{{short description|Australian tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Angie Cunningham | image = | full_name = Angie Kate Cunningham<br />nee Woolcock | country_represented = {{AUS}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1973|2|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Launceston, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|10|4|1973|2|2|df=yes}} | death_place = Melbourne, Australia | height = | plays = | careerprizemoney = $67,087 | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = 3 ITF | highestsinglesranking = No. 318 (17 April 1995) | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = 7 ITF | highestdoublesranking = No. 111 (10 May 1993) | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1993) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1992) | WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1991, 1993) | USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1993) }}
'''Angie Kate Cunningham''' (2 February 1973 – 4 October 2016) was a professional tennis player from Australia. She competed during her career under her maiden name '''Angie Woolcock'''.
==Biography== ===Tennis career=== Cunningham was born in Launceston. Cunningham won the Pardey Shield tennis title at the age of 13, which made her the youngest winner of the prestigious Tasmanian schools competition. She moved to Melbourne soon after to pursue a career in tennis and was accepted into the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.<ref name=Baker>{{cite news|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/4240773/angie-leaves-a-legacy-of-love-and-laughter/|title=Angie leaves a legacy of love and laughter|last=Baker|first=Mark|date=23 October 2016|work=The Examiner|accessdate=19 May 2018}}</ref>
Cunningham was runner-up in three junior Grand Slam doubles finals, twice at the Australian Open and once at Wimbledon. She partnered with Nicole Pratt to make the final of the 1989 Australian Open. She was a finalist again, in 1991, with Joanne Limmer. Cunningham beat Limmer to win her first ITF tournament in Woking, England, later in 1991. Cunningham eventually partnered with Limmer in order to reach the girls' doubles final at Wimbledon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=20001087|title=ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Woolcock, Angie (AUS)|publisher=International Tennis Federation|accessdate=19 May 2018}}</ref> Cunningham reached a highest junior doubles ranking of number two in the world.<ref name="Trollope">{{cite news|url=https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2016/11/28/angie-cunningham-honoured-with-presidents-spirit-of-tennis-award|title=Angie Cunningham honoured with President's Spirit of Tennis Award|last=Trollope|first=Matt|date=28 November 2016|newspaper=Tennis Australia|accessdate=19 May 2018}}</ref>
She competed primarily in doubles as a professional tennis player. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a semifinal appearance, partnering Jo-Anne Faull at the Malaysian Women's Open in 1993. Her career best doubles ranking was 111 in 1993. She competed in the women's doubles main draws at the four grand slam tournaments that year. She won two ITF singles titles: at Lee on Solent, and in Ballarat, in 1994<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118210627 |title=Woolcock's title |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Australia |date=10 May 1994 |accessdate=19 May 2018 |page=21 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref> {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118159249 |title=Hong Kong improver wins |newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=Australia |date=21 March 1994 |accessdate=19 May 2018 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Cunningham retired from tennis in 1996. She studied for a business degree at La Trobe University after her tennis career. She started to work for the Women's Tennis Association in 2000, and she was based in London. Her roles during her ten year career at the WTA included being the Vice President of Player Relations and On-Site Operations.<ref name="Slatter">{{cite news|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5166615/inaugural-trophy-tribute-to-angie-cunningham-in-hobart/|title=Angie Cunningham trophy awarded for the first time in Hobart|last=Slatter|first=Sean|date=15 January 2018|work=The Examiner|accessdate=19 May 2018}}</ref>
===Personal life and illness=== Cunningham was the middle of three children born to Bill and Susie Woolcock. Her father ran the local real estate company, Woolcock Partners, for 40 years, before it was bought by her elder brother Sam in 2013. She had a husband Pat and two daughters.<ref name=Baker/>
She was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2012.<ref name=Baker/> She died on 4 October 2016 at her home in Melbourne, at the age of 43.<ref>https://www.examiner.com.au/story/4240773/angie-leaves-a-legacy-of-love-and-laughter/</ref><ref>https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/melbourne-woman-angie-cunningham-dies-after-long-battle-with-motor-neurone-disease/news-story/6dd31d8d0befc6b542105681c97afac8</ref>
===Honours=== She posthumously received the President's Spirit of Tennis Award for her efforts to raise awareness of MND, at the 2016 Newcombe Medal awards ceremony.<ref name="Trollope"/>
The trophy for the Hobart International is named the Angie Cunningham Trophy in her honour.<ref name="Slatter"/><ref name="wta18">{{cite web |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/hobart-unveils-new-trophy-honor-late-tasmanian-favorite |title=Hobart unveils new trophy to honor late Tasmanian favorite |last=Livaudais |first=Stephanie |date=6 January 2018 |publisher=WTA Tennis |accessdate=April 8, 2018}}</ref>
==ITF finals== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" width=13% |- style="background:#addfad;" | $50,000 tournaments |- style="background:lightblue;" | $25,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | $10,000 tournaments |}
===Singles (3–3)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- !Result !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 19 May 1991 | ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Joanne Limmer | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 27 April 1992 | ITF Sheffield, United Kingdom | Hard | {{flagicon|CIS}} Svetlana Parkhomenko | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 13 March 1994 | ITF Warrnambool, Australia | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jane Taylor | w/o |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 20 March 1994 | ITF Canberra, Australia | Grass | {{Flagicon|HKG}} Tang Min | 3–6, 0–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 2 May 1994 | ITF Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom | Clay | {{flagicon|GRE}} Christina Zachariadou | 6–3, 6–4 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 26 March 1995 | ITF Bendigo, Australia | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jane Taylor | 0–6, 4–6 |}
===Doubles (7–6)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;" !Result !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |- bgcolor="#f0f8ff" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 5 March 1990 | ITF Newcastle, Australia | Grass | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kirrily Sharpe | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuko Hosoki <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} Ayako Hirose | 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#f0f8ff | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 30 September 1990 | ITF Kuroshio, Japan | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Catherine Barclay | {{flagicon|JPN}} Naoko Kinoshita <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} Emiko Takahashi | 4–6, 6–4, 2–6 |-bgcolor=#f0f8ff | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 14 October 1990 | ITF Matsuyama, Japan | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Catherine Barclay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry-Anne Guse <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Kristine Kunce | 7–6, 3–6, ret. |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 19 May 1991 | ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Joanne Limmer | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Joannette Kruger <br /> {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Cindy Summers | 6–0, 6–2 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 8 July 1991 | ITF Erlangen, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Louise Stacey | {{flagicon|URS}} Viktoria Milvidskaia <br /> {{flagicon|GER}} Maja Živec-Škulj | 4–6, 4–6 |- bgcolor=lightblue | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 15 July 1991 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Louise Stacey | {{flagicon|GER}} Martina Pawlik <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Seemann | 6–1, 6–2 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4. | 3 February 1992 | ITF Jakarta, Indonesia | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Pratt | {{flagicon|ROU}} Ruxandra Dragomir <br /> {{flagicon|ROU}} Irina Spîrlea | 6–1, 6–0 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | 13 April 1992 | ITF Salerno, Italy | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kirrily Sharpe | {{flagicon|ITA}} Linda Ferrando <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} Silvia Farina Elia | 1–6, 4–6 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 5. | 6 July 1992 | ITF Erlangen, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Caroline Schneider | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Li-Ling<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} Miki Yokobori | 4–6, 2–6 |-bgcolor=lightblue | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 5. | 23 November 1992 | ITF Nuriootpa, Australia | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry-Anne Guse | {{flagicon|POL}} Magdalena Feistel <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Kirrily Sharpe | 4–6, 7–6, 6–2 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 6. | 20 December 1992 | ITF Brisbane, Australia | Grass | {{flagicon|AUS}} Justine Hodder | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry-Anne Guse <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Kristine Kunce | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 7. | 20 March 1994 | ITF Canberra, Australia | Grass | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kate McDonald | {{flagicon|JPN}} Atsuko Shintani <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} Haruko Shigekawa | 6–2, 6–2 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 6. | 4 September 1995 | ITF Spoleto, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|IRL}} Karen Nugent | {{flagicon|ITA}} Cristina Salvi <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} Elena Savoldi | 6–1, 6–7, 2–6 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}}
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