Louise Stacey

Louise Stacey
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	10 January 1972 (age 52)
Prize money	$59,732
Singles
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 222 (2 December 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
Doubles
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 113 (11 January 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1991, 1992)

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

Biography

Early career

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

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

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–3)

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

Doubles (4–4)

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

References

^ 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.
^ "Spierings gains his revenge". The Canberra Times. 21 January 1983. p. 20. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Frawley takes hardcourt". The Canberra Times. 2 November 1987. p. 30. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Louise Stacey at the Women's Tennis Association
Louise Stacey at the International Tennis Federation

[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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