Amy Bowtell

Amy Bowtell (born 16 September 1993, in Dublin) is an Irish tennis player and former Irish number one. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 381.[1] Her career high in doubles is No. 450. [1] Bowtell has 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]

Amy Bowtell
Country (sports) Ireland
ResidenceWicklow
Born (1993-09-16) 16 September 1993
Dublin
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$34,664
Singles
Career record139–87
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 381 (9 February 2015)
Doubles
Career record49–34
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 450 (29 October 2012)
Last updated on: 19 January 2015.

Personal life

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

Career highlights

To date, Amy has reached seven ITF finals in singles, her first being a $10,000 tournament held in Chiswick, Great Britain 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 $10,000 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 finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 1 August 2010 Chiswick, Great Britain Hard Tara Moore 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 22 January 2012 Sutton, Great Britain Hard (i) Richèl Hogenkamp 3–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 19 February 2012 Tallinn, Estonia Hard (i) Polina Vinogradova 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up 3. 27 January 2013 Preston, Great Britain Hard (i) Tara Moore 6–7, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 28 April 2013 Heraklion, Greece Carpet Valentini Grammatikopoulou 3–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 27 April 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Katie Boulter 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up 5. 8 June 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Elena-Teodora Cadar 3–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 27 October 2014 Loughborough, Great Britain Hard (i) Sherazad Reix 6–7, 6–1, 7–6
Winner 4. 10 November 2014 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i) Tess Sugnaux 6–2, 6–3
Winner 5. 1 February 2015 Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i) Marta Sirotkina 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 8 (5–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 11 June 2011 Amarante, Portugal Hard Yasmin Clarke Katharina Negrin
Constance Sibille		 6–2, 6–3
Winner 2. 11 August 2011 Gijón, Spain Hard Lucy Brown Amanda Carreras
Andrea Gámiz		 w/o
Winner 3. 20 January 2012 Sutton, Great Britain Hard Quirine Lemoine Elixane Lechemia
Irina Ramialison		 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Winner 4. 24 February 2012 Helsingborg, Sweden Carpet (i) Quirine Lemoine Matilda Hamlin
Valeria Osadchenko		 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 29 April 2012 Bournemouth, Great Britain Clay Lucy Brown Carolin Daniels
Dejana Raickovic		 4–6, 3–6
Winner 5. 18 August 2012 Middelkerke, Belgium Hard Samantha Murray Steffi Distelmans
Magali Kempen		 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 24 March 2013 Sunderland, Great Britain Hard Lucy Brown Hilda Melander
Sandra Roma		 0–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 27 October 2014 Loughborough, Great Britain Hard (i) Lucy Brown Martina Borecká
Sherazad Reix		 3–6, 2–6

Fed Cup

Singles performances (11–8)
Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent W/L Result
2009 Europe/Africa Zone RR 21 April 2009 Algeria Hard Amira Benaissa Win 1–6, 6–2, 6–1
22 April 2009 Greece Eleni Daniilidou Loss 2–6, 2–6
23 April 2009 Finland Piia Suomalainen Loss 5–7, 4–6
25 April 2009 Malta Stephanie Sullivan Win 6–4, 6–1
2010 Europe/Africa Zone RR 22 April 2010 Malta Clay Elaine Genovese Win 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
22 April 2010 Morocco Nadia Lalami Loss 2–6, 0–6
23 April 2010 Algeria Assia Halo Loss 6–0, 6–7(5–7), 1–6
2011 Europe/Africa Zone RR 2 May 2011 Moldova Daniela Ciobanu Win 6–0, 6–2
3 May 2011 Norway Emma Flood Win 6–2, 6–2
4 May 2011 Egypt Aziz Magy Win 6–4, 6–3
6 May 2011 Tunisia Ons Jabeur Loss 2–6, 3–6
2012 Europe/Africa Zone RR 16 April 2012 Malta Clay Rosanne Dimech Win 6–0, 6–2
18 April 2012 Morocco Nadia Lalami Loss 5–7, 1–6
19 April 2012 Armenia Ani Amiraghyan Loss 4–6, 4–6
20 April 2012 Kenya Veronica Nabwire Osogo Win 6–0, 6–0
P/O 21 April 2012 Tunisia Ons Jabeur Loss 3–6, 5–7
2014 Europe/Africa Zone Group 3 RR 5 February 2014 Iceland Hard (i) Hjördís Rósa Guðmundsdóttir Win 6–1, 6–0
7 February 2014 Malta Katrina Sammut Win 6–3, 6–0
P/O 8 February 2014 Greece Maria Sakkari Win 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

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

References
  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 at the International Tennis Federation
  5. "Amy Bowtell: served by a love of tennis". independent.ie. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
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