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Lihini Weerasuriya (born 20 February 1972) is a former Sri Lankan tennis player.

Lihini Weerasuriya

Country (sports)	Sri Lanka
Born	(1972-02-20) 20 February 1972 (age 50)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2000
Prize money	$40,394
Singles
Career record	100 - 99
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	268 (15 February 1993)
Doubles
Career record	26 - 44
Highest ranking	292 (5 July 1993)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	12–12

Weerasuriya won 3 singles titles on the ITF tour. On 15 February 1993, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 268. On 5 July 1993, she peaked at world number 292 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Sri Lanka at the Fed Cup, Weerasuriya had a win–loss record of 12–12.[1]

Weerasuriya retired from tennis in 2000.

ITF finals (3–7)

Singles (3–5)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–4) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	3 December 1990	10,000	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Clay	Shiho Okada	4–6, 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	1 July 1991	10,000	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Gabriella Boschiero	7–5, 4–6, ret.
Winner	1 June 1992	10,000	Key Biscayne, United States	Hard	Alix Creek	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	17 August 1992	10,000	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Hard	Park Sung-hee	3–6, 6–1, 6–7(2)
Runner-up	24 August 1992	10,000	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Hard	Park Sung-hee	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	31 August 1992	10,000	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Hard	Park Sung-hee	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	30 October 1995	10,000	Freeport, Bahamas	Hard	Jeri Ingram	6–1, 6–7(5), 6–3
Runner-up	3 June 1996	10,000	Lawrenceville, United States	Hard	Vanessa Webb	1–6, 3–6

Doubles (0–2)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	12 November 1990	10,000	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Clay	Anne Grousbeck	Cláudia Chabalgoity Luciana Tella	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6 July 1992	10,000	Indianapolis, United States	Clay	Jeri Ingram	Laxmi Poruri Heather Willens	1–6, 1–6

References

External links

• Lihini Weerasuriya at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lihini Weerasuriya at the International Tennis Federation
• Lihini Weerasuriya at the Billie Jean King Cup

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