Violet Apisah (born 11 February 2000) is an
Australian
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Papuan tennis player.
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
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.
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
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girls' doubles event, partnering
Lulu Sun
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Ca ...
.
Apisah made her
Fed Cup
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debut for
Pacific Oceania
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in
2019
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.
Personal life
Apisah is the niece of
Abigail
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and Marcia Tere-Apisah, who are also tennis players. Her sister, Patricia, is also a junior tennis player.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles
ITF junior finals
Singles (10–2)
Doubles (12–4)
References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
Australian female tennis players
Papua New Guinean female tennis players
Sportspeople from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)
Tennis players from Sydney
Sportswomen from New South Wales
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