisaeid Kimia Rahmani |
W | 6–0, 6–0 | ||
7 February 2018 | Maryam Al Balushi Aisha Al Suleimani |
W | 6–0, 6–1 | ||||||
8 February 2018 | Jawairiah Noordin Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam Das |
W | 6–4, 6–2 | ||||||
Promotional Play-off | 10 February 2018 | Charmaine Shi Yi Seah Stefanie Tan |
W | 6–1, 6–1 | |||||
2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I |
Pool B | 6 February 2019 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai |
L | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 | ||
7 February 2019 | Deria Nur Haliza Jessy Rompies |
L | 4–6, 4–6 |
References
edit- ^ "Wang beats Tere-Apisah to win Australian Open wildcard". WTAtennis.com. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
External links
edit- Abigail Tere-Apisah at the Women's Tennis Association
- Abigail Tere-Apisah at the International Tennis Federation
- Abigail Tere-Apisah at the Billie Jean King Cup