Violet Apisah

Australian-Papuan tennis player

Violet Apisah

Country (sports)

Papua New Guinea (2016–current)

Australia (2014–16)

Pacific Oceania (Fed Cup tournaments)

Residence

Sydney, Australia^[1]

Born

(2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 24)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Plays

Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Prize money

Singles

Career record

0–1

Career titles

Grand Slam singles results

Australian Open Junior

3R (2016)

Wimbledon Junior

1R (2017, 2018)

US Open Junior

3R (2018)

Doubles

Career record

0–0

Career titles

Grand Slam doubles results

Australian Open Junior

F (2018)

Wimbledon Junior

QF (2017)

US Open Junior

1R (2018)

Team competitions

Fed Cup

0–1

Medal record

Representing Papua New Guinea

Women's Tennis
Pacific Games
	2015 Port Moresby	Team
	2019 Apia	Doubles
	2019 Apia	Team
	2015 Port Moresby	Doubles
	2015 Port Moresby	Mixed Doubles
	2019 Apia	Singles

Last updated on: 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

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2018	Australian Open	Hard	Lulu Sun	Liang En-shuo Wang Xinyu	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]

ITF junior finals

Grand Slam

Category GA

Category G1

Category G2

Category G3

Category G4

Category G5

Singles (10–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	27 April 2014	Melbourne, Australia	G4	Clay	Jaimee Fourlis	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	26 July 2014	Kawana, Australia	G4	Hard	Sara Tomic	6–0, 3–6, 6–7^(7–9)
Winner	2.	19 October 2014	Gosford, Australia	G5	Hard	Baijing Lin	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
Runner-up	2.	8 August 2015	Lautoka, Fiji	B2	Hard	Jaimee Fourlis	1–6, 0–6
Winner	3.	4 October 2015	Auckland, New Zealand	G4	Hard (i)	Michaela Haet	6–4, 6–0
Winner	4.	11 October 2015	Canberra, Australia	G5	Hard	Kaitlin Staines	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	17 July 2016	Caloundra, Australia	G4	Hard	Kaitlin Staines	6–1, 7–5
Winner	6.	24 July 2016	Gold Coast, Australia	G4	Hard	Kaitlin Staines	6–4, 6–3
Winner	7.	12 August 2016	Lautoka, Fiji	B2	Hard	Kaitlin Staines	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	25 June 2017	Lautoka, Fiji	G4	Hard	Carol Young Suh Lee	6–0, 6–4
Winner	9.	11 August 2017	Lautoka, Fiji	B2	Hard	Megan Smith	6–3, 6–1
Winner	10.	21 October 2017	Nonthaburi, Thailand	G2	Hard	Natasha Sengphrachanh	6–4, 6–3

Doubles (12–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 October 2014	Gosford, Australia	G5	Hard	Ella Husrefovic	Baijing Lin Gabriela Ruffels	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	4 October 2015	Auckland, New Zealand	G4	Hard (i)	Rosie Cheng	Stella Cliffe Ashleigh Harvey	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	11 October 2015	Canberra, Australia	G5	Hard	Maria Vais	Imogen Clews Kaitlin Staines	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	22 April 2016	Melbourne, Australia	G4	Hard	Gabriela Sprague	Gabriella Da Silva-Fick Selina Turulja	2–6, 5–7
Winner	1.	24 July 2016	Gold Coast, Australia	G4	Hard	Patricia Apisah	Lisa Mays Kaitlin Staines	6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	12 August 2016	Lautoka, Fiji	B2	Hard	Petra Hule	Kaitlin Staines Jessica Zaviacic	6–2, 6–2
Winner	3.	30 October 2016	Incheon, South Korea	G2	Hard	Lee Yang	Cho I-hsuan Du Zhima	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	4.	25 June 2017	Lautoka, Fiji	G4	Hard	Patricia Apisah	Carol Young Suh Lee Maxine Ng	6–0, 7–6^(7–3)
Runner-up	5.	11 August 2017	Lautoka, Fiji	B2	Hard	Patricia Apisah	Valentina Ivanov Amber Marshall	2–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Winner	5.	21 October 2017	Nonthaburi, Thailand	G2	Hard	Rina Saigo	Mananchaya Sawangkaew Wang Jiaqi	2–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Winner	6.	4 November 2017	Tin Hau, Hong Kong	G2	Hard	Lulu Sun	Lee Kuan-yi Mananchaya Sawangkaew	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	27 January 2018	Australian Open, Melbourne	GS	Hard	Lulu Sun	Liang En-shuo Wang Xinyu	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up	7.	10 March 2018	Nonthaburi, Thailand	G1	Hard	Lulu Sun	Guo Meiqi Cody Wong	4–6, 6–0, [8–10]

References

^ "Violet Apisah Player Profile". www.tennis.com.au. Australian Tennis Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "Mother inspires PNG gold medalist tennis player". Post Courier. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ Yaruso, Sophie (28 January 2018). "Apisah writes history for PNG". Loop PNG. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "Tere-Apisah beats niece in tennis women's final". Post Courier. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "Future Stars: Shiori Ito & Violet Apisah Win Youth Titles". wtatennis.com. Women's Tennis Association. 23 October 2016. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ Linda Pearce (23 October 2016). "WTA Finals Singapore, 2016: Australian junior Violet Apisah wins Future Stars". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "Apisah wins big in Singapore". The National. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "Apisah makes PNG proud". The National. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ Joycelyn Mark-Sabbath (11 September 2015). "Two generations of sisters to meet in historic tennis final". sbs.com.au. National Indigenous Television. Retrieved 9 March 2022.