Abigail Tere-Apisah

Abigail Tere-Apisah
Full name	Abigail Agivanagi Tere-Apisah
Country (sports)	Papua New Guinea ; Pacific Oceania (Fed Cup tournaments)
Residence	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Born	13 July 1992 (age 31); Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$55,261
Singles
Career record	111–68 (62.0%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 276 (6 August 2018)
Doubles
Career record	61–51 (54.5%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 224 (11 June 2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	15–11
Medal record
Representing Papua New Guinea
Women's Tennis
Pacific Games
Pacific Mini Games

Last updated April 15, 2024

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

Tennis career

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.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

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	Olivia Rogowska	6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	May 2019	ITF Singapore	25,000	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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	Naiktha Bains	Julia Glushko Liu Fangzhou	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–2, [10–3]
Win	2–0	Jun 2017	ITF Bethany Beach, United States	25,000	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	6–4, 6–0
Win	3–0	Sep 2017	ITF Penrith, Australia	25,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska	6–0, 7–5
Win	4–0	Sep 2017	ITF Brisbane, Australia (2)	25,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Jennifer Elie Erika Sema	6–4, 6–1
Loss	4–1	Oct 2017	ITF Toowoomba, Australia	25,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu	5–7, 5–7
Win	5–1	Oct 2017	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Naiktha Bains	Astra Sharma Belinda Woolcock	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss	5–2	May 2018	Kurume Cup, Japan	60,000	Carpet	Katy Dunne	Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5–3	May 2019	ITF Singapore	25,000	Hard	Rutuja Bhosale	Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies	4–6, 6–0, [6–10]
Win	6–3	Jun 2019	ITF Hong Kong	25,000	Hard	Junri Namigata	Erina Hayashi Momoko Kobori	6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss	6–4	Feb 2020	Launceston International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Alicia Smith	Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 3–6
Loss	6–5	Feb 2020	ITF Perth, Australia	25,000	Hard	Paige Hourigan	Kanako Morisaki Erika Sema	1–6, 6–4, [7–10]

National representation

Fed Cup

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)

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	Indonesia	Hard (i)	Lavinia Tananta	L	6–2, 1–6, 3–6
	Pool D	15 April 2015		Sri Lanka		Medhira Samarasinghe	W	6–0, 6–3
	5th-8th Play-off	17 April 2015		Singapore		Angeline Devanthiran	W	6–0, 6–3
2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II	Pool A	11 April 2016	Hua Hin, Thailand	Hong Kong	Hard	Maggie Ng	W	2–6, 6–1, 7–5
		12 April 2016		Iran		Sadaf Sadeghvaziri	W	6–1, 6–1
		13 April 2016		Philippines		Anna Clarice Patrimonio	W	6–1, 6–0
2017 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II	Pool B	18 July 2017	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Iran	Hard	Sara Amiri	W	6–3, 6–0
	Pool B	19 July 2017		Hong Kong		Zhang Ling	L	4–6, 4–6
	5th-8th Play-off	21 July 2017		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	Oman	Hard	Fatma Al-Nabhani	W	7–6^(7–4), 7–5
	Pool C	8 February 2018		Malaysia		Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam Das	W	6–2, 6–0
	Promotional Play-off	10 February 2018		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	China	Hard (i)	Zhang Shuai	L	1–6, 2–6
		7 February 2019		Indonesia		Beatrice Gumulya	L	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
		8 February 2019		South Korea		Han Na-lae	L	1–6, 7–5, 3–6

Doubles (5–5)

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	Indonesia	Hard (i)	Brittany Teei	Ayu Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta	L	0–6, 2–6
2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II	5th-8th Play-off	17 April 2015	Hyderabad, India	Singapore	Hard (i)	Brittany Teei	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	Hong Kong	Hard	Steffi Carruthers	Sher Chun-wing Zhang Ling	L	3–6, 2–6
2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II	Pool A	13 April 2016	Hua Hin, Thailand	Philippines	Hard		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	Iran	Hard		Shahrzad Banisaeid Kimia Rahmani	W	6–0, 6–0
		7 February 2018		Oman			Maryam Al Balushi Aisha Al Suleimani	W	6–0, 6–1
		8 February 2018		Malaysia			Jawairiah Noordin Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam Das	W	6–4, 6–2
	Promotional Play-off	10 February 2018		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	China	Hard (i)		Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	L	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I	Pool B	7 February 2019	Astana, Kazakhstan	Indonesia	Hard (i)		Deria Nur Haliza Jessy Rompies	L	4–6, 4–6

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References

↑ "Wang beats Tere-Apisah to win Australian Open wildcard". WTAtennis.com. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-03.

External links

Abigail Tere-Apisah at the Women's Tennis Association
Abigail Tere-Apisah at the International Tennis Federation
Abigail Tere-Apisah at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] "Wang beats Tere-Apisah to win Australian Open wildcard". WTAtennis.com. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-03.

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