Amy Bowtell

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Amy Bowtell
Country (sports) Ireland
ResidenceWicklow, Ireland
Born (1993-09-16) 16 September 1993 (age 30)
Dublin, Ireland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$34,664
Singles
Career record139–87 (61.5%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 381 (9 February 2015)
Doubles
Career record49–34 (59.0%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 450 (29 October 2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup24–14

Amy Bowtell (born 16 September 1993) is a former tennis player and former Irish number one. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 381.[1] Bowtell won ten professional titles, five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has been a member of Ireland Fed Cup team since 2009.[2]

Personal life[edit]

Bowtell grew up playing in Greystones Lawn Tennis Club in County Wicklow.[3] Bowtell is currently coached by Garry Cahill.[4]

Career highlights[edit]

To date, Amy has reached seven ITF finals in singles, her first being a $10k tournament held in Chiswick, England on 1 August 2010. In the final, Amy lost to Tara Moore 3–6, 4–6. On 19 February 2012, she won her first ITF title, winning a $10k tournament held in Tallinn, Estonia against Polina Vinogradova 7–6, 6–4.[5] She won her second title in April 2014, winning another $10,000 tournament, this time in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.[5]

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Date Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2010 ITF Chiswick, Great Britain 10,000 Hard United Kingdom Tara Moore 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2012 ITF Sutton, Great Britain 10,000 Hard (i) Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 Feb 2012 ITF Tallinn, Estonia 10,000 Hard (i) Russia Polina Vinogradova 7–6(5), 6–4
Loss 1–3 Jan 2013 ITF Preston, Great Britain 10,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Tara Moore 6–7, 1–6
Loss 1–4 Apr 2013 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Carpet Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Apr 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard United Kingdom Katie Boulter 6–7(5), 6–0, 7–6(6)
Loss 2–5 Jun 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Romania Elena-Teodora Cadar 3–6, 3–6
Win 3–5 Oct 2014 ITF Loughborough, Great Britain 10,000 Hard (i) France Shérazad Reix 6–7, 6–1, 7–6
Win 4–5 Nov 2014 ITF Helsinki, Finland 10,000 Hard (i) Switzerland Tess Sugnaux 6–2, 6–3
Win 5–5 Feb 2015 ITF Sunderland, Great Britain 10,000 Hard (i) Russia Marta Sirotkina 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2011 ITF Amarante, Portugal 10,000 Hard United Kingdom Yasmin Clarke Austria Katharina Negrin
France Constance Sibille
6–2, 6–3
Win 2–0 Aug 2011 ITF Gijón, Spain 10,000 Hard United Kingdom Lucy Brown United Kingdom Amanda Carreras
Venezuela Andrea Gámiz
w/o
Win 3–0 Jan 2012 ITF Sutton, Great Britain 10,000 Hard (i) Netherlands Quirine Lemoine France Elixane Lechemia
France Irina Ramialison
7–6(5), 6–3
Win 4–0 Feb 2012 ITF Helsingborg, Sweden 10,000 Carpet (i) Netherlands Quirine Lemoine Sweden Matilda Hamlin
Sweden Valeria Osadchenko
6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–1 Apr 2012 ITF Bournemouth, Great Britain 10,000 Clay United Kingdom Lucy Brown Germany Carolin Daniels
Germany Dejana Raickovic
4–6, 3–6
Win 5–1 Aug 2012 ITF Middelkerke, Belgium 10,000 Hard United Kingdom Samantha Murray Belgium Steffi Distelmans
Belgium Magali Kempen
6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–2 Mar 2013 ITF Sunderland, Great Britain 15,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Lucy Brown Sweden Hilda Melander
Sweden Sandra Roma
0–6, 3–6
Loss 5–3 Oct 2014 ITF Loughborough, Great Britain 10,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Lucy Brown Czech Republic Martina Borecká
France Shérazad Reix
3–6, 2–6

Fed Cup performance[edit]

Singles (11–8)[edit]

Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent W/L Result
2009 Europe/Africa Zone RR 21 April 2009 Algeria Algeria Hard Algeria Amira Benaissa Win 1–6, 6–2, 6–1
22 April 2009 Greece Greece Greece Eleni Daniilidou Loss 2–6, 2–6
23 April 2009 Finland Finland Finland Piia Suomalainen Loss 5–7, 4–6
25 April 2009 Malta Malta Malta Stephanie Sullivan Win 6–4, 6–1
2010 Europe/Africa Zone RR 22 April 2010 Malta Malta Clay Malta Elaine Genovese Win 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
22 April 2010 Morocco Morocco Morocco Nadia Lalami Loss 2–6, 0–6
23 April 2010 Algeria Algeria Algeria Assia Halo Loss 6–0, 6–7(5–7), 1–6
2011 Europe/Africa Zone RR 2 May 2011 Moldova Moldova Moldova Daniela Ciobanu Win 6–0, 6–2
3 May 2011 Norway Norway Norway Emma Flood Win 6–2, 6–2
4 May 2011 Egypt Egypt Egypt Aziz Magy Win 6–4, 6–3
6 May 2011 Tunisia Tunisia Tunisia Ons Jabeur Loss 2–6, 3–6
2012 Europe/Africa Zone RR 16 April 2012 Malta Malta Clay Malta Rosanne Dimech Win 6–0, 6–2
18 April 2012 Morocco Morocco Morocco Nadia Lalami Loss 5–7, 1–6
19 April 2012 Armenia Armenia Armenia Ani Amiraghyan Loss 4–6, 4–6
20 April 2012 Kenya Kenya Kenya Veronica Nabwire Osogo Win 6–0, 6–0
P/O 21 April 2012 Tunisia Tunisia Tunisia Ons Jabeur Loss 3–6, 5–7
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group 3 RR 5 February 2014 Iceland Iceland Hard (i) Iceland Hjördís Rósa Guðmundsdóttir Win 6–1, 6–0
7 February 2014 Malta Malta Malta Katrina Sammut Win 6–3, 6–0
P/O 8 February 2014 Greece Greece Greece Maria Sakkari Win 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles (7–2)[edit]

Edition Round Date Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Result
2010 Europe/Africa Zone RR 21 April 2010 Malta Malta Clay Republic of Ireland Julia Moriarty Malta Kimberley Cassar
Malta Elaine Genovese
Win 7–6(7–1), 6–2
2011 Europe/Africa Zone RR 3 May 2011 Norway Norway Republic of Ireland Lynsey McCullough Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
Norway Caroline Rohde-Moe
Loss 1–6, 1–6
6 May 2011 Tunisia Tunisia Republic of Ireland Lynsey McCullough Tunisia Sonia Daggou
Tunisia Ons Jabeur
Loss 2–6, 2–6
2012 Europe/Africa Zone RR 19 April 2012 Armenia Armenia Republic of Ireland Jenny Claffey Armenia Ani Amiraghyan
Armenia Anna Movsisyan
Win 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
20 April 2012 Kenya Kenya Republic of Ireland Lynsey McCullough Kenya Caroline Oduor
Kenya Michelle Kerubo Onyancha
Win 6–1, 6–0
P/O 21 April 2012 Tunisia Tunisia Republic of Ireland Jenny Claffey Tunisia Ons Jabeur
Tunisia Mouna Jebri
Win 6–1, 6–1
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group 3 RR 5 February 2014 Iceland Iceland Hard (i) Republic of Ireland Rachael Dillon Iceland Hjördís Rósa Guðmundsdóttir
Iceland Sandra Kristjánsdóttir
Win 6–1, 6–1
7 February 2014 Malta Malta Republic of Ireland Rachael Dillon Malta Rosanne Dimech
Malta Elaine Genovese
Win 6–1, 6–1
P/O 8 February 2014 Greece Greece Republic of Ireland Rachael Dillon Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Greece Maria Sakkari
Win 6–4, 6–3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Amy Bowtell stats on WTA official site". WTA. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  2. ^ Amy Bowtell at the Fed Cup
  3. ^ Amy Bowtell Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine at the Tennis Ireland
  4. ^ Amy Bowtell Archived 22 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at the International Tennis Federation
  5. ^ a b "Amy Bowtell: served by a love of tennis". independent.ie. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

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