Steffi Carruthers

Steffi Faasusivaitele Hearthington Carruthers (born 24 May 1993 in Western Samoa) is a Samoan tennis player.

Steffi Carruthers

Full name	Steffi Faasusivaitele Hearthington Carruthers
Country (sports)	Samoa  Pacific Oceania (Fed Cup tournaments)
Born	(1993-05-24) 24 May 1993 Western Samoa (now Samoa)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$20,223
Singles
Career record	88–105
Highest ranking	No. 662 (13 October 2014)
Current ranking	No. 936 (6 January 2020)
Doubles
Career record	42–67
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 556 (16 November 2015)
Current ranking	No. 1,284 (6 January 2020)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	11–11
Last updated on: 6 January 2020.

Carruthers has a WTA singles career-high ranking of 662 achieved on 13 October 2014. She also has a doubles career-high ranking of 556, achieved on 16 November 2015. She has won two ITF titles in doubles.

Playing for Pacific Oceania in Fed Cup, Carruthers has a W/L record of 11–11.

Carruthers is the first Samoan woman to play professional tennis and the first Pacific Oceanian player to win a professional tournament.[1]

ITF finals

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

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Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	6 June 2015	Manzanillo, Mexico	Hard	Carolina Betancourt	Tornado Alicia Black Dasha Ivanova	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	12 September 2015	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Alina Silich	Barbara Kotelesova Natalija Sipek	7–6 ^(7–3), 3–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	1.	6 November 2015	Loughborough, United Kingdom	Hard	Sabastiani Leon	Freya Christie Lisa Whybourn	1–6, 2–6

ITF Junior Finals

Grand Slam

Category GA

Category G1

Category G2

Category G3

Category G4

Category G5

Singles Finals (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	2 October 2010	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Anaève Pain	1–6, 0–6

Doubles (5–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	27 June 2008	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Hard	Anaève Pain	Abigail Tere-Apisah Harriet Sheahan	6–7^(6), 6–0, 1–6
Winner	2.	5 July 2008	Lautoka, Fiji	Hard	Anaève Pain	Celina Goetti Athena Nathalia	6–2, 7–6^(5)
Winner	3.	31 January 2009	Christchurch, New Zealand	Hard	Anaève Pain	Leela Beattie Gabrielle Grady	5–7, 6–2 [10–4]
Runner-up	4.	19 July 2009	Darwin, Australia	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Miyu Kato Risa Ozaki	3–6, 6–3 [9–11]
Winner	5.	26 June 2010	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Hard	Emily Burns	Kaede Amano Asuka Sakamoto	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	4 July 2010	Lautoka, Fiji	Hard	Anaève Pain	Emily Fanning Heidi Stewart	1–6, 0–6
Winner	7.	25 September 2010	Hamilton, New Zealand	Hard	Anaève Pain	Paige Hourigan Claudia Williams	6–4, 6–1
Winner	8.	2 October 2010	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Anaève Pain	Carli Davis Danielle Feneridis	6–2, 6–4

Fed Cup participation

Singles

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II	R/R	14 April 2015	Hyderabad, India	Indonesia	Hard (i)	Deria Nur Haliza	L	2–6, 0–6
		15 April 2015		Sri Lanka		Thisuri Molligoda	W	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–1
	P/O	17 April 2015		Singapore		Wee Khee-yen	W	6–2, 6–0
2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II	R/R	11 April 2016	Hua Hin, Thailand	Hong Kong	Hard	Zhang Ling	L	5–7, 3–6
		12 April 2016		Iran		Sara Amiri	W	6–0, 6–1
		13 April 2016		Philippines		Katharina Lehnert	L	0–6, 2–6
	P/O	16 April 2016		Indonesia		Deria Nur Haliza	L	3–6, 1–6
2017 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II	R/R	19 July 2017	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Iran	Hard	Yasmin Mansouri	W	6–4, 6–2
		20 July 2017		Hong Kong		Eudice Chong	L	5–7, 3–6

Doubles

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II	R/R	15 April 2015	Hyderabad, India	Sri Lanka	Hard (i)	Brittany Teei	Amreetha Muttiah Medhira Samarasinghe	W	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II	R/R	11 April 2016	Hua Hin, Thailand	Hong Kong	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Sher Chun-wing Zhang Ling	L	3–6, 2–6
		13 April 2016		Philippines		Abigail Tere-Apisah	Khim Iglupas Katharina Lehnert	L	4–6, 3–6

References

1. http://www.thewhatitdo.com/2014/10/29/exclusive-interview-with-samoan-tennis-player-steffi-carruthers/

External links

• Steffi Carruthers at the Women's Tennis Association
• Steffi Carruthers at the International Tennis Federation
• Steffi Carruthers at the Fed Cup