Steffi Faasusivaitele Hearthington Carruthers (born 24 May 1993) is a Samoan former tennis player. She is the first Samoan woman to play professional tennis and the first Pacific Oceanian player to win a professional tournament.[1][2]
Carruthers is from the village of Vailima, and was educated at Vaiala Beach School and Samoa College.[3] and has played tennis since the age of 5, and competed in her first international tournament at the age of 10.[4] She is named after German tennis player Steffi Graf.[3][4]
Carruthers has career-high WTA rankings of 662 in singles and 556 in doubles. In her career, she won two ITF titles in doubles.
Carruthers began training to become a professional in 2012,[5][6] and played her first professional season in 2014.[7] She later competed in the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila, Vanuatu, winning gold in the doubles,[8] gold in the singles,[9] silver in the mixed doubles, and bronze in the women's team events. At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia she won silver in the women's team event.
In 2016 she was nominated as Sports Woman of the Year in the annual SASNOC sports awards.[4][10]
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Steffi Faasusivaitele Hearthington Carruthers born 24 May 1993 is a Samoan former tennis player She is the first Samoan woman to play professional tennis and the first Pacific Oceanian player to win a professional tournament 1 2 Steffi CarruthersFull nameSteffi Faasusivaitele Hethrington CarruthersCountry sports Samoa Pacific Oceania Fed Cup Born 1993 05 24 24 May 1993 age 30 Apia SamoaPlaysRight two handed backhand Prize money 20 223SinglesCareer record88 105Highest rankingNo 662 13 October 2014 DoublesCareer record42 67Career titles2 ITFHighest rankingNo 556 16 November 2015 Team competitionsFed Cup11 11Carruthers is from the village of Vailima and was educated at Vaiala Beach School and Samoa College 3 and has played tennis since the age of 5 and competed in her first international tournament at the age of 10 4 She is named after German tennis player Steffi Graf 3 4 Carruthers has career high WTA rankings of 662 in singles and 556 in doubles In her career she won two ITF titles in doubles Playing for Pacific Oceania in Fed Cup Carruthers has a win loss record of 11 11 Carruthers began training to become a professional in 2012 5 6 and played her first professional season in 2014 7 She later competed in the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila Vanuatu winning gold in the doubles 8 gold in the singles 9 silver in the mixed doubles and bronze in the women s team events At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia she won silver in the women s team event In 2016 she was nominated as Sports Woman of the Year in the annual SASNOC sports awards 4 10 Contents 1 ITF finals 1 1 Doubles 2 1 2 ITF Junior Circuit finals 2 1 Singles 0 1 2 2 Doubles 5 3 3 Fed Cup participation 3 1 Singles 4 5 3 2 Doubles 1 2 4 References 5 External linksITF finals EditDoubles 2 1 Edit Legend 100 000 tournaments 75 000 tournaments 50 000 tournaments 25 000 tournaments 15 000 tournaments 10 000 tournaments Finals by surfaceHard 1 1 Clay 1 0 Grass 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Result No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 1 6 June 2015 ITF Manzanillo Mexico Hard nbsp Carolina Betancourt nbsp Tornado Alicia Black nbsp Dasha Ivanova 6 3 6 3Win 2 12 September 2015 ITF Bol Croatia Clay nbsp Alina Silich nbsp Barbara Kotelesova nbsp Natalija Sipek 7 6 3 3 6 10 5 Loss 1 6 November 2015 GB Pro Series Loughborough United Kingdom Hard nbsp Sabastiani Leon nbsp Freya Christie nbsp Lisa Whybourn 1 6 2 6ITF Junior Circuit finals EditCategory G1Category G2Category G3Category G4Category G5Singles 0 1 Edit Result No Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 1 2 October 2010 Auckland New Zealand Hard nbsp Anaeve Pain 1 6 0 6Doubles 5 3 Edit Result No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 1 27 June 2008 Noumea New Caledonia Hard nbsp Anaeve Pain nbsp Abigail Tere Apisah nbsp Harriet Sheahan 6 7 6 6 0 1 6Win 2 5 July 2008 Lautoka Fiji Hard nbsp Anaeve Pain nbsp Celina Goetti nbsp Athena Nathalia 6 2 7 6 5 Win 3 31 January 2009 Christchurch New Zealand Hard nbsp Anaeve Pain nbsp Leela Beattie nbsp Gabrielle Grady 5 7 6 2 10 4 Loss 4 19 July 2009 Darwin Australia Hard nbsp Abigail Tere Apisah nbsp Miyu Kato nbsp Risa Ozaki 3 6 6 3 9 11 Win 5 26 June 2010 Noumea New Caledonia Hard nbsp Emily Burns nbsp Kaede Amano nbsp Asuka Sakamoto 6 2 6 3Loss 6 4 July 2010 Lautoka Fiji Hard nbsp Anaeve Pain nbsp Emily Fanning nbsp Heidi Stewart 1 6 0 6Win 7 25 September 2010 Hamilton New Zealand Hard nbsp Anaeve Pain nbsp Paige Hourigan nbsp Claudia Williams 6 4 6 1Win 8 2 October 2010 Auckland New Zealand Hard nbsp Anaeve Pain nbsp Carli Davis nbsp Danielle Feneridis 6 2 6 4Fed Cup participation EditSingles 4 5 Edit Edition Round Date Location Against Surface Opponent W L Score2015 Fed Cup Asia Oceania Zone Group II R R 14 April 2015 Hyderabad India nbsp Indonesia Hard i nbsp Deria Nur Haliza L 2 6 0 615 April 2015 nbsp Sri Lanka nbsp Thisuri Molligoda W 6 2 6 7 5 6 1P O 17 April 2015 nbsp Singapore nbsp Wee Khee yen W 6 2 6 02016 Fed Cup Asia Oceania Zone Group II R R 11 April 2016 Hua Hin Thailand nbsp Hong Kong Hard nbsp Zhang Ling L 5 7 3 612 April 2016 nbsp Iran nbsp Sara Amiri W 6 0 6 113 April 2016 nbsp Philippines nbsp Katharina Lehnert L 0 6 2 6P O 16 April 2016 nbsp Indonesia nbsp Deria Nur Haliza L 3 6 1 62017 Fed Cup Asia Oceania Zone Group II R R 19 July 2017 Dushanbe Tajikistan nbsp Iran Hard nbsp Yasmin Mansouri W 6 4 6 220 July 2017 nbsp Hong Kong nbsp Eudice Chong L 5 7 3 6Doubles 1 2 Edit Edition Round Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W L Score2015 Fed Cup Asia Oceania Zone Group II R R 15 April 2015 Hyderabad India nbsp Sri Lanka Hard i nbsp Brittany Teei nbsp Amreetha Muttiah nbsp Medhira Samarasinghe W 6 3 3 6 6 32016 Fed Cup Asia Oceania Zone Group II R R 11 April 2016 Hua Hin Thailand nbsp Hong Kong Hard nbsp Abigail Tere Apisah nbsp Sher Chun wing nbsp Zhang Ling L 3 6 2 613 April 2016 nbsp Philippines nbsp Abigail Tere Apisah nbsp Khim Iglupas nbsp Katharina Lehnert L 4 6 3 6References Edit Exclusive Interview with Samoan Tennis Player Steffi Carruthers The What I Do 29 October 2014 Archived from the original on 11 November 2014 Sport Samoa s Steffie Carruthers wins pro event RNZ 12 June 2015 Retrieved 3 May 2023 a b Steffi keen to shine Fiji Times 8 July 2008 p 25 via EBSCOHost a b c Vatapuia Maiava 23 April 2016 Samoa s very own tennis star Samoa Observer Retrieved 3 May 2023 Sport Samoa s Carruthers ready for hard slog in professional ranks RNZ 4 October 2012 Retrieved 3 May 2023 Moomia se fesoasoani mo Steffi Carruthers in Samoan Samoa Times 15 October 2012 Retrieved 3 May 2023 Sport Tennis a learning game for Samoa s Carruthers RNZ 11 February 2014 Retrieved 3 May 2023 Tennis pair secures Samoa another gold Samoa Observer 13 December 2017 Retrieved 3 May 2023 Ulimasao Fata 16 December 2017 Carruthers wins one more gold for Samoa Samoa Observer Retrieved 3 May 2023 Sports Awards The finalists named Samoa Observer 12 April 2016 Retrieved 3 May 2023 External links EditSteffi Carruthers at the 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