Abigail Tere-Apisah
Full name | Abigail Agivanagi Tere-Apisah |
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Country (sports) | Papua New Guinea Pacific Oceania (Fed Cup tournaments) |
Residence | Sydney, Australia |
Born | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 13 July 1992
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $55,261 |
Singles | |
Career record | 100–62 (61.7%) |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 276 (6 August 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 391 (12 October 2020) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 50–40 (55.6%) |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 224 (11 June 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 411 (6 January 2020) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 15–10 |
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Medal record | |
Last updated on: 17 October 2020. |
Abigail Agivanagi Tere-Apisah (born 13 July 1992) is a tennis player from Papua New Guinea.
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[]
In 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. Apisah is a two time All-American tennis player (2012 and 2014).
On 24 May 2014, Apisah 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[]
Singles: 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 | Olivia Rogowska | 6–1, 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | May 2019 | ITF Singapore | 25,000 | Hard | Valeria Savinykh | 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 | Naiktha Bains | Julia Glushko Liu Fangzhou |
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–3] |
Win | 2–0 | Jun 2017 | ITF Bethany Beach, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Sabrina Santamaria | Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller |
6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 3–0 | Sep 2017 | ITF Penrith, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska |
6–0, 7–5 |
Win | 4–0 | Sep 2017 | ITF Brisbane, Australia (2) | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Jennifer Elie Erika Sema |
6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 4–1 | Oct 2017 | ITF Toowoomba, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu |
5–7, 5–7 |
Win | 5–1 | Oct 2017 | ITF Cairns, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Astra Sharma Belinda Woolcock |
4–6, 6–2, [10–6] |
Loss | 5–2 | May 2018 | Kurume Cup, Japan | 60,000 | Carpet | Katy Dunne | Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad |
2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 5–3 | May 2019 | ITF Singapore | 25,000 | Hard | Rutuja Bhosale | Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies |
4–6, 6–0, [6–10] |
Win | 6–3 | Jun 2019 | ITF Hong Kong, China | 25,000 | Hard | Junri Namigata | Erina Hayashi Momoko Kobori |
6–3, 2–6, [10–6] |
Loss | 6–4 | Feb 2020 | Launceston International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Alicia Smith | Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis |
6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
Loss | 6–5 | Feb 2020 | ITF Perth, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Paige Hourigan | Erika Sema |
1–6, 6–4, [7–10] |
National representation[]
Fed Cup[]
Tere-Apisah made her Fed Cup debut for Pacific Oceania in 2015, while the team was competing in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II.
Fed Cup (15–10)[]
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Singles (10–5)[]
Edition | 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 | Indonesia | Hard (i) | Lavinia Tananta | L | 6–2, 1–6, 3–6 |
15 April 2015 | Sri Lanka | W | 6–0, 6–3 | |||||
5th-8th Play-off | 17 April 2015 | Singapore | W | 6–0, 6–3 | ||||
2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
Pool A | 11 April 2016 | Hua Hin, Thailand | Hong Kong | Hard | Maggie Ng | W | 2–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
12 April 2016 | Iran | W | 6–1, 6–1 | |||||
13 April 2016 | Philippines | Anna Clarice Patrimonio | W | 6–1, 6–0 | ||||
2017 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
Pool B | 18 July 2017 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Iran | Hard | W | 6–3, 6–0 | |
19 July 2017 | Hong Kong | Zhang Ling | L | 4–6, 4–6 | ||||
5th-8th Play-off | 21 July 2017 | Singapore | 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 | Oman | Hard | Fatma Al-Nabhani | W | 7–6(7–4), 7–5 |
8 February 2018 | Malaysia | W | 6–2, 6–0 | |||||
Promotional Play-off | 10 February 2018 | Singapore | Stefanie Tan | W | 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 | |||
2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I |
Pool B | 6 February 2019 | Astana, Kazakhstan | China | Hard (i) | Zhang Shuai | L | 1–6, 2–6 |
7 February 2019 | Indonesia | Beatrice Gumulya | L | 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 | ||||
8 February 2019 | South Korea | Han Na-lae | L | 1–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
Doubles (5–5)[]
Edition | 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 | Indonesia | Hard (i) | Ayu Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta |
L | 0–6, 2–6 | |
5th-8th Play-off | 17 April 2015 | Singapore | |
W | 6–0, 6–3 | ||||
2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
Pool A | 11 April 2016 | Hua Hin, Thailand | Hong Kong | Hard | Steffi Carruthers | Zhang Ling |
L | 3–6, 2–6 |
13 April 2016 | Philippines | 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 | Iran | Hard | |
W | 6–0, 6–0 | |
7 February 2018 | Oman | |
W | 6–0, 6–1 | |||||
8 February 2018 | Malaysia | Jawairiah Noordin |
W | 6–4, 6–2 | |||||
Promotional Play-off | 10 February 2018 | Singapore | Stefanie Tan |
W | 6–1, 6–1 | ||||
2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I |
Pool B | 6 February 2019 | Astana, Kazakhstan | China | Hard (i) | Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai |
L | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 | |
7 February 2019 | Indonesia | Deria Nur Haliza Jessy Rompies |
L | 4–6, 4–6 |
References[]
- ^ "Wang beats Tere-Apisah to win Australian Open wildcard". WTAtennis.com. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
External links[]
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)
- Papua New Guinean female tennis players
- Georgia State Panthers women's tennis players
- Papua New Guinean sportspeople stubs
- Tennis biography stubs