Violet Apisah Explained

Violet Apisah
Country: (2016–current)
(2014–16)
(Fed Cup tournaments)
Birth Date:11 February 2000
Residence:Sydney, Australia[1]
Birth Place:Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$0
Singlesrecord:0–1
Singlestitles:0
Australianopenjuniorresult:3R (2016)
Wimbledonjuniorresult:1R (2017, 2018)
Usopenjuniorresult:3R (2018)
Doublesrecord:0–0
Doublestitles:0
Australianopendoublesjuniorresult:F (2018)
Wimbledondoublesjuniorresult:QF (2017)
Usopendoublesjuniorresult:1R (2018)
Team:yes
Fedcupresult:0–1
Updated:6 February 2019

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

Tennis 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]

Apisah made her Fed Cup debut for Pacific Oceania in 2019.

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

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 2014Melbourne, AustraliaG4Clay Jaimee Fourlis6–1, 6–3
Runner-up1.26 July 2014Kawana, AustraliaG4Hard Sara Tomic6–0, 3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Winner2.19 October 2014Gosford, AustraliaG5Hard Baijing Lin6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up2.8 August 2015Lautoka, FijiB2Hard Jaimee Fourlis1–6, 0–6
Winner3.4 October 2015Auckland, New ZealandG4Hard (i) Michaela Haet6–4, 6–0
Winner4.11 October 2015Canberra, AustraliaG5Hard Kaitlin Staines6–2, 6–3
Winner5.17 July 2016Caloundra, AustraliaG4Hard Kaitlin Staines6–1, 7–5
Winner6.24 July 2016Gold Coast, AustraliaG4Hard Kaitlin Staines6–4, 6–3
Winner7.12 August 2016Lautoka, FijiB2Hard Kaitlin Staines6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Winner8.25 June 2017Lautoka, FijiG4Hard Carol Young Suh Lee6–0, 6–4
Winner9.11 August 2017Lautoka, FijiB2Hard Megan Smith6–3, 6–1
Winner10.21 October 2017Nonthaburi, ThailandG2Hard Natasha Sengphrachanh6–4, 6–3

Doubles (12–4)

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Violet Apisah Player Profile. Australian Tennis Foundation. www.tennis.com.au. 12 March 2022.
  2. News: Mother inspires PNG gold medalist tennis player . . 14 July 2019. 12 March 2022.
  3. News: Yaruso . Sophie . Apisah writes history for PNG . Loop PNG . 28 January 2018 . 12 March 2022.
  4. News: Tere-Apisah beats niece in tennis women’s final . . 21 July 2019. 12 March 2022 .
  5. News: Future Stars: Shiori Ito & Violet Apisah Win Youth Titles . 12 March 2022 . wtatennis.com . . 23 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190712131750/https://www.wtatennis.com/news/future-stars-shiori-ito-violet-apisah-win-youth-titles . 12 July 2019.
  6. News: Linda Pearce . WTA Finals Singapore, 2016: Australian junior Violet Apisah wins Future Stars . 9 March 2022 . . 23 October 2016.
  7. News: Apisah wins big in Singapore . 9 March 2022 . . 1 November 2016.
  8. News: Apisah makes PNG proud . 9 March 2022 . . 31 January 2018.
  9. News: Two generations of sisters to meet in historic tennis final. National Indigenous Television. sbs.com.au. Joycelyn Mark-Sabbath. 9 March 2022 . 11 September 2015.