Violet Apisah

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Violet Apisah
Country (sports)Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea (2016–current)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (2014–16)
Pacific Oceania flag.png  Pacific Oceania (Fed Cup tournaments)
Residence Sydney, Australia [1]
Born (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 25)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$0
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  Junior3R (2016)
Wimbledon  Junior1R (2017, 2018)
US Open  Junior3R (2018)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  JuniorF (2018)
Wimbledon  JuniorQF (2017)
US Open  Junior1R (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 0–1
Medal record
Representing Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Women's Tennis
Pacific Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Apia Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Apia Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby Mixed Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Apia Singles
Last updated on: 6 February 2019.

Violet Apisah (born 11 February 2000) is an Australian-Papuan tennis player. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Career

In 2016, Apisah won the WTA Future Stars Under-16 Tournament, which was an exhibition tournament in Singapore during the 2016 WTA Finals. [5] [6] [7]

On the junior tour, Apisah has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of 24, achieved on 26 March 2018.

In 2018, Apisah reached the final of the 2018 Australian Open girls' doubles event, partnering Lulu Sun. [8]

In 2019, Apisah made her Fed Cup debut for Pacific Oceania.

Personal life

Apisah is the niece of Abigail and Marcia Tere-Apisah, who are also tennis players. Her sister, Patricia, is also a junior tennis player. [9]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Runner-up 2018 Australian Open Hard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lulu Sun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Liang En-shuo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xinyu
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]

ITF junior finals

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

Singles (10–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentGradeSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.27 April 2014 Melbourne, AustraliaG4Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jaimee Fourlis 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up1.26 July 2014 Kawana, AustraliaG4Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sara Tomic 6–0, 3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Winner2.19 October 2014 Gosford, AustraliaG5Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Baijing Lin6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up2.8 August 2015 Lautoka, FijiB2Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jaimee Fourlis 1–6, 0–6
Winner3.4 October 2015 Auckland, New ZealandG4Hard (i) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michaela Haet 6–4, 6–0
Winner4.11 October 2015 Canberra, AustraliaG5Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kaitlin Staines6–2, 6–3
Winner5.17 July 2016 Caloundra, AustraliaG4Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kaitlin Staines6–1, 7–5
Winner6.24 July 2016 Gold Coast, AustraliaG4Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kaitlin Staines6–4, 6–3
Winner7.12 August 2016 Lautoka, FijiB2Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kaitlin Staines6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Winner8.25 June 2017 Lautoka, FijiG4Hard Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Carol Young Suh Lee 6–0, 6–4
Winner9.11 August 2017 Lautoka, FijiB2Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Megan Smith6–3, 6–1
Winner10.21 October 2017 Nonthaburi, ThailandG2Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Natasha Sengphrachanh6–4, 6–3

Doubles (12–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentGradeSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.12 October 2014 Gosford, AustraliaG5Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ella Husrefovic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Baijing Lin
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gabriela Ruffels
3–6, 0–6
Runner-up2.4 October 2015 Auckland, New ZealandG4Hard (i) Flag of New Zealand.svg Rosie Cheng Flag of New Zealand.svg Stella Cliffe
Flag of New Zealand.svg Ashleigh Harvey
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up3.11 October 2015 Canberra, AustraliaG5Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maria Vais Flag of Australia (converted).svg Imogen Clews
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kaitlin Staines
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up4.22 April 2016 Melbourne, AustraliaG4Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gabriela Sprague Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gabriella Da Silva-Fick
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Selina Turulja
2–6, 5–7
Winner1.24 July 2016 Gold Coast, AustraliaG4Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patricia Apisah Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lisa Mays
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kaitlin Staines
6–1, 6–1
Winner2.12 August 2016 Lautoka, FijiB2Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Petra Hule Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kaitlin Staines
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jessica Zaviacic
6–2, 6–2
Winner3.30 October 2016 Incheon, South KoreaG2Hard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Yang Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cho I-hsuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Du Zhima
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Winner4.25 June 2017 Lautoka, FijiG4Hard Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Patricia Apisah Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Carol Young Suh Lee
Flag of Singapore.svg Maxine Ng
6–0, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up5.11 August 2017 Lautoka, FijiB2Hard Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Patricia Apisah Flag of New Zealand.svg Valentina Ivanov
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Amber Marshall
2–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Winner5.21 October 2017 Nonthaburi, ThailandG2Hard Flag of Japan.svg Rina Saigo Flag of Thailand.svg Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Jiaqi
2–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Winner6.4 November 2017 Tin Hau, Hong KongG2Hard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lulu Sun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Kuan-yi
Flag of Thailand.svg Mananchaya Sawangkaew
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up6.27 January 2018 Australian Open, MelbourneGSHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lulu Sun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Liang En-shuo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xinyu
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up7.10 March 2018 Nonthaburi, ThailandG1Hard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lulu Sun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Meiqi
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cody Wong
4–6, 6–0, [8–10]

References

  1. "Violet Apisah Player Profile". www.tennis.com.au. Australian Tennis Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. "Mother inspires PNG gold medalist tennis player". Post Courier . 14 July 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. Yaruso, Sophie (28 January 2018). "Apisah writes history for PNG". Loop PNG. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. "Tere-Apisah beats niece in tennis women's final". Post Courier . 21 July 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. "Future Stars: Shiori Ito & Violet Apisah Win Youth Titles". wtatennis.com. Women's Tennis Association. 23 October 2016. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  6. Linda Pearce (23 October 2016). "WTA Finals Singapore, 2016: Australian junior Violet Apisah wins Future Stars". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  7. "Apisah wins big in Singapore". The National . 1 November 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  8. "Apisah makes PNG proud". The National . 31 January 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  9. Joycelyn Mark-Sabbath (11 September 2015). "Two generations of sisters to meet in historic tennis final". sbs.com.au. National Indigenous Television. Retrieved 9 March 2022.