Tyra Calderwood

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

Early life and junior career Calderwood was born in Sydney and started playing tennis at the age of three.

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 Tour doubles debut after being given a wildcard with Alenka Hubacek into the Australian Open. However, they lost in the 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 Sydney 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) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents ScoreWinner 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, 2–6Runner-up 3. 14 September 2009 ITF Darwin, Australia Hard Olivia Rogowska Nicole Kriz Alicia Molik 3–6, 4–6Runner-up 4. 11 September 2010 ITF Cairns, Australia Hard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska 3–6, 6–7(3)Runner-up 5. 19 September 2011 ITF Darwin, Australia Hard Stephanie Bengson Maria Fernanda Alves Samantha Murray 4–6, 2–6Winner 6. 31 October 2011 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Stephanie Bengson Isabella Holland Sally Peers w/oWinner 7. 14 November 2011 ITF Traralgon, Australia Hard Stephanie Bengson Monique Adamczak Bojana Bobusic 6–7(2), 6–1, [10–8]Winner 8. 21 November 2011 Bendigo International, Australia Hard Stephanie Bengson Storm Sanders Samantha Murray 2–6, 6–1, [10–5]Runner-up 9. 4 February 2012 Burnie International, Australia Hard Stephanie Bengson Arina Rodionova Melanie South 2–6, 2–6Runner-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, 6–3Runner-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 August 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