Nadia Johnston

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Nadia Johnston
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (1977-10-23) October 23, 1977 (age 46)
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$30,476
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 314 (April 30, 2001)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 245 (April 9, 2001)

Nadia Johnston (born October 23, 1977) is an Australian born beach tennis player and former professional player on the WTA Tour. [1]

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Biography

Originally from the Queensland city of Maryborough, Johnston began competing on the ITF circuit in the late 1990s. In 2000 she won an ITF singles title at Tampico and a $25,000 doubles title at Mount Pleasant. She took part in the qualifying draw for the 2001 Australian Open and reached her best singles ranking that year of 314 in the world. Her professional tennis career was curtailed by a wrist injury. [2]

Johnston, who moved to New York in 2003 to coach tennis, began touring on the professional ITF Beach Tennis Tour in 2005, winning several national titles. She now competes for the United States. [3]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.9 May 1999 Poza Rica, MexicoHard Flag of Brazil.svg Joana Cortez 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner1.8 May 2000 Tampico, MexicoHard Flag of Uruguay.svg Daniela Olivera 6–3, 6–0

Doubles (1–5)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.3 May 1999 Poza Rica, MexicoHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicole Sewell Flag of Argentina.svg Paula Racedo
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Aliénor Tricerri
1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up2.1 August 1999 Baltimore, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Candice de la Torre Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Kalvaria
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marie-Ève Pelletier
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up3.21 May 2000 Poza Rica, MexicoHard Flag of the United States.svg Candice de la Torre Flag of Mexico.svg Melody Falcó
Flag of Brazil.svg Carla Tiene
6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Winner1.18 June 2000 Mount Pleasant, United StatesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melanie Clayton Flag of Croatia.svg Maja Palaveršić
Flag of the United States.svg Jacqueline Trail
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up4.29 October 2000 Dalby, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melanie Clayton Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kerry-Anne Guse
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rachel McQuillan
0–3, ret.
Runner-up5.5 March 2001 Warrnambool, AustraliaGrass Flag of India.svg Manisha Malhotra Flag of Romania.svg Simona Arghire
Flag of Japan.svg Remi Uda
3–6, 3–6

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References

  1. "Johnston a beach tennis ace". Fraser Coast Chronicle . 26 December 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. "Hurricane Nadia". Fraser Coast Chronicle . 1 September 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  3. "USA looking to realise its beach tennis dream". International Tennis Federation. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2018.