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.
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, 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.
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Abigail Agivanagi Tere Apisah born 13 July 1992 is a former professional tennis player from Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere ApisahFull nameAbigail Agivanagi Tere ApisahCountry sports Papua New Guinea Pacific Oceania Fed Cup tournaments ResidencePort Moresby Papua New GuineaBorn 1992 07 13 13 July 1992 age 31 Port Moresby Papua New GuineaPlaysRight handed two handed backhand Prize money 55 261SinglesCareer record111 68 62 0 Career titles1 ITFHighest rankingNo 276 6 August 2018 DoublesCareer record61 51 54 5 Career titles6 ITFHighest rankingNo 224 11 June 2018 Team competitionsFed Cup15 11Medal record Representing Papua New Guinea Women s Tennis Pacific Games 2011 Noumea Doubles 2015 Port Moresby Singles 2015 Port Moresby Doubles 2015 Port Moresby Mixed Doubles 2015 Port Moresby Team 2019 Apia Singles 2019 Apia Doubles 2019 Apia Team 2023 Honiara Singles 2023 Honiara Mixed doubles 2007 Apia Doubles 2011 Noumea Team 2019 Apia Mixed doubles 2007 Apia Singles 2011 Noumea Singles 2023 Honiara Team Pacific Mini Games 2022 Saipan Team 2022 Saipan Singles 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 Contents 1 Tennis career 2 ITF Circuit finals 2 1 Singles 2 1 title 1 runner up 2 2 Doubles 11 6 titles 5 runner ups 3 National representation 3 1 Fed Cup 3 1 1 Singles 10 5 3 1 2 Doubles 5 5 4 References 5 External linksTennis 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 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 editSingles 2 1 title 1 runner up edit Legend 25 000 tournaments 15 000 tournaments Finals by surface Hard 1 1 Clay 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0 1 Oct 2017 ITF Cairns Australia 25 000 Hard nbsp Olivia Rogowska 6 1 2 6 2 6 Win 1 1 May 2019 ITF Singapore 25 000 Hard nbsp Valeria Savinykh 6 3 6 2 Doubles 11 6 titles 5 runner ups edit 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 nbsp Naiktha Bains nbsp Julia Glushko nbsp Liu Fangzhou 6 7 4 6 2 10 3 Win 2 0 Jun 2017 ITF Bethany Beach United States 25 000 Clay nbsp Sabrina Santamaria nbsp Sophie Chang nbsp Alexandra Mueller 6 4 6 0 Win 3 0 Sep 2017 ITF Penrith Australia 25 000 Hard nbsp Naiktha Bains nbsp Tammi Patterson nbsp Olivia Rogowska 6 0 7 5 Win 4 0 Sep 2017 ITF Brisbane Australia 2 25 000 Hard nbsp Naiktha Bains nbsp Jennifer Elie nbsp Erika Sema 6 4 6 1 Loss 4 1 Oct 2017 ITF Toowoomba Australia 25 000 Hard nbsp Naiktha Bains nbsp Momoko Kobori nbsp Ayano Shimizu 5 7 5 7 Win 5 1 Oct 2017 ITF Cairns Australia 25 000 Hard nbsp Naiktha Bains nbsp Astra Sharma nbsp Belinda Woolcock 4 6 6 2 10 6 Loss 5 2 May 2018 Kurume Cup Japan 60 000 Carpet nbsp Katy Dunne nbsp Naomi Broady nbsp Asia Muhammad 2 6 4 6 Loss 5 3 May 2019 ITF Singapore 25 000 Hard nbsp Rutuja Bhosale nbsp Beatrice Gumulya nbsp Jessy Rompies 4 6 6 0 6 10 Win 6 3 Jun 2019 ITF Hong Kong 25 000 Hard nbsp Junri Namigata nbsp Erina Hayashi nbsp Momoko Kobori 6 3 2 6 10 6 Loss 6 4 Feb 2020 Launceston International Australia 25 000 Hard nbsp Alicia Smith nbsp Alison Bai nbsp Jaimee Fourlis 6 7 4 3 6 Loss 6 5 Feb 2020 ITF Perth Australia 25 000 Hard nbsp Paige Hourigan nbsp Kanako Morisaki nbsp Erika Sema 1 6 6 4 7 10 National representation editFed Cup edit 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 edit 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 nbsp Indonesia Hard i Lavinia Tananta L 6 2 1 6 3 6 15 April 2015 nbsp Sri Lanka Medhira Samarasinghe W 6 0 6 3 5th 8th Play off 17 April 2015 nbsp Singapore Angeline Devanthiran W 6 0 6 3 2016 Fed Cup Asia Oceania Zone Group II Pool A 11 April 2016 Hua Hin Thailand nbsp Hong Kong Hard Maggie Ng W 2 6 6 1 7 5 12 April 2016 nbsp Iran Sadaf Sadeghvaziri W 6 1 6 1 13 April 2016 nbsp Philippines Anna Clarice Patrimonio W 6 1 6 0 2017 Fed Cup Asia Oceania Zone Group II Pool B 18 July 2017 Dushanbe Tajikistan nbsp Iran Hard Sara Amiri W 6 3 6 0 19 July 2017 nbsp Hong Kong Zhang Ling L 4 6 4 6 5th 8th Play off 21 July 2017 nbsp 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 nbsp Oman Hard Fatma Al Nabhani W 7 6 7 4 7 5 8 February 2018 nbsp Malaysia Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam Das W 6 2 6 0 Promotional Play off 10 February 2018 nbsp 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 nbsp China Hard i Zhang Shuai L 1 6 2 6 7 February 2019 nbsp Indonesia Beatrice Gumulya L 4 6 6 2 4 6 8 February 2019 nbsp South Korea Han Na lae L 1 6 7 5 3 6 Doubles 5 5 edit 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 nbsp Indonesia Hard i nbsp Brittany Teei Ayu Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta L 0 6 2 6 5th 8th Play off 17 April 2015 nbsp 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 nbsp Hong Kong Hard nbsp Steffi Carruthers Sher Chun wing Zhang Ling L 3 6 2 6 13 April 2016 nbsp 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 nbsp Iran Hard Shahrzad Banisaeid Kimia Rahmani W 6 0 6 0 7 February 2018 nbsp Oman Maryam Al Balushi Aisha Al Suleimani W 6 0 6 1 8 February 2018 nbsp Malaysia Jawairiah Noordin Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam Das W 6 4 6 2 Promotional Play off 10 February 2018 nbsp 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 nbsp China Hard i Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai L 6 3 3 6 4 6 7 February 2019 nbsp Indonesia Deria Nur Haliza Jessy Rompies L 4 6 4 6References edit Wang beats Tere Apisah to win Australian Open wildcard WTAtennis com 3 December 2017 Retrieved 2017 12 03 External links editAbigail Tere Apisah at the Women s Tennis Association nbsp Abigail Tere Apisah at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Abigail Tere Apisah at the Billie Jean King Cup nbsp nbsp This Papua New Guinean biographical article relating to sport is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article related to tennis is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abigail Tere Apisah amp oldid 1220341228, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,