Sophie Ferguson

Sophie Ferguson

Ferguson, 2009
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Born	(1986-03-19) 19 March 1986 (age 35) Sydney, Australia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2012
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$438,917
Singles
Career record	248–186
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 109 (19 July 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2011)
US Open	1R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	100–97
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 148 (8 October 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2006 & 2011)

Sophie Ferguson (born 19 March 1986, in Sydney) is a former Australian professional tennis player.

She won nine ITF Women's Circuit titles and played on the WTA Tour. She reached a career-high ranking in singles of world No. 109 on 19 July 2010, and high-ranking in doubles of No. 148 on 8 October 2007. She retired from tennis in 2012.

Ferguson has undergone coaching from Australian Tony Roche.^{[citation needed]}

Career[]

In 2005, Ferguson got entry in the 2005 Australian Open as a wild card. She defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives in the first round before falling to Nadia Petrova in the second round.^[1]

At the 2007 Australian Open, she defeated former world No. 8 Ai Sugiyama.

Sophie received a wild card to play in the 2007 Sony Ericsson International but lost in the first round against Jelena Kostanic Tosic.

She played at the 2009 Hansol Korea Open, and won through qualifying, before losing to former champion Maria Kirilenko.

In 2010, Ferguson got entry in the French Open as a qualifier. In the first round she defeated Petra Kvitová, before losing in the second round by eventual champion Francesca Schiavone.^[2]

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles (3–9)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	16 May 2004	Karuizawa, Japan	Carpet	Wynne Prakusya	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	19 February 2006	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Runner-up	3.	26 March 2006	Melbourne, Australia	Clay	Chan Yung-jan	3–6, 6–7
Winner	1.	5 August 2007	Obihiro, Japan	Carpet	Ayumi Morita	6–4, 6–3
Winner	2.	13 September 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Zhao Yi-Jing	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	14 October 2007	Rockhampton, Australia	Hard	Marina Erakovic	6–7, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	21 October 2007	Gympie, Australia	Hard	Marina Erakovic	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	6.	29 March 2009	Hammond, United States	Hard	Kristie Ahn	6–0, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	27 June 2009	Périgueux, France	Clay	Julia Vakulenko	2–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	16 August 2009	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	21 March 2010	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Chanelle Scheepers	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	9.	10 July 2010	Biarritz, France	Clay	Julia Görges	2–6, 2–6

Doubles (6–7)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 August 2005	Wuxi, China	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Jeon Mi-ra Wynne Prakusya	2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up	2.	12 November 2006	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Daniella Dominikovic	Natalie Grandin Christina Wheeler	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	20 April 2007	Bari, Italy	Clay	Katarina Kachlikova	Veronika Kapshay Mariya Koryttseva	5–7, 2–6
Winner	1.	19 June 2007	Noto, Japan	Carpet	Anne Yelsey	Natsumi Hamamura Mari Tanaka	7–6(10–8), 6–1
Runner-up	4.	16 November 2007	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Natalie Grandin Robin Stephenson	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	23 May 2007	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Antonia Matic Monica Niculescu	7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	6.	16 May 2008	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Christina Wheeler	Han Xinyun Xu Yifan	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Winner	2.	3 May 2009	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Aiko Nakamura	Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara	6–2, 6–1
Winner	3.	6 June 2009	Brno, Czech Republic	Clay	Trudi Musgrave	Karin Morgosova Romana Tabak	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	5 March 2010	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Casey Dellacqua Jessica Moore	w/o
Winner	4.	25 June 2010	Rome, Italy	Clay	Trudi Musgrave	Claudia Giovine Valentina Sulpizio	6–0, 6–3
Winner	5.	9 May 2011	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Clay	Sally Peers	Claudia Giovine Maria Irigoyen	6–4, 6–1
Winner	6.	30 May 2011	Rome, Italy	Clay	Sally Peers	Magda Linette Liana Ungur	w/o

References[]

External links[]

• Sophie Ferguson at the Women's Tennis Association
• Sophie Ferguson at the International Tennis Federation
• Sophie Ferguson at Tennis Australia