Sophie Ferguson

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Sophie Ferguson
Country  Australia
Residence Sydney, Australia
Born (1986-03-19) 19 March 1986
Sydney, Australia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro 2002
Retired Active
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money US$438,917
Singles
Career record 248-186
Career titles 0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking 109 (19 July 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2005)
French Open 2R (2010)
Wimbledon Q2 (2011)
US Open 1R (2010)
Doubles
Career record 100-97
Career titles 0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking 148 (8 October 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2006 & 2011)
Last updated on: 18 June 2012.

Sophie Ferguson (born 19 March 1986, in Sydney) is an Australian professional tennis player. Ferguson has won nine ITF Women's Circuit titles and has played on the WTA Tour.

Personal life

Ferguson has undergone coaching from Australian tennis legend Tony Roche.

Career

In 2005, Ferguson got entry in the 2005 Australian Open as a wildcard. She defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 in the first round before falling to Nadia Petrova in the second round.[1]

At the 2007 Australian Women's Hardcourts she defeated former world number 8 Ai Sugiyama

Sophie received a wildcard to play in the 2007 Sony Ericsson International but lost in the first round against Jelena Kostanic Tosic.

Sophie played at the 2009 Hansol Korea Open, she got through qualifying and had to play former champion of the tournament Maria Kirilenko. She made an impressive start but failed at the end going down 6-4, 1-6, 2-6.

In 2010, Ferguson got entry in the 2010 French Open as a qualifier. In the first round she defeated Petra Kvitová 1-6, 6-2, 6-2. She was defeated in the second round by Francesca Schiavone.[2]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 12 (3-9)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 16 May 2004 Japan Karuizawa, Japan Carpet Indonesia Wynne Prakusya 3-6 2-6
Runner-up 2. 19 February 2006 Australia Sydney, Australia Hard Slovakia Jarmila Gajdošová 4-6 6-3 6-7(3)
Runner-up 3. 26 March 2006 Australia Melbourne, Australia Clay Chinese Taipei Yung-Jan Chan 3-6 6-7(4)
Winner 4. 5 August 2007 Japan Obihiro, Japan Carpet Japan Ayumi Morita 6-4 6-3
Winner 5. 13 September 2007 Japan Tokyo, Japan Hard China Zhao Yi-Jing 6-2 6-4
Runner-up 6. 14 October 2007 Australia Rockhampton, Australia Hard New Zealand Marina Erakovic 6-7(5) 5-7
Runner-up 7. 21 October 2007 Australia Gympie, Australia Hard New Zealand Marina Erakovic 6-4 4-6 6-7(5)
Runner-up 8. 29 March 2009 United States Hammond, Louisiana, USA Hard United States Kristie Ahn 6-0 4-6 4-6
Runner-up 9. 27 June 2009 France Périgueux, France Clay Ukraine Julia Vakulenko 2-6 5-7
Winner 10. 16 August 2009 China Quanzhou, China Hard Chinese Taipei Yung-Jan Chan 6-3 6-1
Runner-up 11. 21 March 2010 United States Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA Hard South Africa Chanelle Scheepers 5-7 5-7
Runner-up 12. 10 July 2010 France Biarritz, France Clay Germany Julia Görges 2-6 2-6

Doubles 13 (6-7)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 14 August 2005 China Wuxi, China Hard Australia Casey Dellacqua South Korea Mi-Ra Jeon
Indonesia Wynne Prakusya
2-6 6-7(6)
Runner-up 2. 12 November 2006 Australia Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Australia Daniella Dominikovic South Africa Natalie Grandin
Australia Christina Wheeler
4-6 6-4 4-6
Runner-up 3. 20 April 2007 Italy Bari, Italy Clay Slovakia Katarina Kachlikova Ukraine Veronika Kapshay
Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
5-7 2-6
Winner 4. 19 June 2007 Japan Noto, Japan Carpet United States Anne Yelsey Japan Natsumi Hamamura
Japan Maria Tanaka
7-6(8) 6-1
Runner-up 5. 16 November 2007 Australia Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Australia Trudi Musgrave South Africa Natalie Grandin
United States Robin Stephenson
4-6 5-7
Runner-up 6. 23 May 2007 Australia Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Australia Trudi Musgrave Germany Antonia Matic
Romania Monica Niculescu
7-5 3-6 [8-10]
Runner-up 7. 16 May 2008 Italy Caserta, Italy Clay Australia Christina Wheeler China Xinyun Han
China Yi-Fan Xu
6-4 4-6 [8-10]
Winner 8. 3 May 2009 Japan Gifu, Japan Carpet Japan Aiko Nakamura Japan Misaki Doi
Japan Kurumi Nara
6-2 6-1
Winner 9. 6 June 2009 Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic Clay Australia Trudi Musgrave Slovakia Karin Morgosova
Slovakia Romana Caroline Tabak
6-4 6-1
Runner-up 10. 5 March 2010 Australia Sydney, Australia Hard Australia Trudi Musgrave Australia Casey Dellacqua
Australia Jessica Moore
W/O
Winner 11. 25 June 2010 Italy Rome, Italy Clay Australia Trudi Musgrave Italy Claudia Giovine
Italy Valentina Sulpizio
6-0 6-3
Winner 12. 09-May-2011 Italy Reggio Emilia, Italy Clay Australia Sally Peers Italy Claudia Giovine
Argentina Maria Irigoyen
6-4 6-1
Winner 13. 30-May-2011 Italy Rome - Tiro A Volo, Italy Clay Australia Sally Peers Poland Magda Linette
Romania Liana Ungur
W/O

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