Country (sports) | Australia United States |
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Born | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia | October 23, 1977
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $30,476 |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 314 (April 30, 2001) |
Doubles | |
Highest ranking | No. 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]
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]
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 9 May 1999 | Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Joana Cortez | 3–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Winner | 1. | 8 May 2000 | Tampico, Mexico | Hard | Daniela Olivera | 6–3, 6–0 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 3 May 1999 | Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Nicole Sewell | Paula Racedo Aliénor Tricerri | 1–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Runner-up | 2. | 1 August 1999 | Baltimore, United States | Hard | Candice de la Torre | Lauren Kalvaria Marie-Ève Pelletier | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 21 May 2000 | Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Candice de la Torre | Melody Falcó Carla Tiene | 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 18 June 2000 | Mount Pleasant, United States | Hard | Melanie Clayton | Maja Palaveršić Jacqueline Trail | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 29 October 2000 | Dalby, Australia | Hard | Melanie Clayton | Kerry-Anne Guse Rachel McQuillan | 0–3, ret. |
Runner-up | 5. | 5 March 2001 | Warrnambool, Australia | Grass | Manisha Malhotra | Simona Arghire Remi Uda | 3–6, 3–6 |
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