Claire Curran

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Claire Curran
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom (2005) [1]
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland (2005)
Residence Belfast, Northern Ireland
Born (1978-03-10) 10 March 1978 (age 45)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$62,153
Singles
Career record5–14
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 919 (13 May 2002)
Doubles
Career record124–81
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 89 (30 January 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
US Open 1R (2000)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (2006, 2007)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 20–7

Claire Curran (born 10 March 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Northern Ireland.

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She represented both Great Britain and Ireland in the Fed Cup during her career. Curran is the youngest ever Irish Fed Cup player (15 years 65 days) and before attending UC Berkeley was largely focussed on singles, with the highest singles win percentage of any Irish Fed Cup player. [2]

At UC Berkeley, Curran was an Academic All-American (Majoring in Political Science) and won the NCAA Championship.

Serious injury resulted in her decision to focus on doubles post university. Curran reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 89, and won a total of 12 ITF titles over the course of her career and was a finalist in one WTA Tour event and was the key doubles players in the Great British Fed Cup teams of the mid 2000s. Her overall Fed Cup record has the highest win percentage of any British or Irish player who has played in over 25 matches.

Curran retired from professional sport in 2007 following six years of professional play. [3] Following her retirement, she was recruited by the LTA and alongside Nigel Sears coached former British No. 1, Anne Keothavong, and subsequently Laura Robson and the doubles team of Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith.

Career

Early years

Curran's tennis talent was spotted first in her native Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland. She was soon winning Ulster and all-Ireland titles and being singled out by the Irish tennis authorities for a promising amateur career on the ITF Junior Circuit.

At the age of 14, during the troubled times of Northern Ireland, beset with political and religious divisions, Curran moved to Dublin. The clubhouse where she learned to play tennis in Belfast had been destroyed by a terrorist bomb in the 1970s and she herself was frequently inconvenienced on her travels between Belfast and Dublin by bombs scares.

In Dublin, she spent her teenage years under the Irish national coaching programme of Matt Doyle. Curran travelled on the Junior Circuit, playing at junior Wimbledon in 1996. She attained a singles ranking inside the top 100 and in 1993 became the youngest person to have represented Ireland in the Fed Cup, at the age of 15 years and 3 months. [4]

1993–1996

Claire played her first adult match playing doubles for Ireland in the 1993 Fed Cup where she won her two doubles rubbers against competitors from Norway and Israel. She played no other adult events this year. [5]

In 1994 she again competed in the Fed Cup for Ireland in doubles when she and Lesley O'Halloran were defeated by doubles teams from Slovakia and Zimbabwe. This was again the only adult event Claire played this year. [5]

One year later she again competed in the Fed Cup for Ireland. She played a more prominent role this year however by competing in both singles and doubles, winning singles matches against players from Malta, Kenya and Cyprus and also winning two doubles rubbers partnering Lesley O'Halloran. Claire played no other adult events this year. [5]

In 1996 she was not involved in doubles in the Fed Cup but she did win singles rubbers against Malta and Iceland as well as losing one to Ukraine. Curran also made her debut on the ITF Circuit in 2006 in a $10,000 event in Dublin where she was beaten in the first round in both the singles and the doubles events (partnering Yvonne Doyle). [5]

1997–2000

In 1997, Claire competed in only one event. This was the $25k tournament held in Dublin where she was beaten in the first round of the singles and the doubles. [5]

This was again the only ITF event Curran participated in during 1998 and she again experienced first round losses in the singles and doubles competitions. [5]

The one ITF event Curran entered in 1999 was a $10k event in Hilton Head where she won four matches in the qualifying competition before losing just one match short of qualification. She went one step further in the doubles however when she and Esther Knox qualified before losing in round one. [5]

In 2000, Curran teamed up with Australian Amy Jensen to reach the semifinals of a $10k event in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The duo then received a wild card into the doubles competition in the US Open where they drew the formidable pairing of Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce in the first round. They gave the seeded pair a scare by taking the first set 6–4 however Hingis and Pierce came back strong to take the match, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1. [6] She did not compete on the ITF or WTA Tour again this season. [5]

2001–2002

Curran began 2001 with Teryn Ashley as her regular partner and with her she reached the semifinals of a $10k in El Paso as qualifiers. They followed this success up with a tournament win in another $10k event in Lake Ozark, Texas, a run to the semifinals of Mount Pleasant ($25k) and another run to the quarterfinals in Los Gatos, California ($50k). July saw Curran team with Kristen van Elden from Australia to reach the semifinals of Frinton ($10k) before again joining with Ashley to reach the quarterfinals of a $10k event in Bath before having to retire from the tournament. Curran and Swedish, Helena Ejeson were runners-up in a $10k in London in August and after this Curran played no more matches in 2001. She had a year-end doubles world-ranking of 375. [5]

In January 2002, Claire reached the finals of a $10k in Hull partnering fellow Irishwoman, Elsa O'Riain. They lost to Sun Tiantian and Zheng Jie, 6–7, 5–7. Curran then partnered Amanda Augustus to reach the final in the first week of a four-week $40k circuit in Australia. They lost to Sarah Stone and Samantha Stosur before heading to the second week of this circuit and reaching the semifinals. In April, she competed in doubles for Ireland in the Fed Cup where she and O'Riain won their three doubles rubbers in the Europe/Africa Group II round robins against Egypt, Finland and Botswana. They then went on to beat a doubles team from Liechtenstein in the promotion play-offs. Curran did not compete much more this year due to problems with injuries, having to retire from a number of matches. At the end of 2002 her doubles world-ranking had fallen to 562. [5]

2003

Curran teamed with O'Riain for her first four tournaments of the year (all $10k), resulting in one title and three losses in the semifinals. In the Fed Cup, she and O'Riain were beaten by doubles teams from Netherlands and Great Britain but managed a victory against Poland. Following this she teamed up with Brit, Anna Hawkins, to reach the final of a $10k in Bournemouth and then the final of a $10k in Edinburgh where the result was a walkover. Curran then went on to reach the semifinals in Dublin ($10k) and win the event in London ($10k), both partnering O'Riain. Helena Ejeson was again her partner in early September when the duo took the title in a $10k in Sunderland. Claire teamed with İpek Şenoğlu for her next five tournaments and took one title ($25k), reached two semifinals (both $25k) and two quarterfinals (one $25k and one $50k). Curran reached the quarterfinals of a $50k in Shenzhen with Tzipi Obziler in her final tournament of the year. At the end of 2003, Curran's doubles world-ranking was up to 244. [5]

2004

Curran won her first three ITF event of the year and went on to reach the semifinals in her fourth, giving her a winning streak of 14 matches at the start of the season. In June, she partnered Jane O'Donoghue in the qualifying tournament for Wimbledon where they lost in the first round but were given a spot in the main draw as lucky losers where they were beaten in straight sets. In August she took the title in Lexington, Kentucky ($50k) with Natalie Grandin and the two of them were also runners up in their next event in Louisville, Kentucky and semifinalists in their next in the Bronx (both $50k). Curran and Grandin then entered the Tier III Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali where they were beaten in the first round by Gisela Dulko and Milagros Sequera, 6–0, 6–1. In her final tournament of 2004, Curran partnered Senoglu again to reach the final of a $25k in Glasgow. Her year-end doubles world-ranking was 163. [5]

2005

In February 2005, Curran partnered Kim Kilsdonk and the duo lost in the first round of the Tier-II event in Paris, the Open Gaz de France. They were beaten, 6–4, 6–3, by Iveta Benešová and Květa Peschke. Following this they headed to Antwerp to compete in the Proximus Diamond Games, another Tier-II tournament. They won two matches to qualify and then went on to beat Francesca Lubiani and Marta Marrero in the first round, 6–3, 7–6. They lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Dinara Safina, 4–6, 2–6, in the quarterfinals. After this she reached a number of quarterfinals and semifinals of higher-level ITF events before winning in a $50k in Saint-Gaudens (with Grandin) in May. This was followed by a run to the semifinals at the İstanbul Cup (Tier III) partnering Kim Kilsdonk where they lost, 3–6, 3–6, to Sandra and Daniela Klemenschits. June saw Curran and Grandin knocked out in the first round of the women's doubles at Wimbledon by Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy. Curran then partnered Kilsdonk to reach the final at the $50k in Pétange before reaching three successive WTA quarterfinals: the Budapest Grand Prix (with Rika Fujiwara), the Nordic Light Open (partnering María José Martínez Sánchez) and the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic (with Grandin). Curran ended the year with a doubles world-ranking of 107. [5]

2006

In Claire's first tournament of the year, she and Natalie Grandin teamed up to reach the quarterfinals in Auckland. Then, partnering Līga Dekmeijere, she reached the final of the Canberra International, a Tier-IV event. They were defeated by Marta Domachowska and Roberta Vinci, 7–6, 6–3. This was followed by a number of first-round losses in WTA tournaments before she competed with Elena Baltacha in the Fed Cup representing Great Britain. They won their three doubles rubbers and then also went on to win their doubles rubber in the promotion play-offs. In June she joined Shenay Perry to reach the quarterfinals of the Aegon International where they were beaten by Liezel Huber and Martina Navratilova, 6–4, 6–2. She then competed in Wimbledon with Jamea Jackson but was again beaten in the first round. She did however reach the second round of the mixed doubles with James Auckland. After Wimbledon, Claire did not compete again in 2006 and her doubles world-ranking at the end of the year was 201. [5]

2007

In February 2007, Claire teamed with Anne Keothavong to win the title in London ($25k) and in March, she and Melanie South were runners-up in another $25k, this one in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. In April, Curran again teamed with Baltacha to represent Britain in the Fed Cup. They won doubles rubbers against Luxembourg and Bulgaria but lost one against Poland and also lost one in the promotion play-offs against Sweden. In July, Curran and Keothavong took on the might of Venus and Serena Williams in the first round of Wimbledon doubles and lost, 1–6, 3–6. For the second year in a row she reached the second round of the mixed doubles with Auckland but after Wimbledon decided that her career as a professional tennis player had come to an end. [3] [5]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Loss13 January 2006 Canberra International Tier IVHard Flag of Latvia.svg Līga Dekmeijere Flag of Poland.svg Marta Domachowska
Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci
6–7(5), 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 21 (12–9)

Winner - Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–0)
$75,000 tournaments (0–0)
$50,000 tournaments (6–4)
$25,000 tournaments (4–2)
$10,000 tournaments (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–5)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
OutcomeDateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Runner-up5 June 1995ITF Dublin, IrelandClay Flag of Ireland.svg Yvonne Doyle Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robyn Mawdsley
Flag of Ireland.svg Karen Nugent
1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner2 June 2001ITF Lake Ozark, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Teryn Ashley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alison Nash
Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Nathan
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up19 August 2001ITF London, Great BritainHard Flag of Sweden.svg Helena Ejeson Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Erbova
Flag of France.svg Aurélie Védy
6–7(4), 3–6
Runner-up27 January 2002ITF Hull, Great BritainHard (i) Flag of Ireland.svg Elsa O'Riain Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Tiantian
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie
6–7(4), 5–7
Runner-up30 March 2002ITF Bendigo, AustraliaGrass Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Augustus Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sarah Stone
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur
0–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner8 March 2003ITF Cairo, EgyptClay Flag of Ireland.svg Elsa O'Riain Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marielle Hoogland
Flag of Austria.svg Jennifer Schmidt
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up28 April 2003ITF Bournemouth, Great BritainClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Hawkins Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marielle Hoogland
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Elise Tamaëla
6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Winner5 May 2003ITF Edinburgh, Great BritainClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Hawkins Flag of Germany.svg Jacqueline Frohlich
Flag of Germany.svg Daniela Salomon
w/o
Winner11 August 2003ITF London, Great BritainHard Flag of Ireland.svg Elsa O'Riain Flag of Russia.svg Irina Bulykina
Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandra Kulikova
6–2, 7–6(5)
Winner21 September 2003ITF Sunderland, Great BritainHard (i) Flag of Sweden.svg Helena Ejeson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kim Kilsdonk
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicole Kriz
6–2, 6–1
Winner19 October 2003ITF Cardiff, Great BritainHard (i) Flag of Turkey.svg İpek Şenoğlu Flag of South Africa.svg Surina De Beer
Flag of New Zealand.svg Ilke Gers
6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Winner25 January 2004ITF Hull, Great BritainHard (i) Flag of South Africa.svg Surina De Beer Flag of Russia.svg Anna Bastrikova
Flag of Russia.svg Vasilisa Davydova
6–0, 6–4
Winner15 February 2004ITF Sunderland, Great BritainHard (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kim Kilsdonk Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Helen Crook
Flag of Germany.svg Martina Müller
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner22 February 2004ITF Redbridge, Great BritainHard (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kim Kilsdonk Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Olga Vymetálková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Gabriela Navrátilová
6–3, 3–6, 7–6(10)
Winner1 August 2004ITF Lexington, United StatesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Natalie Grandin Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Dellacqua
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicole Sewell
7–6(6), 6–4
Runner-up8 August 2004ITF Louisville, United StatesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Natalie Grandin Flag of the United States.svg Julie Ditty
Flag of Romania.svg Edina Gallovits
6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up10 October 2004ITF Glasgow, Great BritainHard (i) Flag of Turkey.svg İpek Şenoğlu Flag of New Zealand.svg Leanne Baker
Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Lubiani
3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner15 May 2005ITF Saint-Gaudens, FranceClay Flag of South Africa.svg Natalie Grandin Flag of Argentina.svg María José Argeri
Flag of Brazil.svg Letícia Sobral
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up23 July 2005ITF Pétange, LuxembourgClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kim Kilsdonk Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuliya Beygelzimer
Flag of Germany.svg Sandra Klösel
4–6, 0–6
Winner3 February 2007ITF Sutton, Great BritainHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anne Keothavong Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková
Flag of Slovakia.svg Katarina Kachliková
4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up17 March 2007ITF Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Spain
Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Melanie South Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea
Flag of Romania.svg Mădălina Gojnea
6–4, 6–7(5), 4–6

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Doubles

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 W–L
Australian Open AAAA0–0
French Open AAAA0–0
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R 0–4
US Open AAAA0–0
Year-end ranking163107201410N/A

Mixed doubles

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 W–L
Australian Open AAA0–0
French Open AAA0–0
Wimbledon 1R 2R 2R 2–3
US Open AAA0–0

Fed Cup

For Ireland

Europe/Africa Group I
DateVenueSurfaceRoundOpponentFinal match scoreMatchOpponentsRubber score
13–15 May 1993 Nottingham,
Great Britain
Hard (O)RRFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 3–0Doubles
(with Karen Nugent)
Andersen/Instebø 6–4, 6–4 (W)
QFFlag of Israel.svg  Israel 1–2Doubles
(with Karen Nugent)
Berger/Segal 6–4, 7–5 (W)
19–20 May 1994 Bad Waltersdorf,
Austria
Clay (O)RRFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1–2Doubles
(with Karen Nugent)
Black/Wagstaff 1–6, 3–6 (L)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0–3Doubles
(with Lesley O'Halloran)
Križan/Lušnic 6–4, 2–6, 5–7 (L)
Europe/Africa Group II
DateVenueSurfaceRoundOpponentsFinal match scoreMatchOpponentRubber score
8–13 May 1995 Nairobi,
Kenya
Clay (O)RRFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 3–0Singles Anna Anastasiou 6–2, 6–1 (W)
Doubles
(with Lesley O'Halloran)
Anastasiou/Pivlava Papanikolaou 6–1, 6–1 (W)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3–0Singles Shaila Ali 6–1, 6–2 (W)
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 3–0Singles Helen Asciak 7–6(8–6), 6–0 (W)
Doubles
(with Lesley O'Halloran)
Camenzuli/Wetz 6–3, 6–2 (W)
QFFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–2Doubles
(with Lesley O'Halloran)
Borgersen/Jonsson-Raaholt W/O (W)
26–28 Mar 1996 Ramat HaSharon,
Israel
Hard (O)RRFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1–2Singles Elena Brioukhovets 2–6, 2–6 (L)
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 3–0Singles Hrafuhildur Hannesdotter 6–0, 6–2 (W)
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 3–0Singles Helen Asciak 6–0, 6–2 (W)
9–12 Apr 2002 Pretoria,
South Africa
Hard (O)RRFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 3–0Doubles
(with Yvonne Doyle)
Marobela/Mogapi 6–0, 6–0 (W)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3–0Doubles
(with Yvonne Doyle)
Nieminen/Suomalainen 6–1, 6–2 (W)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3–0Doubles
(with Elsa O'Riain)
Farid/Khalil 6–1, 6–1 (W)
PO
Promotional
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 3–0Doubles
(with Elsa O'Riain)
Batliner/Schädler 6–1, 6–1 (W)
Europe/Africa Group I
DateVenueSurfaceRoundOpponentFinal match scoreMatchOpponentsRubber score
21–24 Apr 2003 Estoril,
Portugal
Clay (O)RRFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1–2Doubles
(with Kelly Liggan)
Baltacha/Pullin 3–6, 2–6 (L)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1–2Doubles
(with Elsa O'Riain)
Domachowska/Bieleń-Żarska 6–2, 6–2 (W)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1–2Doubles
(with Elsa O'Riain)
Boogert/Oremans 0–6, 0–6 (L)

For Great Britain

Europe/Africa Group I
DateVenueSurfaceRoundOpponentFinal match scoreMatchOpponentsRubber score
18–22 April 2006 Plovdiv,
Bulgaria
Clay (O)RRFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3–0Doubles
(with Elena Baltacha)
Antypina/V.Bondarenko 6–4, 6–4 (W)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2–1Doubles
(with Elena Baltacha)
Krastevitch/Pironkova 6–1, 1–6, 6–2 (W)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2–1Doubles
(with Elena Baltacha)
Nagy/Németh 6–1, 7–6(7–5) (W)
PO
(1st–4th)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1–2Doubles
(with Elena Baltacha)
Cibulková/Husárová 6–4, 6–3 (W)
18–21 April 2007 Plovdiv,
Bulgaria
Clay (O)RRFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3–0Doubles
(with Elena Baltacha)
Alawi/Mladenova 6–4, 6–2 (W)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1–2Doubles
(with Elena Baltacha)
Kremer/Philippe 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 (W)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0–3Doubles
(with Elena Baltacha)
Domachowska/A.Radwańska 3–6, 4–6 (L)
PO
(9th–12th)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0–3Doubles
(with Elena Baltacha)
Andersson/Larsson 0–6, 1–6 (L)

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Erin Hope Routliffe is a New Zealand professional tennis player who previously represented Canada. She reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 12 on 23 October 2023. Routliffe is a two-time NCAA doubles champion with Maya Jansen for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Partnered with Gabriela Dabrowski, Routliffe won her first Grand Slam doubles title at the 2023 US Open, her best result at a Major event. She became the first New Zealand woman to win the tournament and only the second one to win a Major title in the Open Era, after Judy Connor won the women's doubles title at the 1979 Australian Open.

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