Abigail Spears

Abigail Spears

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	San Diego, California, U.S.
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	October 2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$696,431
Singles
Career record	240–207
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 66 (6 June 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2005)
French Open	1R (2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2005)
US Open	1R (2004, 2005)
Doubles
Career record	249–185
Career titles	5 WTA (18 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 40 (15 June 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2002, 2009)
French Open	3R (2004)
Wimbledon	3R (2005, 2008)
US Open	QF (2008)
Last updated on: October 19, 2009.

Abigail Spears (born July 12, 1981, in Valley Center, California) is a professional American tennis player.

Spears turned professional in 2000. Spears has reached the third round at the 2005 Australian Open, and the first round at the 2005 French Open, 2005 Wimbledon tournament (where she also reached the third round in the doubles tournament with Lisa McShea) and the 2005 U.S. Open. She reached the third round at the 2008 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Raquel Kops-Jones and the duo posted their best result to date by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2008 U.S. Open doubles tournament.

Spears has also qualified for the U.S. Open twice. Spears has achieved a singles ranking of World Number 66 on June 6, 2005. Her highest doubles ranking was World Number 40 on June 15, 2009. Despite the fact that Spears has not won a WTA singles title, she has won three WTA doubles titles. She has participated in the U.S. Open doubles draw 10 times between 1998 and 2008.

Spears resides in Colorado and plays right-handed.

Professional titles (18)

Singles (5)

Legend (Singles)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (0)
Grand Slam Title (0)
WTA Tour Championship (0)
ITF Circuit (5)

No.

Date

Tournament

Tier

Surface

Opponent in the final

Score

Doubles (13)

Legend (Doubles)
Tier I (0)
Tier II
Tier III (1)
Tier IV / V (2)
Grand Slam Title (0)
WTA Tour Championship (0)
ITF Circuit (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	May 13, 2001	Midlothian, Virginia, U.S.	ITF	Clay	Jennifer Russell	Maureen Drake Diana Srebrovic	7–6 (2), 1–6, 6–2
2.	November 18, 2001	Hattiesburg, Missouri, U.S.	ITF	Hard	Alina Jidkova	Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi	6–3, 6–1
3.	March 24, 2002	La Cañada, California, U.S.	ITF	Hard	Kim Grant	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
4.	January 5, 2003	Auckland	Tier IV	Hard	Teryn Ashley	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6–2, 2–6, 6–0
5.	February 9, 2003	Midland, Michigan, U.S.	ITF	Hard	Teryn Ashley	Bethanie Mattek Shenay Perry	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
6.	April 20, 2003	Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.	ITF	Hard	Teryn Ashley	Lisa McShea Christina Wheeler
7.	October 26, 2003	Rockhampton, Australia	ITF	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Nathalie Grandin Martina Müller	6–1, 7–5
8.	November 16, 2003	Port Pirie, Australia	ITF	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Ilke Gers Napaporn Tongsalee	6–2, 6–2
9.	March 21, 2004	Orange, California, U.S.	ITF	Hard	Jennifer Hopkins	Bryanne Stewart Mashona Washington	6–3, 2–6, 6–0
10.	August 15, 2004	Vancouver	Tier V	Hard	Bethanie Mattek	Els Callens Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–3, 6–3
11.	July 24, 2005	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.	Tier III	Hard	Laura Granville	Květa Peschke Maria Emilia Salerni	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
12.	July 30, 2006	Kentucky, U.S.	ITF	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	Akgul Amanmuradova Varvara Lepchenko	6–1, 6–1
13.	February 11, 2007	Midland, Michigan, U.S.	ITF	Hard	Laura Granville	Stéphanie Dubois Maureen Drake	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

External links

• Abigail Spears at the Women's Tennis Association