Alicia Pillay

Alicia Pillay
Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	24 March 1980 (age 44); Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$14,375
Singles
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 543 (8 May 2006)
Doubles
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 425 (13 December 1999)

Alicia Pillay (born 24 March 1980) is a South African former professional tennis player.

Career

Born Pietermaritzburg, Pillay completed her schooling in the United States, attending Boca Preparatory School while she trained at the Evert Tennis Academy.^[1] She then played varsity tennis, first at Oklahoma Christian University, before transferring to the University of Tulsa.

Pillay, a right-handed player, represented South Africa at the 1999 All-Africa Games and won a gold medal in the team event. In both 2005 and 2006 she played for the South Africa Fed Cup team, featuring in a total of seven ties.^[2] Her Fed Cup career included singles matches against Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic.

ITF finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	7 December 1998	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Anna Eugenia Nefedova	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1.	24 October 2005	Pretoria 1, South Africa	Hard	Marinne Giraud	4–6, 2–6
Win	2.	5 November 2005	Pretoria 2, South Africa	Hard	Lizaan du Plessis	6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 6 (1–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	22 December 1996	Cape Town, South Africa	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Charlotte Aagaard Maiken Pape	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	7 December 1998	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Karolina Sadaj	Lincky Ackron Karyn Bacon	3–6, 0–6
Loss	3.	7 March 1999	Wodonga, Australia	Grass	Natalie Grandin	Kerry-Anne Guse Trudi Musgrave	3–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	8 September 2004	Ciudad Victoria, Mexico	Hard	Katarzyna Siwosz	Tamara Encina Alison Ojeda	4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win	1.	29 October 2005	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Lizaan du Plessis	Abigail Olivier Elze Potgieter	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5.	31 October 2005	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Dalia-Diana Vranceanu	Annali De Bruyn Julia Paetow	5–7, 6–1, 6–7⁽²⁾

References

^ Heeren, Dave (7 December 1997). "Ferrugia-McAdoo Team Up For Boca Men's Tennis Title". Sun-Sentinel.
^ "Suomen urakka Fed cupissa alkaa Bulgariassa". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 13 April 2006.

External links

Alicia Pillay at the Women's Tennis Association
Alicia Pillay at the Billie Jean King Cup
Alicia Pillay at the International Tennis Federation

[1] Heeren, Dave (7 December 1997). "Ferrugia-McAdoo Team Up For Boca Men's Tennis Title". Sun-Sentinel.

[2] "Suomen urakka Fed cupissa alkaa Bulgariassa". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 13 April 2006.

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