Tara Moore
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Tara Shanice Moore is an English professional tennis
player. She is currently the British no. 8 and ranked 321 in the world (as of 18 Nov 2011). So far in her career she has won 3 ITF
singles titles, 2 ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 321 (achieved 14 Nov 2011).
As a junior she was coached by the esteemed American tennis coach, Nick Bollettieri
, who has previously coached champions such as Andre Agassi
, Serena Williams
, Monica Seles
and Mary Pierce
. In September 2006 he referred to Tara as one of the best young players in his school, the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy
, along with Michelle Larcher de Brito
. Her favourite surface is stated as being clay
although her best results to date have come on grass
.
tournament in Guayaquil
, Ecuador
. She won two matches to qualify before losing in the first round of the tournament. Moore then moved on to qualify and reach the quarterfinals in only the second ITF tournament of her career in Caracas
, Venezuela
, another $10,000 event.
2007 didn't start badly for Tara; she reached the quarterfinals of another $10,000 ITF
event in Irapuato before losing to Ana-Clara Duarte of Brazil
in straight sets. In July she entered her first $25,000 ITF tournament in Felixstowe
, Great Britain where she lost in the qualifying stages. Her next two tournaments were both $10,000 ITFs in Great Britain (Ilkley
and Wrexham
) and she managed to reach the quarterfinal stages of both of these. She ended the year with three consecutive first round losses in $25,000 events. Her year-end ranking for 2007 was world no. 823.
tournaments, two of which were $25,000 events, the other a $50,000. She became a quarterfinalist yet again in her next tournament, the $10,000 ITF in Izmir
, Turkey
. She then began a successful grass court
season with a wildcard into the qualifying tournament of Wimbledon
where she lost in the first round after a valiant three-set battle against former top-40 player Olga Puchkova of Russia, 6–4 6–7(0) 4–6. She followed this up immediately with her first ever semifinal in the $25,000 tournament held in Felixstowe
and continued the momentum in the following tournament ($10,000 Frinton) where she won, beating fellow teenager Mona Barthel
of Germany, 7–5 6–1 in the final.
Her next noteworthy result of 2008 came on the ITF tour in early November at the $10,000 event in Sunderland, England. She won through two tough three-set matches in the first and second rounds before winning her quarterfinal match in two sets and coming up against teenage sensation, Laura Robson
, in one of two all-British semifinals. She lost in straight sets, 3–6 3–6 to Robson (who was the eventual champion). Immediately after this was the $10,000 tournament in Jersey
. In the second round of this tournament she played a rematch of her second round match in the previous tournament in Sunderland. She beat Tetyana Arefyeva in three sets for the second time in two weeks to reach the quarter-final stage where she was beaten by Katarzyna Piter, 4–6 2–6. She ended 2008 with a singles ranking of world no. 712.
junior events at Roehampton and Wimbledon but surprisingly lost early in both events as she was drawn against junior world number 3 Tímea Babos
of Hungary. Post Wimbledon Tara' best result was qualifying for a $75,000 event in Shrewsbury before losing to German Angelique Kerber 6–2 6–1. Tara was also asked to leave the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA)
National Tennis Centre (NTC)
as a result of her perceived lack of professionalism and poor attitude, Tara would end the year in India before heading back to Hong Kong.
although in March Tara began working with British tennis coach John Morris
who is also the coach of Tímea Babos
, ranked a lowly 790 on the WTA world rankings Tara moved back to Britain to train at Gosling Tennis Academy under the watchful eye of John Morris
. Tara's results started to pick up in spring time of 2010 as she reached the final of the ITF women's
$10,000 event in Edinburgh losing to stable mate Tímea Babos
, Tara followed this up with her first career top 100 win at the ITF women's
$50,000 event in Nottingham beating Kai-Chen Chang
in 3 tough sets. During the grass court season Tara represented Great Britain in the Maureen Connolly trophy
, a sign that the LTA
were beginning to see the improvements in Tara both on and off court. This was quickly followed by a WC in to the ITF junior
event at Roehampton where Tara beat world junior number 1 Daria Gavrilova
6–0 6–1 before beating the 2010 Australian Open
junior champion Karolína Plíšková
6–3 6–1 but Tara found Karolina's twin sister Kristýna Plíšková
too hot to handle as Pliskova achieved a rare double of winning both titlea at Roehampton and Wimbledon. On to Wimbledon Tara had some impressive wins and reached her first grand slam
quarter final where she played fellow Brit Laura Robson
and despite controlling much of the match Tara lost in 2 set although she put herself firmly on the tennis map during the grass court season and credited John Morris
for much of the improvements. Post Wimbledon Tara won her 2nd career title at the ITF women's
$10,000 event in Chiswick as well as her first ITF women's doubles title alongside Fran Stephenson at the $25,000 in Wrexham beating Sania Mirza
and Emma Laine
in the final. Tara would go on to have a very solid autumn reaching several quarter and semi finals before ending the year at the $75,000 event in Dubai. Tara was able to achieve several career high rankings through the year and ended 2010 ranked 370. Tara also became a professional in Aug of 2010 when she signed professional terms with London based management company Global Tennis Connections (GTC), she also signed a long term deal with Adidas
International on the back of her upsurge in form and ranking.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player. She is currently the British no. 8 and ranked 321 in the world (as of 18 Nov 2011). So far in her career she has won 3 ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
singles titles, 2 ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 321 (achieved 14 Nov 2011).
As a junior she was coached by the esteemed American tennis coach, Nick Bollettieri
Nick Bollettieri
Nicholas James Bollettieri is an American tennis coach who is credited with developing many world-class champions, including Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles, and Mary Pierce. Recently, he has worked with 2006 U.S. Open champion Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković, Nicole Vaidišová and Sabine...
, who has previously coached champions such as Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...
, Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
, Monica Seles
Monica Seles
Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...
and Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles...
. In September 2006 he referred to Tara as one of the best young players in his school, the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy
Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy
The Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy is located in Bradenton, Florida, and was founded in 1978 by Nick Bollettieri as a full-time tennis boarding school that combines intensive tennis training with an academic curriculum....
, along with Michelle Larcher de Brito
Michelle Larcher de Brito
Michelle Caroline Larcher de Brito, born Micaela Carolina Larcher de Brito, also known as Michelle Larcher de Brito or Michelle Brito is a Portuguese tennis player. Larcher de Brito's family moved to the United States when she was nine years old so she could attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis...
. Her favourite surface is stated as being clay
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...
although her best results to date have come on grass
Grass court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament...
.
2006–2007
Tara's first professional tennis match came in August 2006 at the $10,000 ITFInternational Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
tournament in Guayaquil
Guayaquil
Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
. She won two matches to qualify before losing in the first round of the tournament. Moore then moved on to qualify and reach the quarterfinals in only the second ITF tournament of her career in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, another $10,000 event.
2007 didn't start badly for Tara; she reached the quarterfinals of another $10,000 ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
event in Irapuato before losing to Ana-Clara Duarte of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
in straight sets. In July she entered her first $25,000 ITF tournament in Felixstowe
Felixstowe
Felixstowe is a seaside town on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest container port in the United Kingdom and is owned by Hutchinson Ports UK...
, Great Britain where she lost in the qualifying stages. Her next two tournaments were both $10,000 ITFs in Great Britain (Ilkley
Ilkley
Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, in the north of England. Ilkley civil parish includes the adjacent village of Ben Rhydding and is a ward within the metropolitan borough of Bradford. Approximately north of Bradford, the town lies mainly on the south bank of the River Wharfe...
and Wrexham
Wrexham
Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...
) and she managed to reach the quarterfinal stages of both of these. She ended the year with three consecutive first round losses in $25,000 events. Her year-end ranking for 2007 was world no. 823.
2008
April and May 2008 resulted in three failures to qualify for ITFInternational Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
tournaments, two of which were $25,000 events, the other a $50,000. She became a quarterfinalist yet again in her next tournament, the $10,000 ITF in Izmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. She then began a successful grass court
Grass court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament...
season with a wildcard into the qualifying tournament of Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
where she lost in the first round after a valiant three-set battle against former top-40 player Olga Puchkova of Russia, 6–4 6–7(0) 4–6. She followed this up immediately with her first ever semifinal in the $25,000 tournament held in Felixstowe
Felixstowe
Felixstowe is a seaside town on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest container port in the United Kingdom and is owned by Hutchinson Ports UK...
and continued the momentum in the following tournament ($10,000 Frinton) where she won, beating fellow teenager Mona Barthel
Mona Barthel
Mona Barthel is a German professional tennis player. She has won four ITF singles titles and one ITF doubles title. Barthel's highest singles ranking of World No. 67 was achieved on 31 October 2011, while her highest doubles ranking of World No...
of Germany, 7–5 6–1 in the final.
Her next noteworthy result of 2008 came on the ITF tour in early November at the $10,000 event in Sunderland, England. She won through two tough three-set matches in the first and second rounds before winning her quarterfinal match in two sets and coming up against teenage sensation, Laura Robson
Laura Robson
Laura Robson is a British tennis player. She debuted on the International Tennis Federation junior tour in 2007, and a year later won the Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her...
, in one of two all-British semifinals. She lost in straight sets, 3–6 3–6 to Robson (who was the eventual champion). Immediately after this was the $10,000 tournament in Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
. In the second round of this tournament she played a rematch of her second round match in the previous tournament in Sunderland. She beat Tetyana Arefyeva in three sets for the second time in two weeks to reach the quarter-final stage where she was beaten by Katarzyna Piter, 4–6 2–6. She ended 2008 with a singles ranking of world no. 712.
2009
Tara struggled throughout 2009 and did not go beyond the quarter finals in any of the events she competed in. Tara enjoyed a straight sets win over former top 20 player Eleni Danilidou of Greece as she qualified for the $50,000 event in Nottingham. Tara also competed at the ITFInternational Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
junior events at Roehampton and Wimbledon but surprisingly lost early in both events as she was drawn against junior world number 3 Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos is a professional Hungarian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 176, which she reached on 11 July 2011. Her career high in doubles is 175, which she achieved on 18 July 2011. To date, Babos has won nine singles and nine doubles professional tennis titles.Babos is a member...
of Hungary. Post Wimbledon Tara' best result was qualifying for a $75,000 event in Shrewsbury before losing to German Angelique Kerber 6–2 6–1. Tara was also asked to leave the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA)
Lawn Tennis Association
The Lawn Tennis Association is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.As the governing body, the LTA is responsible for the coaching and development of junior players, offering courses and qualifications on coaching, as well as the...
National Tennis Centre (NTC)
National Tennis Centre (United Kingdom)
The United Kingdom's National Tennis Centre at Roehampton in south west London is the Lawn Tennis Association 's high performance training facility. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 29 March 2007....
as a result of her perceived lack of professionalism and poor attitude, Tara would end the year in India before heading back to Hong Kong.
2010
2010 started very much as 2009 ended for Tara with early loses in her first handful of events. Tara was training and working out of Hong Kong following her expulsion from the Lawn Tennis AssociationLawn Tennis Association
The Lawn Tennis Association is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.As the governing body, the LTA is responsible for the coaching and development of junior players, offering courses and qualifications on coaching, as well as the...
although in March Tara began working with British tennis coach John Morris
John Morris (tennis coach)
John Morris is a British born tennis coach, born in Harlow Essex in 1982, He is one of 4 children born to parents Annette and Trevor Morris. John has achieved world wide success on the international tennis scene with both British and foreign players....
who is also the coach of Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos is a professional Hungarian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 176, which she reached on 11 July 2011. Her career high in doubles is 175, which she achieved on 18 July 2011. To date, Babos has won nine singles and nine doubles professional tennis titles.Babos is a member...
, ranked a lowly 790 on the WTA world rankings Tara moved back to Britain to train at Gosling Tennis Academy under the watchful eye of John Morris
John Morris (tennis coach)
John Morris is a British born tennis coach, born in Harlow Essex in 1982, He is one of 4 children born to parents Annette and Trevor Morris. John has achieved world wide success on the international tennis scene with both British and foreign players....
. Tara's results started to pick up in spring time of 2010 as she reached the final of the ITF women's
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. It serves as the developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association...
$10,000 event in Edinburgh losing to stable mate Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos is a professional Hungarian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 176, which she reached on 11 July 2011. Her career high in doubles is 175, which she achieved on 18 July 2011. To date, Babos has won nine singles and nine doubles professional tennis titles.Babos is a member...
, Tara followed this up with her first career top 100 win at the ITF women's
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. It serves as the developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association...
$50,000 event in Nottingham beating Kai-Chen Chang
Kai-Chen Chang
Chang Kai-chen is a professional Taiwanese tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 82nd, which she reached on July 5, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 126th, which she reached on October 19, 2009....
in 3 tough sets. During the grass court season Tara represented Great Britain in the Maureen Connolly trophy
Maureen Connolly
Maureen Catherine Connolly Brinker was an American tennis player who was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year.-Biography:...
, a sign that the LTA
LTA
LTA may refer to*Leave Travel Concession in India*Land Transport Authority in Singapore*Land Trust Alliance in the United States*Lawn Tennis Association in the United Kingdom*Lieutenant*Lighter than air*Lipoteichoic acid*Lost time accident...
were beginning to see the improvements in Tara both on and off court. This was quickly followed by a WC in to the ITF junior
ITF Junior Circuit
The ITF Junior Circuit is the premier level for world wide competition among under-18 junior tennis players. Founded in 1977 with only nine tournaments, the current 2009 ITF Junior Circuit offered 358 tournaments in 118 different countries...
event at Roehampton where Tara beat world junior number 1 Daria Gavrilova
Daria Gavrilova
Daria Gavrilova is a junior Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 347, which she reached on May 02, 2011.Daria highest junior ITF ranking is at No. 1 reached on August 23, 2010.-2010:...
6–0 6–1 before beating the 2010 Australian Open
2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....
junior champion Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Plíšková is a professional Czech tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 168, which she reached on 24 May 2010. Her career high in doubles is 239, which she reached on 1 August 2011. Her twin sister Kristýna is also a tennis player...
6–3 6–1 but Tara found Karolina's twin sister Kristýna Plíšková
Kristýna Plíšková
Kristýna Plíšková is a Czech tennis player. She won the 2010 Wimbledon Championships in junior singles, beating Sachie Ishizu 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, while her twin sister Karolína is the 2010 Australian Open junior singles champion....
too hot to handle as Pliskova achieved a rare double of winning both titlea at Roehampton and Wimbledon. On to Wimbledon Tara had some impressive wins and reached her first grand slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
quarter final where she played fellow Brit Laura Robson
Laura Robson
Laura Robson is a British tennis player. She debuted on the International Tennis Federation junior tour in 2007, and a year later won the Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her...
and despite controlling much of the match Tara lost in 2 set although she put herself firmly on the tennis map during the grass court season and credited John Morris
John Morris (tennis coach)
John Morris is a British born tennis coach, born in Harlow Essex in 1982, He is one of 4 children born to parents Annette and Trevor Morris. John has achieved world wide success on the international tennis scene with both British and foreign players....
for much of the improvements. Post Wimbledon Tara won her 2nd career title at the ITF women's
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. It serves as the developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association...
$10,000 event in Chiswick as well as her first ITF women's doubles title alongside Fran Stephenson at the $25,000 in Wrexham beating Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...
and Emma Laine
Emma Laine
Emma Johanna Laine is a professional tennis player from Finland.The left-handed Laine turned professional in 2004. Her highest career singles ranking has been World No. 50 on August 7, 2006....
in the final. Tara would go on to have a very solid autumn reaching several quarter and semi finals before ending the year at the $75,000 event in Dubai. Tara was able to achieve several career high rankings through the year and ended 2010 ranked 370. Tara also became a professional in Aug of 2010 when she signed professional terms with London based management company Global Tennis Connections (GTC), she also signed a long term deal with Adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
International on the back of her upsurge in form and ranking.
Singles: 5 (3–2)
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| Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner |  $10,000 Frinton, Great Britain |
Grass |  |
7–5, 6–1 | |
| Runner-up | $10,000 Edinburgh, Great Britain |
Clay |  |
2–6, 2–6 | |
| Winner | $10,000 Chiswick, Great Britain |
Hard |  |
6–3, 6–4 | |
| Runner-up | $10,000 Sunderland, Great Britain |
Hard |  |
4–6, 1–6 | |
| Winner | $10,000 Loughborough, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |  Myrtille Georges |
7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–4 |
Doubles: 7 (2–5)
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| Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | $10,000 Sunderland, Great Britain (1) |
Hard (i) | Katharina Brown |
 Kim Kilsdonk |
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [4–10] | |
| Runner-up | $10,000 Jersey, Great Britain |
Hard (i) | Elizabeth Thomas |
Kim Kilsdonk |
6–7(4–7), 4–6 | |
| Runner-up | $10,000 Edinburgh, Great Britain |
Clay | |
Amanda Elliott |
6–7(5–7), 4–6 | |
| Winner | $25,000 Wrexham, Great Britain |
Hard | Francesca Stephenson |
  |
2–6, 6–3, [13–11] | |
| Runner-up | $10,000 Sunderland, Great Britain (2) |
Hard (i) | Francesca Stephenson |
Amanda Elliott |
2–6, 3–6 | |
| Runner-up | $10,000 Bath, Great Britain |
Hard (i) | |
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4–6, 6–2, [6–10] | |
| Runner-up |  $10,000 Istanbul, Turkey |
Hard (i) | |
Christina Shakovets |
6-3, 6-1 | |
| Winner | $10,000 Loughborough, Great Britain |
Hard (i) | Francesca Stephenson |
 Malou EjdesgaardMalou Ejdesgaard Malou Ejdesgaard is a Danish professional tennis player. As of 20 November 2011, she is ranked World No. 828 in singles and No. 328 in doubles. Ejdesgaard is the third highest ranked singles player from Denmark, behind World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and Karen Barbat. She is the second highest... Amanda Elliott |
3-6, 6-2, [10-3] |