Tyra Calderwood

Tyra Calderwood (born 19 September 1990)[1] is a former professional Australian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 607, which she reached on 6 October 2008. Her career high in doubles is 190, set on 10 September 2012.

Tyra Calderwood
Calderwood at the 2009 NSW Tennis Open
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceSydney, Australia
Born (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990
Sydney, Australia
Turned pro2007
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$46,544
Singles
Career record69–108
Career titles0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 607 (6 October 2008)
Doubles
Career record96–99
Career titles0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 190 (10 September 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2008, 2009, 2012)

Early life and junior career

Calderwood was born in Sydney, New South Wales and started playing tennis at the age of three.[1]

She has had limited success on the circuit, though her junior ranking did peak at 33 in 2007.

Career

In 2008, she made her WTA doubles debut after being given a wild card with Alenka Hubacek into the Australian Open. However, they lost first round in straight sets. in December of that year she won the Sorrento ITF doubles title with Shannon Golds.

In 2009, she received wildcards into the doubles tournaments at both the Medibank International and the Australian Open, losing first round in both tournaments.

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 14 (6–8)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6/6)
Clay (0/0)
Grass (0/2)
Carpet (0/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 5 December 2008 ITF Sorrento, Australia Hard Shannon Golds Jade Curtis
Zhang Ling
6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up 2. 4 May 2009 ITF Ipswich, Australia Grass Shannon Golds Maki Arai
Olivia Rogowska
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 14 September 2009 ITF Darwin, Australia Hard Olivia Rogowska Nicole Kriz
Alicia Molik
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 11 September 2010 ITF Cairns, Australia Hard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Tammi Patterson
Olivia Rogowska
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up 5. 19 September 2011 ITF Darwin, Australia Hard Stephanie Bengson Maria Fernanda Alves
Samantha Murray
4–6, 2–6
Winner 6. 31 October 2011 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Stephanie Bengson Isabella Holland
Sally Peers
w/o
Winner 7. 14 November 2011 ITF Traralgon, Australia Hard Stephanie Bengson Monique Adamczak
Bojana Bobusic
6–7(2–7), 6–1, 6–3
Winner 8. 21 November 2011 ITF Bendigo, Australia Hard Stephanie Bengson Storm Sanders
Samantha Murray
2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 9. 4 February 2012 ITF Burnie, Australia Hard Stephanie Bengson Arina Rodionova
Melanie South
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 10. 20 February 2012 ITF Mildura, Australia Grass Stephanie Bengson Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Ksenia Lykina
7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner 11. 25 June 2012 ITF Pattaya, Thailand Hard Dianne Hollands Deng Mengning
Zhao Qianqian
6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 12. 2 July 2012 ITF Pattaya, Thailand Hard Dianne Hollands Eri Hozumi
Mari Tanaka
6–4, 4–6, [10–12]
Runner-up 13. 27 Aug 2012 ITF Cairns, Australia Hard Tammi Patterson Monique Adamczak
Victoria Larrière
2–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Winner 14. 4 March 2013 ITF Sydney, Australia Hard Alison Bai Anja Dokic
Jessica Moore
7–6(7–3), 6–4

References


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