Paige Mary Hourigan was born on 3 February 1997 and is a professional tennis player from New Zealand.
17 Facts About Paige Hourigan
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Paige Hourigan has won four singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
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Paige Hourigan reached her best rankings in both singles and doubles after winning ITF titles in Singapore and Surprise, Arizona early in 2019, and those rankings continued to climb as her run of success extended through Mexico and Asia.
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Paige Hourigan twice competed in the Australian Open junior singles, her better result being a loss in the first round proper to Beatriz Haddad Maia in 2013.
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Paige Hourigan made her WTA Tour debut at the 2013 Auckland Open.
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Paige Hourigan first represented New Zealand in the Fed Cup in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in 2017, winning two of her three singles matches.
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Paige Hourigan did much better in the doubles where, with partner Taylor Townsend, she got all the way to her first WTA final, having defeated second seeds Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Larsson in the semifinal.
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Paige Hourigan made no mistakes in her run to her second ITF doubles title, in Singapore three weeks later, this time with Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi as her partner.
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The next stop for Paige Hourigan was the Fed Cup in Malaysia, where she had two double-bagel wins in singles before losing in three sets to Eudice Chong from Hong Kong.
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Paige Hourigan played just one doubles match, teaming up with Erin Routliffe to beat the pair from Bangladesh.
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Paige Hourigan began the new season in Auckland, where she received a wildcard into both singles and doubles, the latter with Sara Errani.
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Paige Hourigan suffered a heavy defeat to Caroline Wozniacki in the first round of singles, and lost in the first round of doubles.
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Back in Australia, Paige Hourigan lost in the first round of singles in both tournaments in Perth, Australia.
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From Perth, Paige Hourigan flew to South Africa for two tournaments in Potchefstroom.
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Paige Hourigan had reached the singles quarterfinal and doubles semifinal in the second week when the ITF Circuit events were suspended because of COVID-19.
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Paige Hourigan had instant success, winning the singles title at the first tournament she entered, and keeping her unbeaten record in singles finals intact.
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Paige Hourigan, who was born in Turakina, is of part Maori descent and affiliates to the Ngati Tuwharetoa iwi.