Sophia Derivan

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Sophia Derivan
Country (sports)Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Born (2000-06-09) 9 June 2000 (age 21)
Dublin, Ireland
College University of Colorado (2019-)
Prize money$294
Singles
Career record2–4
Career titles0 ITF
Doubles
Career record2–1
Career titles0 ITF
Team competitions
Fed Cup 4–2
Last updated on: 17 June 2021.

Sophia Derivan (born 9 June 2000) is an Irish junior tennis player.

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On the juniors tour, Derivan has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of 354, achieved on 24 April 2017.

She started studying at University of Colorado, in 2019. [1]

ITF junior finals

Grand Slam
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (2–1)

OutcomeW–LDateTournamentGradeSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1–024 July 2015 Dublin, IrelandG5Carpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alice Gillan6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up1–122 July 2016 Dublin, IrelandG5Carpet Flag of Ireland.svg Caoimhe Duffy Niblock3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Winner2–14 August 2017 Dundalk, IrelandG5Carpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Erin Richardson6–3, 6–3

Doubles (3–2)

OutcomeW–LDateTournamentGradeSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1–024 July 2015 Dublin, IrelandG5Carpet Flag of Ireland.svg Lucy Octave Flag of Ireland.svg Annie McCullough
Flag of Ireland.svg Caitlin McCullough
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up1–118 June 2016 Odense, DenmarkG4Clay Flag of India.svg Sabhyata Nihalani Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Abramyan
Flag of Hungary.svg Csenge Furák
4–6, 4–6
Winner2–122 July 2016 Dublin, IrelandG5Carpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Summer Yardley Flag of France.svg Kristina Baran
Flag of Hungary.svg Fanni Gécsek
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up2–229 July 2016 Belfast, Great BritainG5Carpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Summer Yardley Flag of Ireland.svg Anna Bowtell
Flag of Ireland.svg Eimear Maher
5–7, 6–4, [6–10]
Winner3–25 August 2016 Dundalk, IrelandG5Carpet Flag of Ireland.svg Anna Bowtell Flag of Ireland.svg Shauna Heffernan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Summer Yardley
6–2, 7–5

National representation

Fed Cup

Derivan made her Fed Cup debut for Ireland in 2017, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group III, when she was 17 years and 4 days old.

Fed Cup (4–3)

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
World Group Play-off (0–0)
World Group II (0–0)
World Group II Play-off (0–0)
Europe/Africa Group (4–3)
Matches by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (1–1)
Doubles (3–2)
Matches by setting
Indoors (3–1)
Outdoors (1–2)
Singles (1–1)
EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore
2017 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Pool B 13 June 2017 Chișinău, Moldova Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Clay Anna Soffía Grönholm W6–0, 6–2
14 June 2017 Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Sneha Kotecha L6–0, 4–6, 5–7
Doubles (3–2)
EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore
2017 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Pool B 16 June 2017 Chișinău, Moldova Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Clay Ruth Copas Eleni Louka
Anna Savchenko
L0–6, 6–7(4–7)
2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Pool D 15 June 2021 Vilnius, Lithuania Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Hard (i) Shauna Heffernan Naa Anyema Mckorley
Nyanyuie Grace Tomegah
W6–0, 6–0
16 June 2021 Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Hera Brynjarsdóttir
Sofia Sóley Jónasdóttir
W6–0, 6–1
17 June 2021 Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Milena Gevorgyan
Arevik Tumanyan
W6–2, 6–2
Play-off 18 June 2021 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Anita Husarić
Suana Tucaković
L5–7, 1–6
19 June 2021 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Chanel Simmonds
Lara van der Merwe
W6–3, 6–4

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References

  1. "Sophia Derivan Bio - University of Colorado Official Athletic Site". cubuffs.com. Retrieved 1 January 2021.