Sophie Ferguson

Sophie Ferguson

Country	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Born	19 March 1986 (1986-03-19) Sydney, Australia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$419,825
Singles
Career record	241-180
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	109 (19 July 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2011)
US Open	1R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	94-97
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	148 (8 October 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2006 & 2011)
Last updated on: 11 April 2011.

Sophie Ferguson (born 19 March 1986, in Sydney) is an Australian professional tennis player.

Ferguson's best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was at the 2005 Australian Open, where she lost in the second round to Nadia Petrova, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1. At the 2007 Australian Women's Hardcourts she defeated former world number 8 Ai Sugiyama.

Ferguson has undergone coaching from Australian tennis legend Tony Roche.

Sophie played at the 2009 Hansol Korea Open, she got through qualifying and had to play former champion of the tournament Maria Kirilenko. She made an impressive start but failed at the end going down 6-4, 1-6, 2-6.

In 2010, Ferguson qualified for the 2010 French Open by defeating Olga Savchuk, Lesya Tsurenko and Lourdes Domínguez Lino in the qualifying stages. This will be her second appearance in the main draw since 2005. In the first round she defeated Petra Kvitová 1-6, 6-2, 6-2. She was defeated 6-2, 6-2 in the second round by eventual champion Francesca Schiavone.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 12 (3-9)

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$75,000 tournaments

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	16 May 2004	Karuizawa, Japan	Carpet	Wynne Prakusya	3-6 2-6
Runner-up	2.	19 February 2006	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	4-6 6-3 6-7(3)
Runner-up	3.	26 March 2006	Melbourne, Australia	Clay	Yung-Jan Chan	3-6 6-7(4)
Winner	4.	5 August 2007	Obihiro, Japan	Carpet	Ayumi Morita	6-4 6-3
Winner	5.	13 September 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Zhao Yi-Jing	6-2 6-4
Runner-up	6.	14 October 2007	Rockhampton, Australia	Hard	Marina Erakovic	6-7(5) 5-7
Runner-up	7.	21 October 2007	Gympie, Australia	Hard	Marina Erakovic	6-4 4-6 6-7(5)
Runner-up	8.	29 March 2009	Hammond, Louisiana, USA	Hard	Kristie Ahn	6-0 4-6 4-6
Runner-up	9.	27 June 2009	Périgueux, France	Clay	Julia Vakulenko	2-6 5-7
Winner	10.	16 August 2009	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Yung-Jan Chan	6-3 6-1
Runner-up	11.	21 March 2010	Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA	Hard	Chanelle Scheepers	5-7 5-7
Runner-up	12.	10 July 2010	Biarritz, France	Clay	Julia Görges	2-6 2-6

Doubles 11 (4-7)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 August 2005	Wuxi, China	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Mi-Ra Jeon Wynne Prakusya	2-6 6-7(6)
Runner-up	2.	12 November 2006	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Daniella Dominikovic	Natalie Grandin Christina Wheeler	4-6 6-4 4-6
Runner-up	3.	20 April 2007	Bari, Italy	Clay	Katarina Kachlikova	Veronika Kapshay Mariya Koryttseva	5-7 2-6
Winner	4.	19 June 2007	Noto, Japan	Carpet	Anne Yelsey	Natsumi Hamamura Maria Tanaka	7-6(8) 6-1
Runner-up	5.	16 November 2007	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Natalie Grandin Robin Stephenson	4-6 5-7
Runner-up	6.	23 May 2007	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Antonia Matic Monica Niculescu	7-5 3-6 [8-10]
Runner-up	7.	16 May 2008	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Christina Wheeler	Xinyun Han Yi-Fan Xu	6-4 4-6 [8-10]
Winner	8.	3 May 2009	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Aiko Nakamura	Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara	6-2 6-1
Winner	9.	6 June 2009	Brno, Czech Republic	Clay	Trudi Musgrave	Karin Morgosova Romana Caroline Tabak	6-4 6-1
Runner-up	10.	5 March 2010	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Casey Dellacqua Jessica Moore	W/O
Winner	11.	25 June 2010	Rome, Tevere Remo, Italy	Clay	Trudi Musgrave	Claudia Giovine Valentina Sulpizio	6-0 6-3

References

• Sophie Ferguson at the International Tennis Federation

External links

• Sophie Ferguson at the Women's Tennis Association