42 Facts About Tara Moore

Tara Shanice Moore was born on 6 August 1992 and is a Hong Kong-born British tennis player.

Tara Moore achieved career-high rankings by the WTA of 145 in singles and No 77 in doubles.

Tara Moore won two matches to qualify before losing in the first round of the tournament.

Tara Moore then moved on to qualify and reach the quarterfinals in only the second ITF tournament of her career in Caracas, Venezuela, another $10k event.

In 2007, Tara Moore reached the quarterfinals of another $10k event in Irapuato before losing to Ana Clara Duarte of Brazil, in straight sets.

Tara Moore ended the year with three consecutive first-round losses at $25k events.

Tara Moore's year-end ranking for 2007 was world No 823.

Tara Moore became a quarterfinalist yet again in her next tournament, the $10k in Izmir, Turkey.

Tara Moore then began a successful grass-court season with a wildcard into the qualifying tournament of Wimbledon where she lost in the first round in a valiant three-set battle against former top-40 player Olga Puchkova of Russia.

Tara Moore followed this up immediately with her first ever semifinal in the $25k tournament held in Felixstowe and continued the momentum in the following tournament where she won, beating fellow teenager Mona Barthel of Germany in the final.

Tara Moore won through two tough three-set matches in the first and second rounds before winning her quarterfinal match in two sets and coming up against Laura Robson, in one of two all-British semifinals.

Tara Moore beat Tetyana Arefyeva in three sets for the second time in two weeks to reach the quarterfinal stage where she was beaten by Katarzyna Piter.

Tara Moore ended season with a singles ranking of world No 712.

Tara Moore struggled throughout the year and did not go beyond the quarterfinals in any of the events she competed in.

Tara Moore enjoyed a straight-sets win over former top-20 player Eleni Daniilidou as she qualified for the $50 event in Nottingham.

Tara Moore competed at the ITF junior events at Roehampton and Wimbledon but lost early in both events as she was drawn against junior world No 3, Timea Babos.

Tara Moore was asked to leave the Lawn Tennis Association National Tennis Centre as a result of her perceived lack of professionalism and poor attitude.

Tara Moore's results started to pick up in spring time of 2010 as she reached the final of a $10k event in Edinburgh, losing to stable mate Timea Babos, following this up with her first career top-100 win at the $50k event in Nottingham, beating Chang Kai-chen in three tough sets.

On to Wimbledon, Tara Moore had some impressive wins and reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal where she played fellow Brit Laura Robson and despite controlling much of the match, Tara Moore lost in two sets although she put herself firmly on the tennis map during the grass-court season and credited John Morris for much of the improvements.

Post Wimbledon, Tara Moore won her second career title at a $10k event in Chiswick, as well as her first ITF doubles title, alongside Francesca Stephenson, at a $25k in Wrexham, beating Sania Mirza and Emma Laine in the final.

Tara Moore made the singles quarterfinals in the latter event, with wins over Emilia Banos Gregorians and Manisha Foster.

Tara Moore would go on to reach several quarter- and semifinals before ending the year at the $75k event in Dubai.

Tara Moore achieved several career-high rankings through the year and ended 2010 ranked 370.

Tara Moore became a professional in August 2010 when she signed professional terms with London-based management company Global Tennis Connections, she signed a long term deal with Adidas International on the back of her upsurge in form and ranking.

Tara Moore was runner-up in the $10k tournament in Sunderland, and won the $10k in Loughborough where she won the doubles, partnering fellow Brit Francesca Stephenson.

Tara Moore reached doubles finals in $10k tournaments in Istanbul, partnering Lisa Whybourn, and in Bath, partnering Emma Laine.

Tara Moore ended 2011 with a singles ranking of No 332.

Tara Moore won no titles in the 2012 season but finished runner-up in singles in the $50k tournament in Kazan, Russia, and in doubles, partnering fellow Brit player Lucy Brown in a $10k event in Antalya, Turkey.

Tara Moore started 2013 winning the $10k singles titles in Glasgow and Preston, and following that with the $25k title in Surprise, Arizona.

Tara Moore reached the second round, beating 143-ranked Slovenian Tadeja Majeric before falling to 110-ranked Hungarian, Melinda Czink.

Tara Moore then received a wildcard into the WTA Tour Birmingham Classic at Edgbaston where she narrowly lost to 12th seeded Kristina Mladenovic in the first round.

Back on the ITF Circuit, Tara Moore reached the finals of both the singles and the doubles tournament of the $25k Woking event on outdoor hardcourt.

Tara Moore lost the singles final to Pemra Ozgen in three sets, having held matchpoints.

Tara Moore impressively saw off Tamira Paszek, a former top-30 player.

Tara Moore played in Wimbledon as a wildcard but lost in the first round to former Wimbledon finalist Vera Zvonareva in a match that spanned two days.

Tara Moore failed to build on her Wimbledon performance on her return to ITF Circuit play, as she won just three singles matches in the rest of the year.

Tara Moore saw her ranking slip outside the top 250 in the world as a consequence.

Tara Moore had more success in doubles, reaching three finals and winning the event Antalya in partnership with Cornelia Lister.

Tara Moore returned to competitive tennis for the first time after her suspension was lifted when she teamed up with Annali Olivelle to win an ITF World Tour first-round match against Melania Delai and Francesca Pace in Sardinia on 30 April 2024.

In June 2022, Tara Moore was provisionally suspended from competition by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for boldenone and nandrolone at a tennis competition in Colombia held in April 2022.

Tara Moore was previously married to fellow professional tennis player Emina Bektas.

Tara Moore was previously in a long-term relationship with her former doubles partner, Conny Perrin.