Paige Mary Hourigan| Full name |
Paige Mary Hourigan |
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| Country (sports) |
 New Zealand |
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| Born |
(1997-02-03) 3 February 1997
Turakina, New Zealand |
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| Prize money |
$10,405 |
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| Singles |
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| Career record |
42–22 |
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| Career titles |
1 ITF |
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| Highest ranking |
602 (13 August 2018) |
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| Current ranking |
608 (17 September 2018) |
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| Grand Slam Singles results |
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| Australian Open Junior |
1R (2013) |
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| Doubles |
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| Career record |
13–12 |
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| Career titles |
1 ITF |
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| Highest ranking |
825 (13 August 2018) |
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| Current ranking |
827 (17 September 2018) |
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| Team competitions |
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| Fed Cup |
2–1 (Singles 2-1) |
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Last updated on: 20 September 2018. |
Paige Mary Hourigan (born 3 February 1997) is a New Zealand tennis player. She has won one singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 13 August 2018 she reached her best ranking in both singles (602) and doubles (825) after her points from Fort Worth were added into the system.
Hourigan, who was born in Turakina, is of part Māori descent and affiliates to the Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi.[1]
Junior career
Hourigan won five singles and five doubles titles as a junior, the best of which was the doubles at the Grade 2 Biesterbos Open in the Netherlands, partnering Lizette Cabrera. She twice competed in the Australian Open junior singles, her better result being a loss in the first round proper to Beatriz Haddad Maia in 2013. Her highest junior ranking was 175, in October 2012.
Senior career
She made her WTA tour debut at the 2013 ASB Classic. Her first main draw win was in an ITF doubles match in Glen Iris, Australia, in April 2014, and her first ITF final resulted in a doubles win in Antalya, Turkey, in June 2016. She first represented New Zealand in the Fed Cup in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in 2017, winning two of her three singles matches.
2018
Hourigan won her first singles title as a qualifier at Corroios (a suburb of Lisbon), Portugal, in July, just a few hours after being beaten in a qualifying match for her next tournament in neighbouring Setubal. Returning to North America, she then went all the way to the semi-finals as a qualifier in an ITF tournament in Fort Worth, Texas.
ITF finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
| Legend |
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| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments (1–0) |
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| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (1–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
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| Result |
No. |
Date |
Category |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
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| Winner |
1. |
8 July 2018 |
$15,000 |
Corroios, Portugal |
Hard |
 Valeria Bhunu |
6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
| Legend |
|---|
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000/$15,000 tournaments (1–0) |
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| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (1–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
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| Result |
No. |
Date |
Category |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
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| Winner |
1. |
13 June 2016 |
$10,000 |
Antalya, Turkey |
Hard |
 Arianne Hartono |
 Raluca Șerban
 Miriana Tona |
6–3, ret. |