Abigail Tere-Apisah(PNG), with a current career high ranking of #334, has had her best year ever on the WTA Professional Circuit narrowly missing out on the Wild Card into the 2018 Australian Open Main Draw S
ingles when she was beaten in the Final by Xinyu Wang (CHN) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in Zhuhai, China WS – AWP – Final
She recently had excellent results in the Australian ITF Circuit where she reached the singles final of the Cairns $25,000; the quarters of the Canberra $60,000 and the semis of the $60,000 Bendigo Tournaments.
2017 also saw her win her 5th career Doubles Title also in Cairns, having won 3 previously this year and 1 last year in Brisbane.