# Gail Biggs

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{{short description|Australian tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Gail Biggs
| image =
| full_name = <!--if different-->
| country_represented = {{AUS}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|8|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date =
| death_place = 
| height =
| plays =
| careerprizemoney = $61,859
| singlesrecord = 128–145
| singlestitles = 1 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 200 (9 February 1998)
| AustralianOpenresult = 1R ([1996](/source/1996_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles))
| FrenchOpenresult =
| Wimbledonresult =
| USOpenresult =
| doublesrecord = 119–111
| doublestitles = 7 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 178 (17 July 1995)
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R ([1998](/source/1998_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Women's_doubles))
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult =
| WimbledonDoublesresult =
| USOpenDoublesresult =
}}

'''Gail Biggs''' (born 25 August 1970) is a former professional [tennis](/source/tennis) player from Australia.

Biggs, who comes from Queensland, played on the professional tour in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127519130 |title=Easy victory in tennis final |newspaper=[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times)|date=20 March 1995 |accessdate=7 September 2018 |page=23}}</ref> Competing as a wildcard, she featured in the singles main draw of the [1996 Australian Open](/source/1996_Australian_Open), where she was beaten in the first round by [Ludmila Richterová](/source/Ludmila_Richterov%C3%A1).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/110202665/|title=Women First round|date=16 January 1996|work=[The Courier-Journal](/source/The_Courier-Journal)|accessdate=7 September 2018}}</ref> She won an ITF singles title at Mount Pleasant in 1997 and the following year reached her best ranking of 200 in the world.

==ITF Circuit finals==
===Singles: 2 (1–1)===
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%"
!Legend
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| $25,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| $10,000 tournaments
|}
{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97%
!Outcome
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Opponent
!Score
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 13 March 1995
| ITF Canberra, Australia
| Grass
| {{Flagicon|HKG|1959}} [Tang Min](/source/Tang_Min)
| 2–6, 0–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1.
| 22 June 1997
| ITF Mount Pleasant, United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [Jessica Fernández](/source/Jessica_Fern%C3%A1ndez)
| 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
|}

===Doubles: 19 (7–12)===
{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97%
|-
! Outcome
! No.
! Date
! Tournament
! Surface
! Partner
! Opponents
! Score
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1.
| 25 July 1994
| ITF Roanoke, United States
| Hard
| {{Flagicon|NZL}} [Claudine Toleafoa](/source/Claudine_Toleafoa)
| {{Flagicon|PUR}} [Kristina Brandi](/source/Kristina_Brandi) <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [Karin Miller](/source/Karin_Miller)
| 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
|- bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 1 August 1994
| ITF Norfolk, United States
| Hard
| {{Flagicon|NZL}} Claudine Toleafoa
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Karin Miller <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [Varalee Sureephong](/source/Sandy_Sureephong)
| 3–6, 6–4, 2–6
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 2.
| 8 August 1994
| ITF College Park, United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|SLO}} [Tjaša Jezernik](/source/Tja%C5%A1a_Jezernik)
| {{flagicon|USA}} [Marissa Catlin](/source/Marissa_Catlin) <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [Lindsay Lee-Waters](/source/Lindsay_Lee-Waters)
| 6–4, 7–5
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 3.
| 5 March 1995
| ITF Warrnambool, Australia
| Hard
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Oomens
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [Trudi Musgrave](/source/Trudi_Musgrave) <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [Jane Taylor](/source/Jane_Taylor_(tennis))
| 6–1, 7–5
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 2.
| 12 March 1995
| ITF Wodonga, Australia
| Hard
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Oomens
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Jane Taylor
| 3–6, 2–6
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 3.
| 19 March 1995
| ITF Canberra, Australia
| Hard
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Oomens
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Jane Taylor
| 3–6, 6–7
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 4.
| 26 March 1995
| ITF Bendigo, Australia
| Hard
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Oomens
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Jane Taylor
| 7–6, 7–5
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 5.
| 3 July 1995
| ITF Williamsburg, United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Oomens
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [Renata Brito](/source/Renata_Brito) <br /> {{flagicon|BRA}} [Renata Diez](/source/Renata_Diez)
| 6–1, 6–2
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 4.
| 10 July 1995
| ITF Easton, United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Oomens 
| {{flagicon|USA}} Karin Miller <br /> {{Flagicon|USA}} Varalee Sureephong
| 2–6, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 5.
| 9 March 1996
| ITF Warrnambool, Australia
| Grass
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Oomens
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [Joanne Limmer](/source/Joanne_Limmer) <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [Lisa McShea](/source/Lisa_McShea)
| 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 3–6, 3–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 6.
| 13 October 1996
| ITF Ibaraki, Japan
| Hard
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Lisa McShea
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [Keiko Nagatomi](/source/Keiko_Nagatomi) <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} [Yuka Tanaka](/source/Yuka_Tanaka)
| 7–5, 6–3
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 7.
| 20 October 1996
| ITF Kugayama, Japan
| Hard
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Lisa McShea
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keiko Nagatomi <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} [Kiyoko Yazawa](/source/Kiyoko_Yazawa)
| 6–0, 6–2
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 6.
| 28 October 1996
| ITF Kyoto, Japan
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Lisa McShea
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keiko Nagatomi <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuka Tanaka
| 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–2, 2–6
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 7.
| 28 July 1997
| ITF Ilkley, United Kingdom
| Grass
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [Julia Lutrova](/source/Julia_Lutrova)
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [Cindy Watson](/source/Cindy_Watson)
| 1–6, 1–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 8.
| 2 March 1998
| ITF Warrnambool, Australia
| Grass
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [Shelley Stephens](/source/Shelley_Stephens)
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Lisa McShea <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [Alicia Molik](/source/Alicia_Molik)
| 3–6, 1–6
|- bgcolor="lightblue"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 9.
| 26 April 1998
| ITF Shenzhen, China
| Hard
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [Tomoe Hotta](/source/Tomoe_Hotta)
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [Catherine Barclay](/source/Catherine_Barclay) <br /> {{flagicon|KOR}} [Kim Eun-ha](/source/Kim_Eun-ha)
| 3–6, 2–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;" 
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 10.
| 5 July 1998
| ITF Edmond, United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [Bryanne Stewart](/source/Bryanne_Stewart)
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [Melissa Beadman](/source/Melissa_Beadman) <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} [Siobhan Drake-Brockman](/source/Siobhan_Drake-Brockman)
| 6–7, 6–7
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 11.
| 12 October 1998
| ITF Kooralbyn,, Australia
| Hard
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Shelley Stephens
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Lisa McShea <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave
| 3–6, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up
| 12.
| 1 February 1999
| ITF Wellington, New Zealand
| Hard
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Shelley Stephens
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [Leanne Baker](/source/Leanne_Baker) <br /> {{flagicon|NZL}} [Rewa Hudson](/source/Rewa_Hudson)
| 1–6, 1–6
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WTA}}
* {{ITF}}

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Category:1970 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian female tennis players
Category:Tennis players from Queensland
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
Category:Sportswomen from Queensland
Category:20th-century Australian sportswomen

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