{{Short description|Irish tennis player}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox tennis biography | country = {{IRL}} | name = Amy Bowtell | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|9|16}} | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | height = 1.83 m | turnedpro = 2009 | plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | careerprizemoney = $34,664 | singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=139|lost=87}} | singlestitles = 5 ITF | highestsinglesranking = No. 381 (9 February 2015) | doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=49|lost=34}} | doublestitles = 5 ITF | highestdoublesranking = No. 450 (29 October 2012) | Team = yes | FedCupresult = 24–14 }}
'''Amy Bowtell''' (born 16 September 1993) is a former tennis player and former Irish number one. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 381.<ref name="WTA">{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/16989/title/amy-bowtell|title=Amy Bowtell stats on WTA official site|publisher=WTA|accessdate=6 August 2011}}</ref> Bowtell won ten professional titles, five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has been a member of Ireland Fed Cup team since 2009.<ref name="Fed">[http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100119788 Amy Bowtell] at the Fed Cup</ref>
==Personal life== Bowtell grew up playing in Greystones Lawn Tennis Club in County Wicklow.<ref name="Tennis Ireland">[http://www.tennisireland.ie/player_details?player_number=905 Amy Bowtell] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323210816/http://www.tennisireland.ie/player_details?player_number=905 |date=23 March 2012 }} at the Tennis Ireland</ref> Bowtell is currently coached by Garry Cahill.<ref name="ITF">[http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100119788 Amy Bowtell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322103210/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100119788 |date=22 March 2016 }} at the International Tennis Federation</ref>
==Career highlights== To date, Amy has reached seven ITF finals in singles, her first being a $10k tournament held in Chiswick, England on 1 August 2010. In the final, Amy lost to Tara Moore 3–6, 4–6. On 19 February 2012, she won her first ITF title, winning a $10k tournament held in Tallinn, Estonia against Polina Vinogradova 7–6, 6–4.<ref name="independent.ie interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/health-features/amy-bowtell-served-by-a-love-of-tennis-30373005.html|title=Amy Bowtell: served by a love of tennis|publisher=independent.ie|date=23 June 2014|accessdate=10 July 2014}}</ref> She won her second title in April 2014, winning another $10,000 tournament, this time in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.<ref name="independent.ie interview"/>
==ITF Circuit finals== ===Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)=== {| |-valign=top | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" ! Legend |- style="background:lightblue;" | $25,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | $10,000 tournaments |} | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" !Finals by surface |- |Hard (5–4) |- |Carpet (0–1) |} |} {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable" |W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Date !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable" |Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>0–1</small> | Aug 2010 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Chiswick, Great Britain | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Tara Moore | 3–6, 4–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>0–2</small> | Jan 2012 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sutton, Great Britain | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|NED}} Richèl Hogenkamp | 3–6, 2–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>1–2</small> | Feb 2012 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Tallinn, Estonia | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|RUS}} Polina Vinogradova | 7–6<sup>(5)</sup>, 6–4 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>1–3</small> | Jan 2013 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Preston, Great Britain | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Tara Moore | 6–7, 1–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>1–4</small> | Apr 2013 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Heraklion, Greece | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Carpet | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|GRE}} Valentini Grammatikopoulou}} | 3–6, 4–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>2–4</small> | Apr 2014 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Katie Boulter | 6–7<sup>(5)</sup>, 6–0, 7–6<sup>(6)</sup> |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>2–5</small> | Jun 2014 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard | {{flagicon|ROU}} Elena-Teodora Cadar | 3–6, 3–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>3–5</small> | Oct 2014 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Loughborough, Great Britain | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|FRA}} Shérazad Reix | 6–7, 6–1, 7–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>4–5</small> | Nov 2014 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Helsinki, Finland | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|SUI}} Tess Sugnaux | 6–2, 6–3 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>5–5</small> | Feb 2015 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sunderland, Great Britain | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|RUS}} Marta Sirotkina | 6–4, 6–3 |}
===Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)=== {| |-valign=top | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" ! Legend |- style="background:lightblue;" | $25,000 tournaments |- style="background:#ccccff;" | $15,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | $10,000 tournaments |} | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" !Finals by surface |- |Hard (4–2) |- |Clay (0–1) |- |Carpet (1–0) |} |} {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable" |W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>1–0</small> | Jun 2011 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Amarante, Portugal | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Yasmin Clarke | {{flagicon|AUT}} Katharina Negrin <br /> {{flagicon|FRA}} Constance Sibille | 6–2, 6–3 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>2–0</small> | Aug 2011 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Gijón, Spain | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lucy Brown | {{flagicon|GBR}} Amanda Carreras <br /> {{flagicon|VEN}} Andrea Gámiz | w/o |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>3–0</small> | Jan 2012 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sutton, Great Britain | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|NED}} Quirine Lemoine | {{flagicon|FRA}} Elixane Lechemia <br /> {{flagicon|FRA}} Irina Ramialison | 7–6<sup>(5)</sup>, 6–3 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>4–0</small> | Feb 2012 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Helsingborg, Sweden | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Carpet (i) | {{flagicon|NED}} Quirine Lemoine | {{flagicon|SWE}} Matilda Hamlin <br /> {{flagicon|SWE}} Valeria Osadchenko | 6–3, 6–4 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>4–1</small> | Apr 2012 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Bournemouth, Great Britain | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lucy Brown | {{flagicon|GER}} Carolin Daniels <br /> {{flagicon|GER}} Dejana Raickovic | 4–6, 3–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>5–1</small> | Aug 2012 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Middelkerke, Belgium | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Samantha Murray | {{flagicon|BEL}} Steffi Distelmans <br /> {{flagicon|BEL}} Magali Kempen | 6–3, 6–3 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>5–2</small> | Mar 2013 | style="background:#ccccff;"|ITF Sunderland, Great Britain | style="background:#ccccff;"|15,000 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lucy Brown | {{flagicon|SWE}} Hilda Melander <br /> {{flagicon|SWE}} Sandra Roma | 0–6, 3–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>5–3</small> | Oct 2014 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Loughborough, Great Britain | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Lucy Brown | {{flagicon|CZE}} Martina Borecká <br /> {{flagicon|FRA}} Shérazad Reix | 3–6, 2–6 |}
==Fed Cup performance== ===Singles (11–8)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%;" |- style="background:#eeeeee;" !Edition !Round !Date !Against !Surface !Opponent !W/L !Result |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | rowspan="4"| 2009 Europe/Africa Zone | rowspan="4"| RR | 21 April 2009 | {{flagicon|ALG}} Algeria | rowspan="4"| Hard | {{flagicon|ALG}} Amira Benaissa | Win | 1–6, 6–2, 6–1 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 22 April 2009 | {{flagicon|GRE}} Greece | {{flagicon|GRE}} Eleni Daniilidou | Loss | 2–6, 2–6 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 23 April 2009 | {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland | {{flagicon|FIN}} Piia Suomalainen | Loss | 5–7, 4–6 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 25 April 2009 | {{flagicon|MLT}} Malta | {{flagicon|MLT}} Stephanie Sullivan | Win | 6–4, 6–1 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | rowspan="3"| 2010 Europe/Africa Zone | rowspan="3"| RR | 22 April 2010 | {{flagicon|MLT}} Malta | rowspan="7"| Clay | {{flagicon|MLT}} Elaine Genovese | Win | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 22 April 2010 | {{flagicon|MAR}} Morocco | {{flagicon|MAR}} Nadia Lalami | Loss | 2–6, 0–6 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 23 April 2010 | {{flagicon|ALG}} Algeria | {{flagicon|ALG}} Assia Halo | Loss | 6–0, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 1–6 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | rowspan="4"| 2011 Europe/Africa Zone | rowspan="4"| RR | 2 May 2011 | {{flagicon|MDA}} Moldova | {{flagicon|MDA}} Daniela Ciobanu | Win | 6–0, 6–2 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 3 May 2011 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway | {{flagicon|NOR}} Emma Flood | Win | 6–2, 6–2 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 4 May 2011 | {{flagicon|EGY}} Egypt | {{flagicon|EGY}} Aziz Magy | Win | 6–4, 6–3 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 6 May 2011 | {{flagicon|TUN}} Tunisia | {{flagicon|TUN}} Ons Jabeur | Loss | 2–6, 3–6 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | rowspan="5"| 2012 Europe/Africa Zone | rowspan="4"| RR | 16 April 2012 | {{flagicon|MLT}} Malta | rowspan="5"| Clay | {{flagicon|MLT}} Rosanne Dimech | Win | 6–0, 6–2 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 18 April 2012 | {{flagicon|MAR}} Morocco | {{flagicon|MAR}} Nadia Lalami | Loss | 5–7, 1–6 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 19 April 2012 | {{flagicon|ARM}} Armenia | {{flagicon|ARM}} Ani Amiraghyan | Loss | 4–6, 4–6 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 20 April 2012 | {{flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya | {{flagicon|Kenya}} Veronica Nabwire Osogo | Win | 6–0, 6–0 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | rowspan="1"| P/O | 21 April 2012 | {{flagicon|TUN}} Tunisia | {{flagicon|TUN}} Ons Jabeur | Loss | 3–6, 5–7 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | rowspan="3"| 2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group 3 | rowspan="2"| RR | 5 February 2014 | {{flagicon|ISL}} Iceland | rowspan="3"| Hard (i) | {{flagicon|ISL}} Hjördís Rósa Guðmundsdóttir | Win | 6–1, 6–0 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 7 February 2014 | {{flagicon|MLT}} Malta | {{flagicon|MLT}} Katrina Sammut | Win | 6–3, 6–0 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | rowspan="1"| P/O | 8 February 2014 | {{flagicon|GRE}} Greece | {{flagicon|GRE}} Maria Sakkari | Win | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |}
===Doubles (7–2)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%;" |- style="background:#eeeeee;" !Edition !Round !Date !Against !Surface !Partner !Opponents !W/L !Result |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | rowspan="1"| 2010 Europe/Africa Zone | rowspan="1"| RR | 21 April 2010 | {{flagicon|MLT}} Malta | rowspan="6"| Clay | {{flagicon|IRL}} Julia Moriarty | {{flagicon|MLT}} Kimberley Cassar <br/> {{flagicon|MLT}} Elaine Genovese | Win | 7–6<sup>(7–1)</sup>, 6–2 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | rowspan="2"| 2011 Europe/Africa Zone | rowspan="2"| RR | 3 May 2011 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway | {{flagicon|IRL}} Lynsey McCullough | {{flagicon|NOR}} Ulrikke Eikeri <br/> {{flagicon|NOR}} Caroline Rohde-Moe | Loss | 1–6, 1–6 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 6 May 2011 | {{flagicon|TUN}} Tunisia | {{flagicon|IRL}} Lynsey McCullough | {{flagicon|TUN}} Sonia Daggou <br/> {{flagicon|TUN}} Ons Jabeur | Loss | 2–6, 2–6 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | rowspan="3"| 2012 Europe/Africa Zone | rowspan="2"| RR | 19 April 2012 | {{flagicon|ARM}} Armenia | {{flagicon|IRL}} Jenny Claffey | {{flagicon|ARM}} Ani Amiraghyan <br/> {{flagicon|ARM}} Anna Movsisyan | Win | 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 20 April 2012 | {{flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya | {{flagicon|IRL}} Lynsey McCullough | {{flagicon|Kenya}} Caroline Oduor <br/> {{flagicon|Kenya}} Michelle Kerubo Onyancha | Win | 6–1, 6–0 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | rowspan="1"| P/O | 21 April 2012 | {{flagicon|TUN}} Tunisia | {{flagicon|IRL}} Jenny Claffey | {{flagicon|TUN}} Ons Jabeur <br/> {{flagicon|TUN}} Mouna Jebri | Win | 6–1, 6–1 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | rowspan="3"| 2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group 3 | rowspan="2"| RR | 5 February 2014 | {{flagicon|ISL}} Iceland | rowspan="3"| Hard (i) | {{flagicon|IRL}} Rachael Dillon | {{flagicon|ISL}} Hjördís Rósa Guðmundsdóttir <br/> {{flagicon|ISL}} Sandra Kristjánsdóttir | Win | 6–1, 6–1 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | 7 February 2014 | {{flagicon|MLT}} Malta | {{flagicon|IRL}} Rachael Dillon | {{flagicon|MLT}} Rosanne Dimech <br/> {{flagicon|MLT}} Elaine Genovese | Win | 6–1, 6–1 |- style="background:#CCCCFF;" | rowspan="1"| P/O | 8 February 2014 | {{flagicon|GRE}} Greece | {{flagicon|IRL}} Rachael Dillon | {{flagicon|GRE}} Valentini Grammatikopoulou <br/> {{flagicon|GRE}} Maria Sakkari | Win | 6–4, 6–3 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}} * {{Fed Cup player}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowtell, Amy}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from County Wicklow Category:People from Greystones Category:Irish female tennis players Category:Tennis players from Dublin (city) Category:21st-century Irish sportswomen