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Tyra Calderwood (born 19 September 1990)[1] is a former professional Australian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 607, which she reached on 6 October 2008. Her career high in doubles is 190, set on 10 September 2012.

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Tyra Calderwood

Calderwood at the 2009 NSW Tennis Open
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Born	(1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 32) Sydney, Australia
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$46,544
Singles
Career record	69–108
Career titles	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 607 (6 October 2008)
Doubles
Career record	96–99
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 190 (10 September 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2008, 2009, 2012)

Early life and junior career

Calderwood was born in Sydney, New South Wales and started playing tennis at the age of three.[1]

She has had limited success on the circuit, though her junior ranking did peak at 33 in 2007.

Career

In 2008, she made her WTA doubles debut after being given a wild card with Alenka Hubacek into the Australian Open. However, they lost first round in straight sets. in December of that year she won the Sorrento ITF doubles title with Shannon Golds.

In 2009, she received wildcards into the doubles tournaments at both the Medibank International and the Australian Open, losing first round in both tournaments.

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 14 (6–8)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface

Hard (6/6)

Clay (0/0)

Grass (0/2)

Carpet (0/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	5 December 2008	ITF Sorrento, Australia	Hard	Shannon Golds	Jade Curtis Zhang Ling	6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	2.	4 May 2009	ITF Ipswich, Australia	Grass	Shannon Golds	Maki Arai Olivia Rogowska	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	14 September 2009	ITF Darwin, Australia	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	Nicole Kriz Alicia Molik	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	11 September 2010	ITF Cairns, Australia	Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	5.	19 September 2011	ITF Darwin, Australia	Hard	Stephanie Bengson	Maria Fernanda Alves Samantha Murray	4–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	31 October 2011	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Stephanie Bengson	Isabella Holland Sally Peers	w/o
Winner	7.	14 November 2011	ITF Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Stephanie Bengson	Monique Adamczak Bojana Bobusic	6–7(2–7), 6–1, 6–3
Winner	8.	21 November 2011	ITF Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Stephanie Bengson	Storm Sanders Samantha Murray	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	4 February 2012	ITF Burnie, Australia	Hard	Stephanie Bengson	Arina Rodionova Melanie South	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	20 February 2012	ITF Mildura, Australia	Grass	Stephanie Bengson	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Ksenia Lykina	7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner	11.	25 June 2012	ITF Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Dianne Hollands	Deng Mengning Zhao Qianqian	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	2 July 2012	ITF Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Dianne Hollands	Eri Hozumi Mari Tanaka	6–4, 4–6, [10–12]
Runner-up	13.	27 Aug 2012	ITF Cairns, Australia	Hard	Tammi Patterson	Monique Adamczak Victoria Larrière	2–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Winner	14.	4 March 2013	ITF Sydney, Australia	Hard	Alison Bai	Anja Dokic Jessica Moore	7–6(7–3), 6–4

References

External links

• Tyra Calderwood at the International Tennis Federation
• Tyra Calderwood at the Women's Tennis Association

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