Elsa O'Riain explained

Elsa O'Riain
Birth Date:1982 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Cork, Ireland
Retired:2005
College:Harvard Crimson
Careerprizemoney:$14,106
Singlestitles:1 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 382 (21 October 2002)
Usopenjuniorresult:1R (1999)
Doublestitles:7 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 295 (22 September 2003)
Usopendoublesjuniorresult:2R (1999)
Fedcupresult:9–3
Updated:26 March 2024

Elsa O'Riain (born 20 September 1982) is an Irish former professional tennis player.

Career

O'Riain has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 382, reached on 21 October 2002. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 295, achieved on 22 September 2023.[1] O'Riain has won one singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF.

In September 2002, she won the ITF 25K tennis tournament in Glasgow, United Kingdom, with partner Yvonne Doyle.[2] Playing for Ireland at the Fed Cup, she had a win–loss record of 9–3. She played college tennis at Harvard University 2005/2006.[3]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2001ITF Haifa, IsraelW10Hard Cheli Bargil1–6, 7–6(4), 3–6
Win1–1Jul 2023ITF Felixstowe, United KingdomW10Grass Yael Glitzenstein6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 8 (7 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
W25 tournaments
W10 tournaments
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Dec 2001ITF Ashkelon, IsraelW10Hard Chantal Coombs Yael Glitzenshtein
Yevgenia Savranska
7–5, 6–3
Loss1–1Jan 2002ITF Hull, United KingdomW10Hard (i) Claire Curran Sun Tiantian
Zheng Jie
6–7(4), 5–7
Win2–1Aug 2002ITF London, United KingdomW10Hard Sarah Stone Michelle Summerside
Anna White
6–4, 6–2
Win3–1Sep 2002ITF Glasgow, United KingdomW25Hard (i) Yvonne Doyle Sarah Stone
Samantha Stosur
6–2, 6–4
Win4–1Sep 2002ITF Sunderland, United KingdomW10Hard (i) Tessy van de Ven
Suzanne van Hartingsveldt
6–4, 6–4
Win5–1Mar 2003ITF Cairo, EgyptW10Clay Claire Curran Marielle Hoogland
Jennifer Schmidt
6–1, 6–4
Win6–1Jul 2003ITF Felixstowe, United KingdomW10Grass Karen Nugent Leanne Baker
Chantal Coombs
7–6(7), 7–6(2)
Win7–1Aug 2003ITF London, United KingdomW10Hard Claire Curran Irina Bulykina
Aleksandra Kulikova
6–2, 7–6(5)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elsa O'Riain | Player Stats & More – WTA Official. Women's Tennis Association.
  2. Web site: ITF $25,000 GLASGOW Singles and Doubles Draws. www.itftennis.com.
  3. Web site: Elsa O'Riain - Women's Tennis. Harvard Crimson Athletics.