Kirrily Sharpe

Kirrily Sharpe (born 25 February 1973) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 147 in women's singles by the WTA.

Biography Sharpe, a left-handed player from Sydney, trained with the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. She was a member of the Australian team which won the 1988 World Youth Cup, now known as the Junior Fed Cup.

While still only 17, she competed in the main draw of the 1990 French Open as a qualifier and scored an upset win over 14th seed Raffaella Reggi, en route to the third round. She also competed in junior Grand Slam events that year and made three finals. At the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, she was runner-up to Andrea Strnadová in the girls' singles, and was also a losing finalist in the girls' doubles, partnering Nicole Pratt. She won the girls' doubles title at the 1990 US Open with Kristin Godridge. The same pair won a WTA Tour doubles title at the 1990 Open Clarins in Paris.

A knee injury, suffered early in 1991, kept her out for most of the year and required a reconstruction.

Sharpe made the third round of the 1992 Australian Open as a wildcard, with wins over Silke Meier and Anna Földényi.

In her only singles main-draw appearance at Wimbledon in 1993, she had a first-round match up with world No. 1, Steffi Graf, who beat the Australian 6–0, 6–0, losing only 18 points in the process.

Sharpe retired from professional tennis after the 1996 season.

WTA career finals Doubles (1–0) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin Sep 1990 Clarins Open, France Tier IV Clay Kristin Godridge Alexia Dechaume Nathalie Herreman 4–6, 6–3, 6–1

ITF finals Singles (7–0) $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 12 February 1990 ITF Adelaide, Australia Hard Nicole Pratt 2–6, 6–4, 6–1Win 2. 11 March 1990 Bendigo, Australia Hard Jane Taylor 6–0, 7–6Win 3. 27 April 1992 Riccione, Italy Clay Maria Francesca Bentivoglio 7–5, 6–3Win 4. 7 March 1993 Mildura, Australia Hard Jane Taylor 6–0, 4–6, 6–3Win 5. 6 June 1994 ITF Elvas, Portugal Hard Hanneke Ketelaars 6–2, 1–6, 6–3Win 6. 18 July 1994 ITF Ilkley, United Kingdom Grass Shirli-Ann Siddall 7–5, 6–1Win 7. 5 November 1995 ITF Saga, Japan Grass Nana Smith 6–3, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles (13–16) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 1 November 1987 ITF Gold Coast, Australia Hard Janine Thompson Jo-Anne Faull Rachel McQuillan 6–4, 3–6, 3–6Win 1. 5 March 1990 Newcastle, Australia Grass Angie Cunningham Yuko Hosoki Ayako Hirose 3–6, 7–5, 6–4Win 2. 13 May 1990 Swansea, United Kingdom Clay Nicole Pratt Catherine Barclay Louise Stacey 6–1, 6–2Win 3. 20 May 1990 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Nicole Pratt Catherine Barclay Louise Stacey 6–1, 6–2Loss 2. 19 November 1990 Perth, Australia Grass Kristin Godridge Jo-Anne Faull Rennae Stubbs 2–6, 4–6Win 4. 8 December 1991 Perth, Australia Hard Kate McDonald Narelle Kimpton Stephanie Martin 6–2, 6–2Loss 3. 2 March 1992 Mildura, Australia Grass Kate McDonald Julie Richardson Amanda Trail 6–7(5), 6–7(3)Loss 4. 13 April 1992 Salerno, Italy Hard Angie Cunningham Linda Ferrando Silvia Farina Elia 1–6, 4–6Win 5. 20 April 1992 Bari, Italy Clay Justine Hodder Eva Martincová Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková 6–2, 6–3Loss 5. 13 July 1992 Sezze, Italy Clay Justine Hodder Ivana Jankovská Eva Melicharová 6–7(1), 7–5, 5–7Win 6. 20 September 1992 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Karina Kuregian Galia Angelova Lubomira Bacheva 7–6, 6–2Win 7. 27 September 1992 Acireale, Italy Hard Claire Wegink Ana Segura Janet Souto 4–6, 6–1, 6–1Loss 6. 23 November 1992 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Magdalena Feistel Kerry-Anne Guse Angie Cunningham 6–4, 6–7, 2–6Win 8. 7 March 1993 ITF Mildura, Australia Grass Catherine Barclay Kate McDonald Jane Taylor 6–1, 6–2Loss 7. 19 April 1993 ITF Bari, Italy Clay Yael Segal Laurence Courtois Eva Martincová 6–2, 4–6, 1–6Loss 8. 14 November 1993 ITF Bendigo, Australia Hard Jo-Anne Faull Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse 2–6, 6–3, 6–7Loss 9. 5 December 1993 ITF Mildura, Australia Hard Jo-Anne Faull Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse 3–6, 2–6Loss 10. 28 May 1994 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay Maaike Koutstaal Eva Bes Silvia Ramón-Cortés 1–6, 3–6Loss 11. 3 July 1994 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Hard Nicole Pratt Lara Bitter Maaike Koutstaal 1–6, 2–6Loss 12. 18 July 1994 ITF Ilkley, United Kingdom Grass Justine Hodder Shirli-Ann Siddall Jo Durie 7–5, 4–6, 4–6Win 9. 28 November 1994 ITF Port Pirie, Australia Hard Kristin Godridge Shannan McCarthy Rachel McQuillan 7–6(6), 6–2Win 10. 5 December 1994 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Kristin Godridge Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse 6–2, 6–7(5), 6–4Loss 13. 8 May 1995 ITF Szczecin, Poland Clay Kristin Godridge Catherine Barclay Shirli-Ann Siddall 7–5, 5–7, 6–7Loss 14. 30 October 1995 ITF Saga, Japan Grass Robyn Mawdsley Danielle Jones Tessa Price 4–6, 2–6Win 11. 27 November 1995 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Annabel Ellwood Maja Murić Catherine Tanvier 6–4, 6–1Win 12. 11 December 1995 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Annabel Ellwood Maja Murić Louise Pleming 6–4, 5–7, 6–4Loss 15. 10 November 1996 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Catherine Barclay Lisa McShea Joanne Limmer 4–6, 6–2, 5–7Win 13. 17 November 1996 ITF Port Pirie, Australia Hard Catherine Barclay Lisa McShea Joanne Limmer 7–6, 7–6Loss 16. 24 November 1996 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Rachel McQuillan Eva Martincová Alena Vašková 3–6, 4–6