Emily Fanning

Emily Fanning (born 13 June 1995[1]) is a New Zealand tennis player. Her career-high junior ranking was 38, achieved in July 2012. She has won three doubles titles on the ITF tour.

Emily Fanning
Fanning (centre) at a Florida State Seminoles match in 2014
Country (sports)New Zealand
Born (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995
Timaru, New Zealand
Prize money$18,402
Singles
Career record60–54
Career titles0
Highest ranking539 (24 June 2019)
Current ranking616 (4 January 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2011, 2012, 2013)
French Open Junior2R (2011)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2012)
US Open Junior1R (2011, 2012)
Doubles
Career record29–30
Career titles3 ITF
Highest ranking422 (9 March 2020)
Current ranking451 (4 January 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2011, 2012, 2013)
French Open Junior2R (2012)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2012)
US Open Junior2R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup10–4
(Singles 7–2, Doubles 3–2)
Last updated on: 4 January 2021.

University studies

Fanning commenced studying Dietetics and Nutrition at Florida State University in 2014. She transferred to the University of Kentucky in 2017 to complete her degree, having played college tennis for both institutions.

Tennis career

2011

Fanning made her WTA debut when given a wild card into singles qualifying at the ASB Classic in Auckland, where she lost in the first round to Katie O'Brien. She and fellow New Zealand junior Leela Beattie received a wild card into the doubles, where they lost in the first round to Johanna Larsson and Jasmin Wöhr. She was voted New Zealand's female junior player of the year.

2012

Fanning received another wildcard into the ASB Classic in 2012, but again could not get past the first round, her conqueror this time being Anne Keothavong. She and Regina Kulikova were given a wild card into the doubles, going out in the first round to the top seeds, and eventual runners-up, Julia Görges and Flavia Pennetta.[2] She played at all four junior Grand Slams, losing in the first round of singles at each but reaching the second round of doubles at all except the Australian Open, and broke into the world's top 50 juniors.[3]

Fanning scored her first ITF main draw singles win at San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in August, where she and Anett Kontaveit won the doubles title, and reached her first quarter-final at Bogotá the following month. She was again voted New Zealand's female junior player of the year,[4] and was rewarded with a nomination to the New Zealand Fed Cup team for 2013.[5][6]

2013

Fanning made her debut for New Zealand in the Fed Cup in Astana (now Nur-Sultan), Kazakhstan, in February 2013. Playing singles only, she competed on all five days, losing only to Venise Chan from Hong Kong. Her win over in the 3rd-4th play-off would be her last open senior match for more than three years while she continued her university studies.

2016

Fanning resumed her ITF career at Evansville in July, losing in the second round of singles to Julia Elbaba. She also played a week later in Lexington, Kentucky, losing in the first round of both singles and doubles, but she then had another year away from the tour.

2017

Fanning returned to international play in Sharm El Sheikh, competing for five successive weeks from the start of July. Her best singles result was a quarter-final loss to Linnea Malmqvist in the last of those events, but she did better in doubles, reaching the semi-finals of the last two tournaments. She was unfortunate to lose the last of those by default, as her partner, Mayar Sherif, had retired injured from her singles match earlier in the day.

2018

Fanning's first appointment in the New Year was with the New Zealand Fed Cup team in Bahrain. Playing doubles only, she and Jade Lewis beat the Lebanese pair before Fanning and Katherine Westbury lost to the top seeds Uzbekistan, but beat Pakistan in the 5th-8th play-off.

Fanning had a poor year on the ITF circuit in 2018, qualifying for just two singles main draws. She had to retire injured after just three games of her second round match against Julia Glushko in Winnipeg in July, and lost in the first round in Lubbock in September to María Camila Osorio Serrano. She also won only one main draw doubles match, at Naples in Florida after having had to qualify.

2019

Fanning reached the second round of singles five times on the ITF tour in 2019. The highlight, although it didn't result in a win, was to share in the longest single game in recent history, a 39-minute marathon against Anastasia Gasanova in the second round in Incheon, Korea, at the end of May, with temperatures approaching 40 degrees Celsius. The second game of the deciding set saw Fanning and Gasanova slugging it out for 28 minutes without a result. By now the game had gone for 31 points, with Fanning having the advantage, but a medical timeout was taken. They resumed seven minutes later and, after five more points and four more minutes, Gasanova finally broke Fanning at the eighth attempt. Fanning had had the advantage eight times as well, as they fought through 15 deuces.

Fanning would also be in the record books for sharing in one of the longest tie-breaks of all time, losing 17-15 in the first set decider against Angelina Gabueva in the second round of qualifying in Lexington, Kentucky, at the end of July. In between those two events, Fanning played two singles matches when New Zealand played their 2019 Fed Cup matches in Kuala Lumpur, beating the representative from Bangladesh but losing to Hong Kong's Cody Wong Hong-yi.

Doubles was again Fanning's better discipline in 2019, as she reached two semi-finals in Korea in May before taking her second tour title in Cairns in September with Abbie Myers as her partner, beating top seeds Maddison Inglis and Asia Muhammad in the final.

2020

Fanning started the new year with two tournaments in Hong Kong, where she failed to qualify for the main draw in singles but reached the quarter-finals in doubles in both events. From there it was back to New Zealand, where she played four matches in the Fed Cup tournament in Wellington. She won both singles matches and her first doubles, but she and Kelly Southwood lost their doubles play-off to the Philippines.

2020 saw the reintroduction of an ITF tour event in New Zealand, at Hamilton, and Fanning made it to the semi-finals in singles before losing to Eri Shimizu. Seeded first in the doubles with partner Erin Routliffe, the New Zealand pair were untroubled throughout the tournament, easily winning the final over Sabastiani León and Ng Man-ying. Two tournaments in Perth were Fanning's last events before international play was suspended due to the Covid-19 coronavirus. Her subsequent competitive tennis in 2020 was restricted to UTR tournaments in Florida, her best win being over World number 179 Varvara Lepchenko.

ITF finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
$10,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 20 August 2012 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Hard Anett Kontaveit Erin Clark
Elizabeth Ferris		 6–0, 6–3
Winner 2. 21 September 2019 Cairns, Australia Hard Abbie Myers Maddison Inglis
Asia Muhammad		 2–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–7]
Winner 3. 15 February 2020 Hamilton, New Zealand Hard Erin Routliffe Sabastiani León
Ng Man-ying		 6–3, 6–1

Fed Cup participation

Singles
Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2013 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group II		 R/R 5 February 2013 Astana, Kazakhstan Vietnam Hard (i) Trần Thị Tâm Hảo W 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–0
6 February 2013 Hong Kong Venise Chan L 1–6, 6–3, 1–6
7 February 2013 Turkmenistan Jahana Bayramova W 6–0, 6–0
8 February 2013 Singapore Rheeya Doshi W 6–1, 6–0
P/O 9 February 2013 Philippines Marinel Rudas W 6–4, 6–3
2019 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group II		 R/R 19 June 2019 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Bangladesh Hard Jarin Sultana Jolly W 6–0, 6–0
21 June 2019 Hong Kong Cody Wong Hong-yi L 2–6, 3–6
2020 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group II		 R/R 5 February 2020 Wellington, New Zealand Mongolia Erdenesuren Erdenebat W 6–1, 6–0
6 February 2020 Pakistan Mahin Qureshi W 6–0, 6–2

Doubles
Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2018 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group II		 R/R 7 February 2018 Bahrain Lebanon Hard Jade Lewis Hoda Habib
Nancy Karaky		 W 6–1, 6–3
8 February 2018 Uzbekistan Katherine Westbury Akgul Amanmuradova
Yasmina Karimjanova		 L 5–7, 1–6
P/O 9 February 2018 Pakistan Sarah Mahboob Khan
Mahin Qureshi		 W 6–3, 6–1
2020 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group II		 R/R 7 February 2020 Wellington,
New Zealand		 Singapore Erin Routliffe Sarah Pang
Tammy Tan		 W 6–0, 6–0
P/O 8 February 2020 Philippines Kelly Southwood Marian Capadocia
Shaira Hope Rivera		 L 3–6, 6–4, [9–11]

References
  1. "Emily Fanning Bio". Florida State Seminoles. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. Long, David (5 January 2012). "Top seed victorious, but not without a struggle". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  3. "Tennis: Emily Fanning cracks top fifty". The New Zealand Herald. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  4. "Accolade for rising young tennis star". The Timaru Herald. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  5. "New faces in New Zealand Fed Cup team". Stuff.co.nz. 30 December 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  6. "Fanning in Federation Cup team". The Timaru Herald. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
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