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 Singles 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.