# Abigail Tere-Apisah

Abigail Agivanagi Tere-Apisah (born 13 July 1992) is a former professional tennis player from Papua New Guinea.
Tere-Apisah has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 276, achieved on 6 August 2018. She is the daughter of Kwalam Apisah and Verenagi Tere. Her sister Marcia, and her nieces, Violet and Patricia Apisah, are also tennis players.

## Tennis career

In 2010, Abigail graduated from Albury High School in Albury, Australia. She then attended Georgia State University, playing tennis for the Panthers, and graduated in 2014 with a BS in Health and Physical Education. Apisah is a two time All-American tennis player (2012 and 2014).
On 24 May 2014, she reached the semifinals of the NCAA Championship, losing in the third-set tiebreak to Lynn Chi. She reached a collegiate national ranking of No. 8 in singles.
On 3 December 2017, in the Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff final for the 2018 Australian Open, she was looking to become the first player from Papua New Guinea to compete in a Grand Slam main draw, but lost the final match 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 to Wang Xinyu of China.
On 19 May 2019, Tere-Apisah became the first Pacific islander to win a professional tennis singles title beating Russian top seed, Valeria Savinykh, at a $25k event in Singapore.

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

* Legend
* $25,000 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2017 | ITF Cairns, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Olivia Rogowska | 6–1, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | May 2019 | ITF Singapore | 25,000 | Hard | Valeria Savinykh | 6–3, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $60,000 tournaments (0–1)
* $25,000 tournaments (6–4)
* $15,000 tournaments (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (5–4)
* Clay (1–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2016 | ITF Brisbane, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Julia Glushko Liu Fangzhou | 6–7$^{(4)}$, 6–2, [10–3] |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2017 | ITF Bethany Beach, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Sabrina Santamaria | Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 3–0 | Sep 2017 | ITF Penrith, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska | 6–0, 7–5 |
| Win | 4–0 | Sep 2017 | ITF Brisbane, Australia (2) | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Jennifer Elie Erika Sema | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Oct 2017 | ITF Toowoomba, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 5–1 | Oct 2017 | ITF Cairns, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Astra Sharma Belinda Woolcock | 4–6, 6–2, [10–6] |
| Loss | 5–2 | May 2018 | Kurume Cup, Japan | 60,000 | Carpet | Katy Dunne | Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–3 | May 2019 | ITF Singapore | 25,000 | Hard | Rutuja Bhosale | Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies | 4–6, 6–0, [6–10] |
| Win | 6–3 | Jun 2019 | ITF Hong Kong | 25,000 | Hard | Junri Namigata | Erina Hayashi Momoko Kobori | 6–3, 2–6, [10–6] |
| Loss | 6–4 | Feb 2020 | Launceston International, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Alicia Smith | Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis | 6–7$^{(4)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 6–5 | Feb 2020 | ITF Perth, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Paige Hourigan | Kanako Morisaki Erika Sema | 1–6, 6–4, [7–10] |

## National representation
### Fed Cup

Tere-Apisah made her Fed Cup debut for Pacific Oceania in 2015, while the team was competing in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II.
* Group membership
* World Group
* World Group Play-off
* World Group II (0–0)
* World Group II Play-off
* Asia/Oceania Group (15–10)
* Matches by surface
* Hard (15–10)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Matches by type
* Singles (10–5)
* Doubles (5–5)
* Matches by setting
* Indoors (3–7)
* Outdoors (12–3)

#### Singles (10–5)

| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Score |
| 2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool D | 14 April 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Indonesia | Hard (i) | Lavinia Tananta | L | 6–2, 1–6, 3–6 |
| 2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool D | 15 April 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Sri Lanka | Hard (i) | Medhira Samarasinghe | W | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | 5th-8th Play-off | 17 April 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Singapore | Hard (i) | Angeline Devanthiran | W | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool A | 11 April 2016 | Hua Hin, Thailand | Hong Kong | Hard | Maggie Ng | W | 2–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
| 2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool A | 12 April 2016 | Hua Hin, Thailand | Iran | Hard | Sadaf Sadeghvaziri | W | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool A | 13 April 2016 | Hua Hin, Thailand | Philippines | Hard | Anna Clarice Patrimonio | W | 6–1, 6–0 |
| 2017 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool B | 18 July 2017 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Iran | Hard | Sara Amiri | W | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 2017 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool B | 19 July 2017 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Hong Kong | Hard | Zhang Ling | L | 4–6, 4–6 |
| 2017 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | 5th-8th Play-off | 21 July 2017 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Singapore | Hard | Y-kit Nicole Tan | W | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–0, 6–0 |
| 2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool C | 7 February 2018 | Isa Town, Bahrain | Oman | Hard | Fatma Al-Nabhani | W | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–5 |
| 2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool C | 8 February 2018 | Isa Town, Bahrain | Malaysia | Hard | Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam Das | W | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Promotional Play-off | 10 February 2018 | Isa Town, Bahrain | Singapore | Hard | Stefanie Tan | W | 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I | Pool B | 6 February 2019 | Astana, Kazakhstan | China | Hard (i) | Zhang Shuai | L | 1–6, 2–6 |
| 2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I | Pool B | 7 February 2019 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Indonesia | Hard (i) | Beatrice Gumulya | L | 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
| 2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I | Pool B | 8 February 2019 | Astana, Kazakhstan | South Korea | Hard (i) | Han Na-lae | L | 1–6, 7–5, 3–6 |

#### Doubles (5–5)

| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
| 2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool D | 14 April 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Indonesia | Hard (i) | Brittany Teei | Ayu Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta | L | 0–6, 2–6 |
| 2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | 5th-8th Play-off | 17 April 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Singapore | Hard (i) | Brittany Teei | Wi Joanne Koh Sarah Pang | W | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool A | 11 April 2016 | Hua Hin, Thailand | Hong Kong | Hard | Steffi Carruthers | Sher Chun-wing Zhang Ling | L | 3–6, 2–6 |
| 2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool A | 13 April 2016 | Hua Hin, Thailand | Philippines | Hard | Steffi Carruthers | Khim Iglupas Katharina Lehnert | L | 4–6, 3–6 |
| 2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool C | 6 February 2018 | Isa Town, Bahrain | Iran | Hard | Steffi Carruthers | Shahrzad Banisaeid Kimia Rahmani | W | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool C | 7 February 2018 | Isa Town, Bahrain | Oman | Hard | Steffi Carruthers | Maryam Al Balushi Aisha Al Suleimani | W | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Pool C | 8 February 2018 | Isa Town, Bahrain | Malaysia | Hard | Steffi Carruthers | Jawairiah Noordin Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam Das | W | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II | Promotional Play-off | 10 February 2018 | Isa Town, Bahrain | Singapore | Hard | Steffi Carruthers | Charmaine Shi Yi Seah Stefanie Tan | W | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I | Pool B | 6 February 2019 | Astana, Kazakhstan | China | Hard (i) | Steffi Carruthers | Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai | L | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
| 2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I | Pool B | 7 February 2019 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Indonesia | Hard (i) | Steffi Carruthers | Deria Nur Haliza Jessy Rompies | L | 4–6, 4–6 |