Lihini Weerasuriya

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Lihini Weerasuriya
Country (sports)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Born (1972-02-20) 20 February 1972 (age 51)
Turned pro1989
Retired2000
Prize money$40,394
Singles
Career record100 - 99
Career titles3 ITF
Highest ranking268 (15 February 1993)
Doubles
Career record26 - 44
Highest ranking292 (5 July 1993)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 12–12

Lihini Weerasuriya (born 20 February 1972) is a former Sri Lankan tennis player.

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Weerasuriya won 3 singles titles on the ITF tour. On 15 February 1993, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 268. On 5 July 1993, she peaked at world number 292 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Sri Lanka at the Fed Cup, Weerasuriya had a win–loss record of 12–12. [1]

Weerasuriya retired from tennis in 2000.

ITF finals (3–7)

Singles (3–5)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner3 December 199010,000 Belo Horizonte, BrazilClay Flag of Japan.svg Shiho Okada 4–6, 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up1 July 199110,000 Palermo, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Gabriella Boschiero 7–5, 4–6, ret.
Winner1 June 199210,000 Key Biscayne, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Alix Creek 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up17 August 199210,000 Taipei, Chinese TaipeiHard Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-hee 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(2)
Runner-up24 August 199210,000 Taipei, Chinese TaipeiHard Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-hee 5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up31 August 199210,000 Taipei, Chinese TaipeiHard Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-hee 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner30 October 199510,000 Freeport, BahamasHard Flag of the United States.svg Jeri Ingram 6–1, 6–7(5), 6–3
Runner-up3 June 199610,000 Lawrenceville, United StatesHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vanessa Webb 1–6, 3–6

Doubles (0–2)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up12 November 199010,000 Porto Alegre, BrazilClay Flag of the United States.svg Anne Grousbeck Flag of Brazil.svg Cláudia Chabalgoity
Flag of Brazil.svg Luciana Tella
1–6, 1–6
Runner-up6 July 199210,000 Indianapolis, United StatesClay Flag of the United States.svg Jeri Ingram Flag of the United States.svg Laxmi Poruri
Flag of the United States.svg Heather Willens
1–6, 1–6

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