Ruth Seeman
{{short description|New Zealand tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Ruth Seeman
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| country_represented = {{NZL}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|4|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = London, England{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120911559 |title=Satellite circuit stars to play |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=ACT, Australia |date=19 February 1989 |accessdate=1 February 2019 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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| careerprizemoney = $33,874
| singlesrecord =
| singlestitles = 1 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 212 (23 May 1988)
| doublesrecord =
| doublestitles = 0
| highestdoublesranking = No. 193 (2 February 1987)
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1990)
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Ruth Seeman (born 14 April 1963) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.
Biography
Seeman had a career high singles ranking of 212 in the world, with her best performance a round of 16 appearance at Auckland in 1988. As a doubles player she was a semifinalist at Wellington in 1989 and featured in the main draw of the 1990 Australian Open.
Her career included a Fed Cup tie in 1989, as a member of the New Zealand side that defeated Italy in Tokyo. Her only appearance in the tie came in the doubles, a dead rubber, which she and Julie Richardson lost to Laura Garrone and Laura Golarsa.{{cite news |title=New Zealand upsets Italy in Fed Cup |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/10/02/New-Zealand-upsets-Italy-in-Fed-Cup/6176623304000/ |work=United Press International |date=2 October 1989}}
She now works as a physiotherapist in Christchurch.
ITF finals
=Singles (1–2)=
| class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97%
!Result !No. !Date !Location !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 6 July 1986 | ITF Tampa, United States | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Kathrin Keil | 6–7, 4–6 |
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 20 July 1986 | ITF Midland, United States | Clay | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Karen Schimper | 3–6, 2–6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 5 June 1989 | ITF Milan, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|FIN}} Nanne Dahlman | 7–6, 6–3 |
=Doubles (0–3)=
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| Result
! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! class="unsortable"|Score |
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| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 14 July 1986 | ITF Midland, United States | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Alison Scott | {{flagicon|USA}} Katrina Adams | 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 |
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 11 June 1989 | ITF Milan, Italy | Clay | {{Flagicon|NZL}} Claudine Toleafoa | {{Flagicon|INA}} Yayuk Basuki | 7–5, 4–6, 2–6 |
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 16 July 1990 | ITF Schwarzach, Austria | Clay | {{flagicon|FRG}} Cora Linneman | {{flagicon|NED}} Ingelise Driehuis | 2–6, 0–6 |
References
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External links
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Category:New Zealand female tennis players