Louise Stacey

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Louise Stacey
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1972-01-10) 10 January 1972 (age 52)
Prize money$59,732
Singles
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 222 (2 December 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
Doubles
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 113 (11 January 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1991, 1992)

Louise Stacey (born 10 January 1972) is an Australian former professional tennis player.[1]

Biography[edit]

Early career[edit]

Stacey, who grew up in Adelaide, won the 1983 Australian 12-and-under Championships.[2] In 1987, aged 15, she became the youngest ever winner of the Australian Hard Court Championships.[3] She was a girls' singles finalist at the 1990 Australian Open, losing in three sets to Magdalena Maleeva.

Professional tour[edit]

Stacey competed in either the singles or doubles main draws at five editions of the Australian Open. She made it to the final round of the Wimbledon qualifiers in 1991 and reached her highest singles ranking of 222 that year, which also included winning three ITF singles titles. As a doubles player, Stacey had a best ranking of 113 in the world and won four ITF titles during her career. She reached two WTA Tour doubles quarterfinals, at Auckland and Wellington in 1992.

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–3)[edit]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 1 November 1987 ITF Gold Coast, Australia Hard Australia Jane Morro 0–6, 7–6, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 4 December 1988 ITF Melbourne, Australia Hard Australia Louise Field 6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 17 February 1991 ITF Mildura, Australia Grass Australia Tracey Morton-Rodgers 3–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 4 August 1991 ITF Chatham, United States Hard United States Susan Gilchrist 6–2, 6–4
Winner 3. 11 August 1991 ITF College Park, United States Hard United States Kristine Kurth 6–0, 6–2
Winner 4. 18 November 1991 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Australia Nicole Pratt 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 3. 12 July 1992 ITF Indianapolis, United States Hard United States Susan Sloane 4–6, 4–6

Doubles (4–4)[edit]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 19 November 1989 ITF Gold Coast, Australia Hard Australia Jane Taylor Australia Kristine Kunce
Australia Kate McDonald
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 13 May 1990 Swansea, United Kingdom Clay Australia Catherine Barclay Australia Nicole Pratt
Australia Kirrily Sharpe
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 20 May 1990 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Australia Catherine Barclay Australia Nicole Pratt
Australia Kirrily Sharpe
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 8 July 1991 Erlangen, Germany Clay Australia Angie Cunningham Soviet Union Viktoria Milvidskaia
Germany Maja Živec-Škulj
4–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 15 July 1991 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Australia Angie Cunningham Germany Martina Pawlik
United States Lisa Seemann
6–1, 6–2
Winner 2. 25 November 1991 Mildura, Australia Hard Australia Catherine Barclay Netherlands Ingelise Driehuis
Australia Louise Pleming
6–4, 6–3
Winner 3. 16 November 1992 Mount Gambier, Australia Clay Australia Catherine Barclay Czechoslovakia Janette Husárová
Czechoslovakia Eva Martincová
7–6(7), 6–7(4), 7–6(3)
Winner 4. 6 December 1992 ITF Mildura, Australia Hard Australia Catherine Barclay Australia Michelle Jaggard-Lai
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
6–3, 6–4

References[edit]

  1. ^ Turner, Matt (22 January 2013). "Flagstaff Hill veteran Louise Stacey is fighting to be fit for the Asia-Pacific Tennis League finals". Southern Times Messenger. The Advertiser.
  2. ^ "Spierings gains his revenge". The Canberra Times. 21 January 1983. p. 20. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Frawley takes hardcourt". The Canberra Times. 2 November 1987. p. 30. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

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