Nadia Johnston

Nadia Johnston
Country (sports) Australia
 United States
Born (1977-10-23) October 23, 1977 (age 47)
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$30,476
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 314 (April 30, 2001)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 245 (April 9, 2001)

Nadia Johnston (born October 23, 1977) is an Australian born beach tennis player and former professional player on the WTA Tour.[1]

Biography

Originally from the Queensland city of Maryborough, Johnston began competing on the ITF circuit in the late 1990s. In 2000 she won an ITF singles title at Tampico and a $25,000 doubles title at Mount Pleasant. She took part in the qualifying draw for the 2001 Australian Open and reached her best singles ranking that year of 314 in the world. Her professional tennis career was curtailed by a wrist injury.[2]

Johnston, who moved to New York in 2003 to coach tennis, began touring on the professional ITF Beach Tennis Tour in 2005, winning several national titles. She now competes for the United States.[3]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 9 May 1999 Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Brazil Joana Cortez 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner 1. 8 May 2000 Tampico, Mexico Hard Uruguay Daniela Olivera 6–3, 6–0

Doubles (1–5)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 3 May 1999 Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Australia Nicole Sewell Argentina Paula Racedo
Switzerland Aliénor Tricerri 		1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up 2. 1 August 1999 Baltimore, United States Hard United States Candice de la Torre United States Lauren Kalvaria
Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier 		6–7(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up 3. 21 May 2000 Poza Rica, Mexico Hard United States Candice de la Torre Mexico Melody Falcó
Brazil Carla Tiene 		6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Winner 1. 18 June 2000 Mount Pleasant, United States Hard Australia Melanie Clayton Croatia Maja Palaveršić
United States Jacqueline Trail 		4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 29 October 2000 Dalby, Australia Hard Australia Melanie Clayton Australia Kerry-Anne Guse
Australia Rachel McQuillan 		0–3, ret.
Runner-up 5. 5 March 2001 Warrnambool, Australia Grass India Manisha Malhotra Romania Simona Arghire
Japan Remi Uda 		3–6, 3–6

References

  1. ^ "Johnston a beach tennis ace". Fraser Coast Chronicle. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Hurricane Nadia". Fraser Coast Chronicle. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  3. ^ "USA looking to realise its beach tennis dream". International Tennis Federation. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2018.