Steffi Carruthers

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Steffi Carruthers
Full nameSteffi Faasusivaitele Hethrington Carruthers
Country (sports)Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Pacific Oceania flag.png  Pacific Oceania (Fed Cup)
Born (1993-05-24) 24 May 1993 (age 32)
Apia, Samoa
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$20,223
Singles
Career record88–105
Highest rankingNo. 662 (13 October 2014)
Doubles
Career record42–67
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 556 (16 November 2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 11–11

Steffi Faasusivaitele Hearthington Carruthers (born 24 May 1993) is a Samoan former tennis player. She is the first Samoan woman to play professional tennis and the first Pacific Oceanian player to win a professional tournament. [1] [2]

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Carruthers is from the village of Vailima, and was educated at Vaiala Beach School and Samoa College. [3] and has played tennis since the age of 5, and competed in her first international tournament at the age of 10. [4] She is named after German tennis player Steffi Graf. [3] [4]

Carruthers has career-high WTA rankings of 662 in singles and 556 in doubles. In her career, she won two ITF titles in doubles.

Playing for Pacific Oceania in Fed Cup, Carruthers has a win-loss record of 11–11.

Carruthers began training to become a professional in 2012, [5] [6] and played her first professional season in 2014. [7] She later competed in the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila, Vanuatu, winning gold in the doubles, [8] gold in the singles, [9] silver in the mixed doubles, and bronze in the women's team events. At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia she won silver in the women's team event.

In 2016 she was nominated as Sports Woman of the Year in the annual SASNOC sports awards. [4] [10]

ITF finals

Doubles (2–1)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.6 June 2015ITF Manzanillo, MexicoHard Flag of Mexico.svg Carolina Betancourt Flag of the United States.svg Tornado Alicia Black
Flag of the United States.svg Dasha Ivanova
6–3, 6–3
Win2.12 September 2015ITF Bol, CroatiaClay Flag of Russia.svg Alina Silich Flag of Slovakia.svg Barbara Kotelesova
Flag of Slovenia.svg Natalija Sipek
7–6(3), 3–6, [10–5]
Loss1.6 November 2015 GB Pro-Series Loughborough, United KingdomHard Flag of Mexico.svg Sabastiani Leon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Christie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lisa Whybourn
1–6, 2–6

ITF Junior Circuit finals

Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (0–1)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.2 October 2010 Auckland, New ZealandHard Flags of New Caledonia.svg Anaève Pain1–6, 0–6

Doubles (5–3)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.27 June 2008 Nouméa, New CaledoniaHard Flags of New Caledonia.svg Anaève Pain Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Abigail Tere-Apisah
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harriet Sheahan
6–7(6), 6–0, 1–6
Win2.5 July 2008 Lautoka, FijiHard Flags of New Caledonia.svg Anaève Pain Flag of Singapore.svg Celina Goetti
Flag of Indonesia.svg Athena Nathalia
6–2, 7–6(5)
Win3.31 January 2009 Christchurch, New ZealandHard Flags of New Caledonia.svg Anaève Pain Flag of New Zealand.svg Leela Beattie
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gabrielle Grady
5–7, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss4.19 July 2009 Darwin, AustraliaHard Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Abigail Tere-Apisah Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Kato
Flag of Japan.svg Risa Ozaki
3–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win5.26 June 2010 Nouméa, New CaledoniaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Emily Burns Flag of Japan.svg Kaede Amano
Flag of Japan.svg Asuka Sakamoto
6–2, 6–3
Loss6.4 July 2010 Lautoka, FijiHard Flags of New Caledonia.svg Anaève Pain Flag of New Zealand.svg Emily Fanning
Flag of New Zealand.svg Heidi Stewart
1–6, 0–6
Win7.25 September 2010 Hamilton, New ZealandHard Flags of New Caledonia.svg Anaève Pain Flag of New Zealand.svg Paige Hourigan
Flag of New Zealand.svg Claudia Williams
6–4, 6–1
Win8.2 October 2010 Auckland, New ZealandHard Flags of New Caledonia.svg Anaève Pain Flag of New Zealand.svg Carli Davis
Flag of New Zealand.svg Danielle Feneridis
6–2, 6–4

Fed Cup participation

Singles (4–5)

EditionRoundDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore
2015 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
R/R 14 April 2015 Hyderabad, India Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Hard (i) Flag of Indonesia.svg Deria Nur Haliza L2–6, 0–6
15 April 2015 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Thisuri Molligoda W6–2, 6–7(5), 6–1
P/O 17 April 2015 Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg Wee Khee-yen W6–2, 6–0
2016 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
R/R 11 April 2016 Hua Hin, Thailand Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Hard Flag of Hong Kong.svg Zhang Ling L5–7, 3–6
12 April 2016 Flag of Iran.svg Iran Flag of Iran.svg Sara Amiri W6–0, 6–1
13 April 2016 Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg Katharina Lehnert L0–6, 2–6
P/O 16 April 2016 Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Flag of Indonesia.svg Deria Nur Haliza L3–6, 1–6
2017 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
R/R 19 July 2017 Dushanbe, Tajikistan Flag of Iran.svg Iran Hard Flag of Iran.svg Yasmin Mansouri W6–4, 6–2
20 July 2017 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg Eudice Chong L5–7, 3–6

Doubles (1–2)

EditionRoundDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore
2015 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
R/R 15 April 2015 Hyderabad, India Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Hard (i) Flag of New Zealand.svg Brittany Teei Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Amreetha Muttiah
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Medhira Samarasinghe
W6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2016 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
R/R 11 April 2016 Hua Hin, Thailand Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Hard Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Abigail Tere-Apisah Flag of Hong Kong.svg Sher Chun-wing
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Zhang Ling
L3–6, 2–6
13 April 2016 Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Abigail Tere-Apisah Flag of the Philippines.svg Khim Iglupas
Flag of the Philippines.svg Katharina Lehnert
L4–6, 3–6

References

  1. "Exclusive Interview with Samoan Tennis Player Steffi Carruthers". The What I Do. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014.
  2. "Sport: Samoa's Steffie Carruthers wins pro event". RNZ. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Steffi keen to shine". Fiji Times. 8 July 2008. p. 25 via EBSCOHost.
  4. 1 2 3 Vatapuia Maiava (23 April 2016). "Samoa's very own tennis star". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  5. "Sport: Samoa's Carruthers ready for hard slog in professional ranks". RNZ. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  6. "Moomia se fesoasoani mo Steffi Carruthers" (in Samoan). Samoa Times. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  7. "Sport: Tennis a learning game for Samoa's Carruthers". RNZ. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  8. "Tennis pair secures Samoa another gold". Samoa Observer. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  9. Ulimasao Fata (16 December 2017). "Carruthers wins one more gold for Samoa". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  10. "Sports Awards: The finalists named". Samoa Observer. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2023.