Kirrily Sharpe

Kirrily Sharpe
Full name Kirrily Sharpe
Country (sports)  Australia
Born (1973-02-25) 25 February 1973
Plays Left-handed
Prize money $164,929
Singles
Career record 144–113
Highest ranking No. 147 (11 June 1990)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (1992)
French Open 3R (1990)
Wimbledon 1R (1993)
Doubles
Career record 146–87
Career titles 1 WTA
Highest ranking No. 65 (15 July 1991)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1991)
French Open 2R (1992)
Wimbledon 2R (1990)

Kirrily Sharpe (born 25 February 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Biography

Sharpe, a left-handed player from Sydney, trained with the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.[1] She was a member of the Australian team which won the 1988 World Youth Cup, now known as the Junior Fed Cup.[2]

While still only 17 she competed in the main draw of the 1990 French Open as a qualifier and scored an upset win over 14th seed Raffaella Reggi, en route to the third round.[3] She also competed in junior grand slam events that year and made three finals. At the 1990 Wimbledon Championships she was runner-up to Andrea Strnadová in the girls' singles and was also a losing finalist in the girls' doubles, partnering Nicole Pratt. She won the girls' doubles title at the 1990 US Open with Kristin Godridge. The same pair won a WTA doubles title at the 1990 Open Clarins in Paris.

A knee injury suffered early in 1991 kept her out for the most of the year and required a reconstruction.[4]

Sharpe made the third round of the 1992 Australian Open as a wildcard, with wins over Silke Meier and Anna Földényi.

In her only singles main draw appearance at Wimbledon in 1993 she had a first round match up with world number one Steffi Graf, who beat the Australian 6-0, 6-0, losing only 18 points in the process.[5]

She retired from professional tennis after the 1996 season.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (1-0)

Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win September, 1990 Paris, France Tier IV Clay Australia Kristin Godridge France Alexia Dechaume
France Nathalie Herreman		 4–6, 6–3, 6–1

References

  1. ↑ "School's in as pupils cane the teachers". The Canberra Times. ACT, Australia. 1 January 1991. p. 14. Retrieved 27 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Starlets retain NEC Cup". The Canberra Times. ACT, Australia. 20 November 1988. p. 13. Retrieved 27 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Beefy Argentine gives troubled Sanchez a tri-star lesson". The Canberra Times. ACT, Australia. 2 June 1990. p. 68. Retrieved 27 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Newcomer to meet Graf in 'nervous' first-round showdown". The Canberra Times. ACT, Australia. 22 June 1993. p. 22. Retrieved 27 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Steffi sharp to show Kirrily the door". Herald Scotland. 23 June 1993. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.