{{Short description|Australian-Papuan tennis player (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Violet Apisah | fullname = | image = | caption = | country = {{PNG}} (2016–current) <br/> {{AUS}} (2014–16) <br> {{POC}} <small>(Fed Cup tournaments)</small> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|2|11|df=yes}} | residence = Sydney, Australia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com.au/player-profiles/violet-apisah|publisher=Australian Tennis Foundation|website=www.tennis.com.au|title=Violet Apisah Player Profile|access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> | birth_place = Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | height = | plays=Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | careerprizemoney = $0 | singlesrecord = 0–1 | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = | currentsinglesranking = | AustralianOpenjuniorresult = 3R (2016) | Wimbledonjuniorresult = 1R (2017, 2018) | USOpenjuniorresult = 3R (2018) | doublesrecord = 0–0 | doublestitles = 0 | highestdoublesranking = | currentdoublesranking = | AustralianOpenDoublesjuniorresult = F (2018) | WimbledonDoublesjuniorresult = QF (2017) | USOpenDoublesjuniorresult = 1R (2018) | Team = yes | FedCupresult = 0–1 | updated = 6 February 2019 |medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry | {{PNG}} }} {{MedalSport | Women's Tennis}} {{MedalCompetition|Pacific Games}} {{MedalGold |2015 Port Moresby|Team}} {{MedalGold |2019 Apia|Doubles}} {{MedalGold |2019 Apia|Team}} {{MedalSilver |2015 Port Moresby|Doubles}} {{MedalSilver |2015 Port Moresby|Mixed Doubles}} {{MedalSilver |2019 Apia|Singles}} }}
'''Violet Apisah''' (born 11 February 2000) is an Australian-Papuan tennis player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mother inspires PNG gold medalist tennis player |url=https://postcourier.com.pg/mother-inspires-png-gold-medalist-tennis-player/ |work=Post Courier |date=14 July 2019|access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yaruso |first1=Sophie |title=Apisah writes history for PNG |url=https://www.looppng.com/sport/apisah-writes-history-png-72768 |work=Loop PNG |date=28 January 2018 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tere-Apisah beats niece in tennis women's final |url=https://postcourier.com.pg/tere-apisah-beats-niece-tennis-womens-final/ |work=Post Courier |date=21 July 2019|access-date=12 March 2022 }}</ref>
==Career== In 2016, Apisah won the WTA Future Stars Under-16 Tournament, which was an exhibition tournament in Singapore during the 2016 WTA Finals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Future Stars: Shiori Ito & Violet Apisah Win Youth Titles |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/future-stars-shiori-ito-violet-apisah-win-youth-titles |access-date=12 March 2022 |work=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association |date=23 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712131750/https://www.wtatennis.com/news/future-stars-shiori-ito-violet-apisah-win-youth-titles |archive-date=12 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Linda Pearce |title=WTA Finals Singapore, 2016: Australian junior Violet Apisah wins Future Stars |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/wta-finals-singapore-2016-australian-junior-violet-apisah-wins-future-stars-20161023-gs8raf.html |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Apisah wins big in Singapore |url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/apisah-wins-big-singapore/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=The National |date=1 November 2016}}</ref>
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 girls' doubles event, partnering Lulu Sun.<ref>{{cite news |title=Apisah makes PNG proud |url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/apisah-makes-png-proud/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=The National |date=31 January 2018}}</ref>
In 2019, Apisah made her Fed Cup debut for Pacific Oceania.
==Personal life== Apisah is the niece of Abigail and Marcia Tere-Apisah, who are also tennis players. Her sister, Patricia, is also a junior tennis player.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2015/07/16/two-generations-sisters-meet-historic-tennis-final |publisher=National Indigenous Television|website=sbs.com.au|author=Joycelyn Mark-Sabbath|title=Two generations of sisters to meet in historic tennis final|access-date=9 March 2022 |date=11 September 2015}}</ref>
==Junior Grand Slam finals== ===Doubles=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !Year !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponent !Score |-bgcolor=ffffcc | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | {{flagicon|SUI}} Lulu Sun | {{flagicon|TPE}} Liang En-shuo<br>{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Xinyu | 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–4, [5–10] |}
==ITF junior finals== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" width=15% |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |Grand Slam |- bgcolor=#FF6666 |Category GA |- bgcolor=#C2B280 |Category G1 |- bgcolor="#ADDFAD" |Category G2 |- bgcolor="lightblue" |Category G3 |- bgcolor=#ffecb2 |Category G4 |- |Category G5 |}
===Singles (10–2)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !Outcome !No. !Date !Tournament !Grade !Surface !Opponent !Score |- |- bgcolor=#ffecb2 | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 1. | 27 April 2014 | Melbourne, Australia | G4 | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jaimee Fourlis | 6–1, 6–3 |- |- bgcolor=#ffecb2 | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 26 July 2014 | Kawana, Australia | G4 | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Sara Tomic | 6–0, 3–6, 6–7<sup>(7–9)</sup> |- | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 2. | 19 October 2014 | Gosford, Australia | G5 | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Baijing Lin | 6–3, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup> |- bgcolor="#ADDFAD" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 2. | 8 August 2015 | Lautoka, Fiji | B2 | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jaimee Fourlis | 1–6, 0–6 |- bgcolor=#ffecb2 | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 3. | 4 October 2015 | Auckland, New Zealand | G4 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|AUS}} Michaela Haet | 6–4, 6–0 |- | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 4. | 11 October 2015 | Canberra, Australia | G5 | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kaitlin Staines | 6–2, 6–3 |- bgcolor=#ffecb2 | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 5. | 17 July 2016 | Caloundra, Australia | G4 | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kaitlin Staines | 6–1, 7–5 |- bgcolor=#ffecb2 | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 6. | 24 July 2016 | Gold Coast, Australia | G4 | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kaitlin Staines | 6–4, 6–3 |- bgcolor="#ADDFAD" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 7. | 12 August 2016 | Lautoka, Fiji | B2 | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kaitlin Staines | 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–4, 6–4 |- bgcolor=#ffecb2 | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 8. | 25 June 2017 | Lautoka, Fiji | G4 | Hard | {{flagicon|NMI}} Carol Young Suh Lee | 6–0, 6–4 |- bgcolor="#ADDFAD" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 9. | 11 August 2017 | Lautoka, Fiji | B2 | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Megan Smith | 6–3, 6–1 |- bgcolor="#ADDFAD" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 10. | 21 October 2017 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | G2 | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Natasha Sengphrachanh | 6–4, 6–3 |}
===Doubles (12–4)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !Outcome !No. !Date !Tournament !Grade !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 12 October 2014 | Gosford, Australia | G5 | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Ella Husrefovic | {{flagicon|AUS}} Baijing Lin <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Gabriela Ruffels | 3–6, 0–6 |- bgcolor=#ffecb2 | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 2. | 4 October 2015 | Auckland, New Zealand | G4 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|NZL}} Rosie Cheng | {{flagicon|NZL}} Stella Cliffe <br /> {{flagicon|NZL}} Ashleigh Harvey | 5–7, 3–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 3. | 11 October 2015 | Canberra, Australia | G5 | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Maria Vais | {{flagicon|AUS}} Imogen Clews <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Kaitlin Staines | 4–6, 4–6 |- bgcolor=#ffecb2 | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 4. | 22 April 2016 | Melbourne, Australia | G4 | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Gabriela Sprague | {{flagicon|AUS}} Gabriella Da Silva-Fick <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Selina Turulja | 2–6, 5–7 |- bgcolor=#ffecb2 | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 1. | 24 July 2016 | Gold Coast, Australia | G4 | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Patricia Apisah | {{flagicon|AUS}} Lisa Mays <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Kaitlin Staines | 6–1, 6–1 |- bgcolor="#ADDFAD" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 2. | 12 August 2016 | Lautoka, Fiji | B2 | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Petra Hule | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kaitlin Staines <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Jessica Zaviacic | 6–2, 6–2 |- bgcolor="#ADDFAD" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 3. | 30 October 2016 | Incheon, South Korea | G2 | Hard | {{flagicon|TPE}} Lee Yang | {{flagicon|TPE}} Cho I-hsuan <br /> {{flagicon|CHN}} Du Zhima | 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup> |- bgcolor=#ffecb2 | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 4. | 25 June 2017 | Lautoka, Fiji | G4 | Hard | {{flagicon|PNG}} Patricia Apisah | {{flagicon|NMI}} Carol Young Suh Lee <br /> {{flagicon|SIN}} Maxine Ng | 6–0, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup> |- bgcolor="#ADDFAD" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 5. | 11 August 2017 | Lautoka, Fiji | B2 | Hard | {{flagicon|PNG}} Patricia Apisah | {{flagicon|NZL}} Valentina Ivanov <br /> {{flagicon|AUS}} Amber Marshall | 2–6, 6–1, [4–10] |- bgcolor="#ADDFAD" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 5. | 21 October 2017 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | G2 | Hard | {{flagicon|JPN}} Rina Saigo | {{flagicon|THA}} Mananchaya Sawangkaew <br /> {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Jiaqi | 2–6, 6–1, [10–7] |- bgcolor="#ADDFAD" | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 6. | 4 November 2017 | Tin Hau, Hong Kong | G2 | Hard | {{flagicon|SUI}} Lulu Sun | {{flagicon|TPE}} Lee Kuan-yi <br /> {{flagicon|THA}} Mananchaya Sawangkaew | 6–1, 6–1 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 6. | 27 January 2018 | Australian Open, Melbourne | GS | Hard | {{flagicon|SUI}} Lulu Sun | {{flagicon|TPE}} Liang En-shuo <br /> {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Xinyu | 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–4, [5–10] |- bgcolor=#C2B280 | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 7. | 10 March 2018 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | G1 | Hard | {{flagicon|SUI}} Lulu Sun | {{flagicon|CHN}} Guo Meiqi <br /> {{flagicon|HKG}} Cody Wong | 4–6, 6–0, [8–10] |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{ITF}} * {{Fed Cup player}} * {{Tennis Australia}}
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