Steffi Carruthers
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| Full name | Steffi Faasusivaitele Hethrington Carruthers |
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| Country (sports) | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa File:Pacific Oceania flag.png Pacific Oceania (Fed Cup) |
| Born | 24 May 1993 Apia, Samoa |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $20,223 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 88–105 |
| Highest ranking | No. 662 (13 October 2014) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 42–67 |
| Career titles | 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 556 (16 November 2015) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 11–11 |
Steffi Faasusivaitele Hearthington Carruthers (born 24 May 1993) is a Samoan former tennis player. She is the first Samoan woman to play professional tennis and the first Pacific Oceanian player to win a professional tournament.[1][2]
Carruthers is from the village of Vailima, and was educated at Vaiala Beach School and Samoa College.[3] and has played tennis since the age of 5, and competed in her first international tournament at the age of 10.[4] She is named after German tennis player Steffi Graf.[3][4]
Carruthers has career-high WTA rankings of 662 in singles and 556 in doubles. In her career, she won two ITF titles in doubles.
Playing for Pacific Oceania in Fed Cup, Carruthers has a win-loss record of 11–11.
Carruthers began training to become a professional in 2012,[5][6] and played her first professional season in 2014.[7] She later competed in the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Port Vila, Vanuatu, winning gold in the doubles,[8] gold in the singles,[9] silver in the mixed doubles, and bronze in the women's team events. At the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia she won silver in the women's team event.
In 2016 she was nominated as Sports Woman of the Year in the annual SASNOC sports awards.[4][10]
ITF finals
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| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1. | 6 June 2015 | ITF Manzanillo, Mexico | Hard | Mexico Carolina Betancourt | United States Tornado Alicia Black United States Dasha Ivanova |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 2. | 12 September 2015 | ITF Bol, Croatia | Clay | Russia Alina Silich | Slovakia Barbara Kotelesova Slovenia Natalija Sipek |
7–6(3), 3–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 1. | 6 November 2015 | GB Pro-Series Loughborough, United Kingdom | Hard | Mexico Sabastiani Leon | United Kingdom Freya Christie United Kingdom Lisa Whybourn |
1–6, 2–6 |
ITF Junior Circuit finals
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Singles (0–1)
[edit | edit source]| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 1. | 2 October 2010 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | New Caledonia Anaève Pain | 1–6, 0–6 |
Doubles (5–3)
[edit | edit source]| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 1. | 27 June 2008 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Hard | New Caledonia Anaève Pain | Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah Australia Harriet Sheahan |
6–7(6), 6–0, 1–6 |
| Win | 2. | 5 July 2008 | Lautoka, Fiji | Hard | New Caledonia Anaève Pain | Singapore Celina Goetti Indonesia Athena Nathalia |
6–2, 7–6(5) |
| Win | 3. | 31 January 2009 | Christchurch, New Zealand | Hard | New Caledonia Anaève Pain | New Zealand Leela Beattie Australia Gabrielle Grady |
5–7, 6–2, [10–4] |
| Loss | 4. | 19 July 2009 | Darwin, Australia | Hard | Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah | Japan Miyu Kato Japan Risa Ozaki |
3–6, 6–3, [9–11] |
| Win | 5. | 26 June 2010 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Hard | Australia Emily Burns | Japan Kaede Amano Japan Asuka Sakamoto |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6. | 4 July 2010 | Lautoka, Fiji | Hard | New Caledonia Anaève Pain | New Zealand Emily Fanning New Zealand Heidi Stewart |
1–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 7. | 25 September 2010 | Hamilton, New Zealand | Hard | New Caledonia Anaève Pain | New Zealand Paige Hourigan New Zealand Claudia Williams |
6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 8. | 2 October 2010 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | New Caledonia Anaève Pain | New Zealand Carli Davis New Zealand Danielle Feneridis |
6–2, 6–4 |
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Fed Cup participation
[edit | edit source]Singles (4–5)
[edit | edit source]| Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Score |
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| 2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
R/R | 14 April 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Indonesia Indonesia | Hard (i) | Indonesia Deria Nur Haliza | L | 2–6, 0–6 |
| 15 April 2015 | Sri Lanka Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka Thisuri Molligoda | W | 6–2, 6–7(5), 6–1 | ||||
| P/O | 17 April 2015 | Singapore Singapore | 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 Hong Kong | Hard | Hong Kong Zhang Ling | L | 5–7, 3–6 |
| 12 April 2016 | Iran Iran | Iran Sara Amiri | W | 6–0, 6–1 | ||||
| 13 April 2016 | Philippines Philippines | Philippines Katharina Lehnert | L | 0–6, 2–6 | ||||
| P/O | 16 April 2016 | Indonesia Indonesia | 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 Iran | Hard | Iran Yasmin Mansouri | W | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 20 July 2017 | Hong Kong Hong Kong | Hong Kong Eudice Chong | L | 5–7, 3–6 |
Doubles (1–2)
[edit | edit source]| Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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| 2015 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
R/R | 15 April 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Sri Lanka Sri Lanka | Hard (i) | New Zealand Brittany Teei | Sri Lanka Amreetha Muttiah Sri Lanka 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 Hong Kong | Hard | Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah | Hong Kong Sher Chun-wing Hong Kong Zhang Ling |
L | 3–6, 2–6 |
| 13 April 2016 | Philippines Philippines | Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah | Philippines Khim Iglupas Philippines Katharina Lehnert |
L | 4–6, 3–6 |
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External links
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- Steffi Carruthers at the International Tennis FederationLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Steffi Carruthers at the Billie Jean King CupLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
