On court

• won the 12/u Australian Championships doubles title with sister Patricia at the December Showdown in 2012, her first interstate trip
• won the 2014 Gallipoli Youth Cup at Melbourne Park, and later the New South Wales Junior International #2 in Gosford
• that season, compiled a sparkling win-loss record of 21-4
• reached the final of the 14/u Australian Championships during the 2014 December Showdown
• had never played competitively before arriving in Australia

Off court

• family emigrated from Papua New Guinea to Australia in 2007
• sister Patricia, one year younger, also plays tennis
• coached by father Patrick, who introduced her to the sport when working at a tennis centre in Port Moresby
• aunties Abigail and Marcia Tere-Apisah have both played college tennis in the United States