Quick Facts
CancerBiography
Abigail Agivanagi Tere-Apisah (born 13 July 1992) is a 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, Apisah 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 the 19th of May, 2019, Tere-Apisah became the first Pacific islander to win a professional singles tennis title beating Russian top seed, Valeria Savinykh at the $25,000 ITF in Singapore.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Legend |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (1–1) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| Hard (1–1) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Oct 2017 | ITF Cairns, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Olivia Rogowska | 6–1, 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | May 2019 | ITF Singapore, Singapore | W25 | Hard | Valeria Savinykh | 6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runners–up)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Legend |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 tournaments (0–1) |
| $25,000 tournaments (6–4) |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (5–4) |
| Clay (1–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–1) |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 tournaments (0–1) |
| $25,000 tournaments (6–4) |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| Hard (5–4) |
| Clay (1–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–1) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Sep 2016 | ITF Brisbane, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Julia Glushko Liu Fangzhou | 6–7, 6–2, [10–3] | |
| Win | Jun 2017 | ITF Bethany Beach, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Sabrina Santamaria | Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller | 6–4, 6–0 | |
| Win | Sep 2017 | ITF Penrith, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska | 6–0, 7–5 | |
| Win | Sep 2017 | ITF Brisbane, Australia (2) | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Jennifer Elie Erika Sema | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| Loss | Oct 2017 | ITF Toowoomba, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu | 5–7, 5–7 | |
| Win | Oct 2017 | ITF Cairns, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Astra Sharma Belinda Woolcock | 4–6, 6–2, [10–6] | |
| Loss | May 2018 | ITF Kurume, Japan | 60,000 | Carpet | Katy Dunne | Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad | 2–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | May 2019 | ITF Singapore, Singapore | W25 | Hard | Rutuja Bhosale | Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies | 4–6, 6–0, [6–10] | |
| Win | Jun 2019 | ITF Hong Kong, Hong Kong | W25 | Hard | Junri Namigata | Erina Hayashi Momoko Kobori | 6–3, 2–6, [10–6] | |
| Loss | Feb 2020 | ITF Launceston, Australia | W25 | Hard | Alicia Smith | Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis | 6–7, 3–6 | |
| Loss | Feb 2020 | ITF Perth, Australia | W25 | 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.
Fed Cup (15–10)
| Matches by setting |
|---|
| Group membership |
| World Group (0–0) |
| World Group Play-off (0–0) |
| World Group II (0–0) |
| World Group II Play-off (0–0) |
| 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) |
| World Group (0–0) |
| World Group Play-off (0–0) |
| World Group II (0–0) |
| World Group II Play-off (0–0) |
| Asia/Oceania Group (15–10) |
| Hard (15–10) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Singles (10–5) |
| Doubles (5–5) |
| 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 |
| 15 April 2015 | Sri Lanka | Medhira Samarasinghe | W | 6–0, 6–3 | ||||
| 5th-8th Play-off | 17 April 2015 | Singapore | 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 |
| 12 April 2016 | Iran | Sadaf Sadeghvaziri | W | 6–1, 6–1 | ||||
| 13 April 2016 | Philippines | 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 |
| 19 July 2017 | Hong Kong | Zhang Ling | L | 4–6, 4–6 | ||||
| 5th-8th Play-off | 21 July 2017 | Singapore | Y-kit Nicole Tan | W | 6–7, 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, 7–5 |
| 8 February 2018 | Malaysia | Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam Das | W | 6–2, 6–0 | ||||
| Promotional Play-off | 10 February 2018 | Singapore | 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 |
| 7 February 2019 | Indonesia | Beatrice Gumulya | L | 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 | ||||
| 8 February 2019 | South Korea | 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 |
| 5th-8th Play-off | 17 April 2015 | Singapore | 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 |
| 13 April 2016 | Philippines | 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 | Shahrzad Banisaeid Kimia Rahmani | W | 6–0, 6–0 | |
| 7 February 2018 | Oman | Maryam Al Balushi Aisha Al Suleimani | W | 6–0, 6–1 | |||||
| 8 February 2018 | Malaysia | Jawairiah Noordin Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam Das | W | 6–4, 6–2 | |||||
| Promotional Play-off | 10 February 2018 | Singapore | 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) | Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai | L | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 | |
| 7 February 2019 | Indonesia | Deria Nur Haliza Jessy Rompies | L | 4–6, 4–6 |
