| Angie Cunningham | |
| Full Name: | Angie Kate Cunningham nee Woolcock |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Launceston, Australia |
| Death Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Careerprizemoney: | $67,087 |
| Singlestitles: | 3 ITF |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 318 (17 April 1995) |
| Doublestitles: | 7 ITF |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 111 (10 May 1993) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | 2R (1993) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (1992) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (1991, 1993) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 1R (1993) |
Angie Kate Cunningham (2 February 1973 – 4 October 2016) was a professional tennis player from Australia. She competed during her career under her maiden name Angie Woolcock.
Cunningham was born in Launceston. Cunningham won the Pardey Shield tennis title at the age of 13, which made her the youngest winner of the prestigious Tasmanian schools competition. She moved to Melbourne soon after to pursue a career in tennis and was accepted into the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.[1]
Cunningham was runner-up in three junior Grand Slam doubles finals, twice at the Australian Open and once at Wimbledon. She partnered with Nicole Pratt to make the final of the 1989 Australian Open. She was a finalist again, in 1991, with Joanne Limmer. Cunningham beat Limmer to win her first ITF tournament in Woking, England, later in 1991. Cunningham eventually partnered with Limmer in order to reach the girls' doubles final at Wimbledon.[2] Cunningham reached a highest junior doubles ranking of number two in the world.[3]
She competed primarily in doubles as a professional tennis player. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a semifinal appearance, partnering Jo-Anne Faull at the Malaysian Women's Open in 1993. Her career best doubles ranking was 111 in 1993. She competed in the women's doubles main draws at the four grand slam tournaments that year. She won two ITF singles titles: at Lee on Solent, and in Ballarat, in 1994[4] [5]
Cunningham retired from tennis in 1996. She studied for a business degree at La Trobe University after her tennis career. She started to work for the Women's Tennis Association in 2000, and she was based in London. Her roles during her ten year career at the WTA included being the Vice President of Player Relations and On-Site Operations.[6]
Cunningham was the middle of three children born to Bill and Susie Woolcock. Her father ran the local real estate company, Woolcock Partners, for 40 years, before it was bought by her elder brother Sam in 2013. She had a husband Pat and two daughters.[1]
She was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2012.[1] She died on 4 October 2016 at her home in Melbourne, at the age of 43. Her death occurred three and a half years after the death of Australian tennis player Brad Drewett, and a year before the death of another former Australian player Peter Doohan. Each man died from motor neurone disease.[7]
She posthumously received the President's Spirit of Tennis Award for her efforts to raise awareness of MND, at the 2016 Newcombe Medal awards ceremony.[3]
The trophy for the Hobart International is named the Angie Cunningham Trophy in her honour.[6] [8]
| $50,000 tournaments | |
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| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 19 May 1991 | ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Hard |  Joanne Limmer | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 1. | 27 April 1992 | ITF Sheffield, United Kingdom | Hard | Svetlana Parkhomenko | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6 | |
| Win | 2. | 13 March 1994 | ITF Warrnambool, Australia | Hard | Jane Taylor | w/o | |
| Loss | 2. | 20 March 1994 | ITF Canberra, Australia | Grass | Tang Min | 3–6, 0–6 | |
| Win | 3. | 2 May 1994 | ITF Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom | Clay | Christina Zachariadou | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 3. | 26 March 1995 | ITF Bendigo, Australia | Hard | Jane Taylor | 0–6, 4–6 |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 5 March 1990 | ITF Newcastle, Australia | Grass |  Yuko Hosoki Ayako Hirose | 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 1. | 30 September 1990 | ITF Kuroshio, Japan | Clay | 4–6, 6–4, 2–6 | |||
| Loss | 2. | 14 October 1990 | ITF Matsuyama, Japan | Clay | Catherine Barclay | 7–6, 3–6, ret. | ||
| Win | 2. | 19 May 1991 | ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Hard | Joanne Limmer | 6–0, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 3. | 8 July 1991 | ITF Erlangen, Germany | Clay | Louise Stacey | Viktoria Milvidskaia Maja Živec-Škulj | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 3. | 15 July 1991 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | Louise Stacey | Martina Pawlik  Lisa Seemann | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Win | 4. | 3 February 1992 | ITF Jakarta, Indonesia | Clay | Nicole Pratt |  Ruxandra Dragomir Irina Spîrlea | 6–1, 6–0 | |
| Loss | 4. | 13 April 1992 | ITF Salerno, Italy | Hard | Kirrily Sharpe |  Linda Ferrando Silvia Farina Elia | 1–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 5. | 6 July 1992 | ITF Erlangen, Germany | Clay | Caroline Schneider |  Chen Li-Ling Miki Yokobori | 4–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 5. | 23 November 1992 | ITF Nuriootpa, Australia | Hard | Kerry-Anne Guse |  Magdalena Feistel Kirrily Sharpe | 4–6, 7–6, 6–2 | |
| Win | 6. | 20 December 1992 | ITF Brisbane, Australia | Grass | Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Kunce | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 7. | 20 March 1994 | ITF Canberra, Australia | Grass | Kate McDonald | Atsuko Shintani Haruko Shigekawa | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 6. | 4 September 1995 | ITF Spoleto, Italy | Clay |  Karen Nugent | Cristina Salvi Elena Savoldi | 6–1, 6–7, 2–6 |