Abigail Agivanagi Tere-Apisah (born 13 July 1992) is a former professional 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, she 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 19 May 2019, Tere-Apisah became the first Pacific islander to win a professional tennis singles title beating Russian top seed, Valeria Savinykh, at a $25k event in Singapore.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up) Legend$25,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2017ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Olivia Rogowska 6–1, 2–6, 2–6Win 1–1 May 2019ITF Singapore25,000 Hard Valeria Savinykh 6–3, 6–2
Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups) Legend$60,000 tournaments (0–1)$25,000 tournaments (6–4)$15,000 tournaments (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (5–4)Clay (1–0)Carpet (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2016 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Naiktha Bains Julia Glushko Liu Fangzhou 6–7(4), 6–2, [10–3]Win 2–0 Jun 2017 ITF Bethany Beach, United States 25,000 Clay Sabrina Santamaria Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller 6–4, 6–0Win 3–0 Sep 2017 ITF Penrith, Australia 25,000 Hard Naiktha Bains Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska 6–0, 7–5Win 4–0 Sep 2017 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Naiktha Bains Jennifer Elie Erika Sema 6–4, 6–1Loss 4–1 Oct 2017 ITF Toowoomba, Australia 25,000 Hard Naiktha Bains Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu 5–7, 5–7Win 5–1 Oct 2017 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Naiktha Bains Astra Sharma Belinda Woolcock 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]Loss 5–2 May 2018 Kurume Cup, Japan 60,000 Carpet Katy Dunne Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad 2–6, 4–6Loss 5–3 May 2019 ITF Singapore 25,000 Hard Rutuja Bhosale Beatrice Gumulya Jessy Rompies 4–6, 6–0, [6–10]Win 6–3 Jun 2019 ITF Hong Kong 25,000 Hard Junri Namigata Erina Hayashi Momoko Kobori 6–3, 2–6, [10–6]Loss 6–4 Feb 2020 Launceston International, Australia 25,000 Hard Alicia Smith Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis 6–7(4), 3–6Loss 6–5 Feb 2020 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 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.
Group membershipWorld GroupWorld Group Play-offWorld Group II (0–0)World Group II Play-offAsia/Oceania Group (15–10)
Matches by surfaceHard (15–10)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
Matches by typeSingles (10–5)Doubles (5–5)
Matches by settingIndoors (3–7)Outdoors (12–3)
Singles (10–5) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore 2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Pool D 14 April 2015 Hyderabad, India Indonesia Hard (i) Lavinia TanantaL 6–2, 1–6, 3–6 15 April 2015 Sri Lanka Medhira SamarasingheW 6–0, 6–3 5th-8th Play-off 17 April 2015 Singapore Angeline DevanthiranW 6–0, 6–3 2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Pool A 11 April 2016 Hua Hin, Thailand Hong Kong Hard Maggie NgW 2–6, 6–1, 7–5 12 April 2016 Iran Sadaf SadeghvaziriW 6–1, 6–1 13 April 2016 Philippines Anna Clarice PatrimonioW 6–1, 6–0 2017 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Pool B 18 July 2017 Dushanbe, Tajikistan Iran Hard Sara AmiriW 6–3, 6–0 19 July 2017 Hong Kong Zhang LingL 4–6, 4–6 5th-8th Play-off 21 July 2017 Singapore Y-kit Nicole TanW 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–0 2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Pool C 7 February 2018 Isa Town, Bahrain Oman Hard Fatma Al-NabhaniW 7–6(7–4), 7–5 8 February 2018 Malaysia Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam DasW 6–2, 6–0 Promotional Play-off 10 February 2018 Singapore Stefanie TanW 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 ShuaiL 1–6, 2–6 7 February 2019 Indonesia Beatrice GumulyaL 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 8 February 2019 South Korea Han Na-laeL 1–6, 7–5, 3–6
Doubles (5–5) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore 2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II Pool D 14 April 2015 Hyderabad, India Indonesia Hard (i) Brittany Teei Ayu Fani Damayanti Lavinia TanantaL 0–6, 2–6 5th-8th Play-off 17 April 2015 Singapore Wi Joanne Koh Sarah PangW 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 LingL 3–6, 2–6 13 April 2016 Philippines Khim Iglupas Katharina LehnertL 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 RahmaniW 6–0, 6–0 7 February 2018 Oman Maryam Al Balushi Aisha Al SuleimaniW 6–0, 6–1 8 February 2018 Malaysia Jawairiah Noordin Suhana Sofia Mohd Adam DasW 6–4, 6–2 Promotional Play-off 10 February 2018 Singapore Charmaine Shi Yi Seah Stefanie TanW 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 SaisaiL 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 7 February 2019 Indonesia Deria Nur Haliza Jessy RompiesL 4–6, 4–6
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