Abigail Tere-Apisah
Papua New Guinean tennis player
Abigail Tere-Apisah Full name Abigail Agivanagi Tere-Apisah Country (sports) Papua New Guinea Pacific Oceania (Fed Cup tournaments) Residence Port Moresby , Papua New GuineaBorn (1992-07-13 ) 13 July 1992 (age 32) Port Moresby, Papua New GuineaPlays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $55,261 Career record 111–68 Career titles 1 ITF Highest ranking No. 276 (6 August 2018) Career record 61–51 Career titles 6 ITF Highest ranking No. 224 (11 June 2018) Fed Cup 16–12
Abigail Agivanagi Tere-Apisah (born 13 July 1992) is a former professional 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.[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
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
Legend
$25,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
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)
Legend
$60,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (6–4)
$15,000 tournaments (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Sep 2016
ITF Brisbane, Australia
25,000
Hard
Naiktha Bains
Julia Glushko Liu Fangzhou
6–7(4) , 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
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) , 3–6
Loss
6–5
Feb 2020
ITF Perth, Australia
25,000
Hard
Paige Hourigan
Kanako Morisaki 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 .
Group membership
World Group
World Group Play-off
World Group II (0–0)
World Group II Play-off
Asia/Oceania Group (15–10)
Matches by surface
Hard (15–10)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (10–5)
Doubles (5–5)
Matches by setting
Indoors (3–7)
Outdoors (12–3)
Singles (10–5)
Edition
Stage
Date
Location
Against
Surface
Opponent
W/L
Score
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
Medhira Samarasinghe
W
6–0, 6–3
5th-8th Play-off
17 April 2015
Singapore
Angeline Devanthiran
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
Sadaf Sadeghvaziri
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
Sara Amiri
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
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
Oman
Hard
Fatma Al-Nabhani
W
7–6(7–4) , 7–5
8 February 2018
Malaysia
Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam Das
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
2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
Pool D
14 April 2015
Hyderabad , India
Indonesia
Hard (i)
Brittany Teei
Ayu Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta
L
0–6, 2–6
5th-8th Play-off
17 April 2015
Singapore
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
Hong Kong
Hard
Steffi Carruthers
Sher Chun-wing 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
Shahrzad Banisaeid Kimia Rahmani
W
6–0, 6–0
7 February 2018
Oman
Maryam Al Balushi Aisha Al Suleimani
W
6–0, 6–1
8 February 2018
Malaysia
Jawairiah Noordin Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam Das
W
6–4, 6–2
Promotional Play-off
10 February 2018
Singapore
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
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
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