Michelle Sammons
{{short description|South African tennis player}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2021}}
{{Use South African English|date=November 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Michelle Sammons
| fullname = Michelle Tracy Sammons
| country = {{RSA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|9|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kempton Park
| residence = Durban
| height = {{height|m=1.73}}
| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
| careerprizemoney = $16,296
| singlesrecord = 44–48
| singlestitles = 1 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 666 (23 February 2015)
| doublesrecord = 58–40
| doublestitles = 6 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 268 (2 November 2015)
| Team = yes
| FedCupresult = 1–4
}}
Michelle Tracy Sammons (born 11 September 1987) is a South African former professional tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 666 in singles and 268 in doubles, both achieved in 2015. In her career, Sammons won one singles title and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Playing for South Africa in Fed Cup, she has a win–loss record of 1–4.
Sammons made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Internationaux de Strasbourg, partnering Carolin Daniels in the doubles competition.
ITF finals
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| $100,000 tournaments |
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| $75,000 tournaments |
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| $50,000 tournaments |
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| $25,000 tournaments |
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| $10,000 tournaments |
=Singles (1–0)=
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!Outcome !No. !Date !Location !Surface !Opponent !Score |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 1. | 31 May 2014 | Sun City, South Africa | Hard | {{flagicon|RSA}} Natasha Fourouclas | 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
=Doubles (6–2)=
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!Outcome !No. !Date !Location !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 1. | 30 May 2014 | Sun City, South Africa | Hard | {{flagicon|RSA}} Chanel Simmonds | {{flagicon|RSA}} Ilze Hattingh | 7–5, 6–3 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 2. | 13 June 2014 | Sun City, South Africa | Hard | {{flagicon|RSA}} Chanel Simmonds | {{flagicon|RSA}} Ilze Hattingh | 6–3, 6–3 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 3. | 19 July 2014 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | {{flagicon|FRA}} Clothilde de Bernardi | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giulia Bruzzone | 7–5, 7–5 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 4. | 30 August 2014 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Morgina | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giulia Bruzzone | 6–2, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 5. | 6 September 2014 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | {{flagicon|RSA}} Ilze Hattingh | {{flagicon|CHN}} Gai Ao | 6–3, 7–5 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 13 September 2014 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | {{flagicon|RSA}} Ilze Hattingh | {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Morgina | 3–6, 6–0, [6–10] |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 6 | 14 February 2015 | Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia | Hard | {{flagicon|RSA}} Ilze Hattingh | {{flagicon|ROU}} Nicoleta Dascălu | 7–5, 6–3 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 2. | 19 September 2015 | Redding, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|THA}} Varatchaya Wongteanchai | {{flagicon|USA}} Ashley Weinhold | 2–6, 5–7 |
External links
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- {{ITF}}
- {{Fed Cup player}}
- [http://www.purduesports.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/sammons_michelle00.html Purdue University profile]
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Category:South African female tennis players
Category:Tennis players from Durban
Category:Sportspeople from Kempton Park, Gauteng
Category:Purdue Boilermakers women's tennis players
Category:South African expatriate tennis players in the United States
Category:White South African people
Category:Tennis players from Gauteng
Category:21st-century South African sportswomen
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