Violet Apisah

Violet Apisah (born 11 February 2000) is an Australian-Papuan tennis player.

Career In 2016, Apisah won the WTA Future Stars Under-16 Tournament, which was an exhibition tournament in Singapore during the 2016 WTA Finals.

On the junior tour, Apisah has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of 24, achieved on 26 March 2018.

In 2018, Apisah reached the final of the 2018 Australian Open girls' doubles event, partnering Lulu Sun.

In 2019, Apisah made her Fed Cup debut for Pacific Oceania.

Personal life Apisah is the niece of Abigail and Marcia Tere-Apisah, who are also tennis players. Her sister, Patricia, is also a junior tennis player.

Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreRunner-up 2018 Australian Open Hard Lulu Sun Liang En-shuo Wang Xinyu 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]

ITF junior finals Grand SlamCategory GA Category G1 Category G2 Category G3Category G4 Category G5

Singles (10–2) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentGradeSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1. 27 April 2014 Melbourne, Australia G4 Clay Jaimee Fourlis 6–1, 6–3Runner-up 1. 26 July 2014 Kawana, Australia G4 Hard Sara Tomic 6–0, 3–6, 6–7(7–9)Winner 2. 19 October 2014 Gosford, Australia G5 Hard Baijing Lin 6–3, 7–6(8–6)Runner-up 2. 8 August 2015 Lautoka, Fiji B2 Hard Jaimee Fourlis 1–6, 0–6Winner 3. 4 October 2015 Auckland, New Zealand G4 Hard (i) Michaela Haet 6–4, 6–0Winner 4. 11 October 2015 Canberra, Australia G5 Hard Kaitlin Staines 6–2, 6–3Winner 5. 17 July 2016 Caloundra, Australia G4 Hard Kaitlin Staines 6–1, 7–5Winner 6. 24 July 2016 Gold Coast, Australia G4 Hard Kaitlin Staines 6–4, 6–3Winner 7. 12 August 2016 Lautoka, Fiji B2 Hard Kaitlin Staines 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4Winner 8. 25 June 2017 Lautoka, Fiji G4 Hard Carol Young Suh Lee 6–0, 6–4Winner 9. 11 August 2017 Lautoka, Fiji B2 Hard Megan Smith 6–3, 6–1Winner 10. 21 October 2017 Nonthaburi, Thailand G2 Hard Natasha Sengphrachanh 6–4, 6–3

Doubles (12–4) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentGradeSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 12 October 2014 Gosford, Australia G5 Hard Ella Husrefovic Baijing Lin Gabriela Ruffels 3–6, 0–6Runner-up 2. 4 October 2015 Auckland, New Zealand G4 Hard (i) Rosie Cheng Stella Cliffe Ashleigh Harvey 5–7, 3–6Runner-up 3. 11 October 2015 Canberra, Australia G5 Hard Maria Vais Imogen Clews Kaitlin Staines 4–6, 4–6Runner-up 4. 22 April 2016 Melbourne, Australia G4 Hard Gabriela Sprague Gabriella Da Silva-Fick Selina Turulja 2–6, 5–7Winner 1. 24 July 2016 Gold Coast, Australia G4 Hard Patricia Apisah Lisa Mays Kaitlin Staines 6–1, 6–1Winner 2. 12 August 2016 Lautoka, Fiji B2 Hard Petra Hule Kaitlin Staines Jessica Zaviacic 6–2, 6–2Winner 3. 30 October 2016 Incheon, South Korea G2 Hard Lee Yang Cho I-hsuan Du Zhima 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)Winner 4. 25 June 2017 Lautoka, Fiji G4 Hard Patricia Apisah Carol Young Suh Lee Maxine Ng 6–0, 7–6(7–3)Runner-up 5. 11 August 2017 Lautoka, Fiji B2 Hard Patricia Apisah Valentina Ivanov Amber Marshall 2–6, 6–1, [4–10]Winner 5. 21 October 2017 Nonthaburi, Thailand G2 Hard Rina Saigo Mananchaya Sawangkaew Wang Jiaqi 2–6, 6–1, [10–7]Winner 6. 4 November 2017 Tin Hau, Hong Kong G2 Hard Lulu Sun Lee Kuan-yi Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6–1, 6–1Runner-up 6. 27 January 2018 Australian Open, Melbourne GS Hard Lulu Sun Liang En-shuo Wang Xinyu 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]Runner-up 7. 10 March 2018 Nonthaburi, Thailand G1 Hard Lulu Sun Guo Meiqi Cody Wong 4–6, 6–0, [8–10]