Abigail Tordoff

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Abigail Tordoff
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Born (1979-07-18) 18 July 1979 (age 45)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$49,569
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 242 (17 August 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon 1R (1999)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 305 (21 June 1999)

Abigail Tordoff (born 18 July 1979) is a British former professional tennis player.

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Biography

A former top 50 junior, Tordoff reached a best singles ranking of 242 on the professional tour, playing mostly on the ITF circuit. She also featured in several WTA Tour qualifying draws and at Pattaya in 1997 made it into the main draw of the doubles, with Yi Jing-qian. At the 1999 Wimbledon Championships she appeared in the singles main draw as a wildcard and was beaten in the first round by Elena Wagner. She retired from tennis in 2000. [1]

Tordoff, who previously worked as a sports agent, is the CEO of tennis charity Give It Your Max, which holds in-school tennis programmes. [2]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.2 October 1995 Nottingham, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Samantha Smith 4–6, 2–6
Winner1.8 February 1998 Istanbul, TurkeyCarpet (i) Flag of Hungary.svg Adrienn Hegedűs 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up2.7 June 1998 Antalya, TurkeyHard Flag of the United States.svg Sandra De Silva 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up3.9 August 1998 Lexington, United StatesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julie Pullin 4–6, 4–6

Doubles (1–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.9 February 1998 Faro, PortugalHard Flag of Portugal.svg Sofia Prazeres Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nikola Hübnerová
Flag of Slovakia.svg Alena Paulenková
2–6, 2–6
Winner1.25 September 2000 Glasgow, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Hawkins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julia Smith
Flag of Japan.svg Remi Tezuka
6–2, 6–2

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References

  1. Edworthy, Sarah (27 June 2001). "Wimbledon diary". The Daily Telegraph .
  2. "Heather Watson joins Give It Your Max tennis charity campaign". Sky Sports . 7 December 2018.