Gail Biggs (born 25 August 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Country (sports) | Australia |
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Born | 25 August 1970 |
Prize money | $61,859 |
Singles | |
Career record | 128–145 |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 200 (9 February 1998) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1996) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 119–111 |
Career titles | 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 178 (17 July 1995) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1998) |
Biggs, who comes from Queensland, played on the professional tour in the 1990s.[1] Competing as a wildcard, she featured in the singles main draw of the 1996 Australian Open, where she was beaten in the first round by Ludmila Richterová.[2] 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
editSingles: 2 (1–1)
editLegend |
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$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 13 March 1995 | ITF Canberra, Australia | Grass | Tang Min | 2–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 1. | 22 June 1997 | ITF Mount Pleasant, United States | Hard | Jessica Fernández | 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 |
Doubles: 19 (7–12)
editOutcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 25 July 1994 | ITF Roanoke, United States | Hard | Claudine Toleafoa | Kristina Brandi Karin Miller |
4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 1. | 1 August 1994 | ITF Norfolk, United States | Hard | Claudine Toleafoa | Karin Miller Varalee Sureephong |
3–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Winner | 2. | 8 August 1994 | ITF College Park, United States | Hard | Tjaša Jezernik | Marissa Catlin Lindsay Lee-Waters |
6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 3. | 5 March 1995 | ITF Warrnambool, Australia | Hard | Nicole Oomens | Trudi Musgrave Jane Taylor |
6–1, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 2. | 12 March 1995 | ITF Wodonga, Australia | Hard | Nicole Oomens | Trudi Musgrave Jane Taylor |
3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 19 March 1995 | ITF Canberra, Australia | Hard | Nicole Oomens | Trudi Musgrave Jane Taylor |
3–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 4. | 26 March 1995 | ITF Bendigo, Australia | Hard | Nicole Oomens | Trudi Musgrave Jane Taylor |
7–6, 7–5 |
Winner | 5. | 3 July 1995 | ITF Williamsburg, United States | Hard | Nicole Oomens | Renata Brito Renata Diez |
6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 10 July 1995 | ITF Easton, United States | Hard | Nicole Oomens | Karin Miller Varalee Sureephong |
2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Runner-up | 5. | 9 March 1996 | ITF Warrnambool, Australia | Grass | Nicole Oomens | Joanne Limmer Lisa McShea |
7–6(8–6), 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 6. | 13 October 1996 | ITF Ibaraki, Japan | Hard | Lisa McShea | Keiko Nagatomi Yuka Tanaka |
7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | 20 October 1996 | ITF Kugayama, Japan | Hard | Lisa McShea | Keiko Nagatomi Kiyoko Yazawa |
6–0, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 6. | 28 October 1996 | ITF Kyoto, Japan | Carpet (i) | Lisa McShea | Keiko Nagatomi Yuka Tanaka |
6–7(4–7), 6–2, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 28 July 1997 | ITF Ilkley, United Kingdom | Grass | Julia Lutrova | Trudi Musgrave Cindy Watson |
1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 2 March 1998 | ITF Warrnambool, Australia | Grass | Shelley Stephens | Lisa McShea Alicia Molik |
3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 26 April 1998 | ITF Shenzhen, China | Hard | Tomoe Hotta | Catherine Barclay Kim Eun-ha |
3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 5 July 1998 | ITF Edmond, United States | Hard | Bryanne Stewart | Melissa Beadman Siobhan Drake-Brockman |
6–7, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 11. | 12 October 1998 | ITF Kooralbyn,, Australia | Hard | Shelley Stephens | Lisa McShea Trudi Musgrave |
3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Runner-up | 12. | 1 February 1999 | ITF Wellington, New Zealand | Hard | Shelley Stephens | Leanne Baker Rewa Hudson |
1–6, 1–6 |
References
edit- ^ "Easy victory in tennis final". The Canberra Times. 20 March 1995. p. 23. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Women First round". The Courier-Journal. 16 January 1996. Retrieved 7 September 2018.