Abigail Tere-Apisah

Abigail Tere-Apisah

Full name	Abigail Agivanagi Tere-Apisah
Country (sports)	Papua New Guinea
Residence	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Born	(1992-07-13) 13 July 1992 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	USD $39,194
Singles
Career record	27–14
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 281 (25 June 2018)
Current ranking	No. 281 (25 June 2018)
Doubles
Career record	7–6
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	228 (28 May 2018)
Current ranking	228 (28 May 2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–4
Medal record Representing  Papua New Guinea Women's Tennis Pacific Games 2011 Nouméa Doubles 2015 Port Moresby Singles 2015 Port Moresby Doubles 2015 Port Moresby Mixed Doubles 2015 Port Moresby Team 2007 Apia Doubles 2011 Nouméa Team 2007 Apia Singles 2011 Nouméa Singles
Last updated on: 23 October 2017.

Abigail Agivanagi Tere-Apisah (born 13 July 1992 in Port Moresby) is a professional tennis player from Papua New Guinea.

Tere-Apisah has a WTA singles career high ranking of no. 276 achieved on 6 August 2018. She is the daughter of Kwalam Apisah and Verenagi Tere.

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 May 24, 2014, Apisah reached the semifinals of the 2014 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]

ITF finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000/$80,000 tournaments $50,000/$60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000/$15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 October 2017	$25,000	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	6–1, 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 7 (5–2)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000/$80,000 tournaments $50,000/$60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000/$15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (5–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	30 September 2016	$25,000	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Julia Glushko Liu Fangzhou	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–3]
Winner	2.	10 June 2017	$25,000	Bethany Beach, United States	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	6–4, 6–0
Winner	3.	22 September 2017	$25,000	Penrith, Australia	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska	6–0, 7–5
Winner	4.	29 September 2017	$25,000	Brisbane, Australia (2)	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Jennifer Elie Erika Sema	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	7 October 2017	$25,000	Toowoomba, Australia	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu	5–7, 5–7
Winner	5.	13 October 2017	$25,000	Cairns, Australia	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Astra Sharma Belinda Woolcock	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Runner-up	2.	20 May 2018	$60,000	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Katy Dunne	Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad	2–6, 4–6

References

External links

• Abigail Tere-Apisah at the Women's Tennis Association
• Abigail Tere-Apisah at the International Tennis Federation
• Abigail Tere-Apisah at the Fed Cup