Louise Stacey Explained

Louise Stacey
Birth Date:10 January 1972
Careerprizemoney:$59,732
Singlestitles:4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 222 (2 December 1991)
Australianopenresult:1R (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
Doublestitles:4 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 113 (11 January 1993)
Australianopendoublesresult: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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.1 November 1987ITF Gold Coast, AustraliaHard Jane Morro0–6, 7–6, 6–2
Runner-up 1.4 December 1988ITF Melbourne, AustraliaHard Louise Field6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2.17 February 1991ITF Mildura, AustraliaGrass Tracey Morton-Rodgers3–6, 4–6
Winner2.4 August 1991ITF Chatham, United StatesHard Susan Gilchrist6–2, 6–4
Winner3.11 August 1991ITF College Park, United StatesHard Kristine Kurth6–0, 6–2
Winner4.18 November 1991ITF Nuriootpa, AustraliaHard Nicole Pratt3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 3.12 July 1992ITF Indianapolis, United StatesHard Susan Sloane4–6, 4–6

Doubles (4–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.19 November 1989ITF Gold Coast, AustraliaHard Jane Taylor Kristine Kunce
Kate McDonald
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up2.13 May 1990Swansea, United KingdomClay Catherine Barclay Nicole Pratt
Kirrily Sharpe
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up3.20 May 1990Bournemouth, United KingdomClay Catherine Barclay Nicole Pratt
Kirrily Sharpe
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4.8 July 1991Erlangen, GermanyClay Angie Cunningham Viktoria Milvidskaia
Maja Živec-Škulj
4–6, 4–6
Winner1.15 July 1991Darmstadt, GermanyClay Angie Cunningham Martina Pawlik
Lisa Seemann
6–1, 6–2
Winner2.25 November 1991Mildura, AustraliaHard Catherine Barclay Ingelise Driehuis
Louise Pleming
6–4, 6–3
Winner3.16 November 1992Mount Gambier, AustraliaClay Catherine Barclay Janette Husárová
Eva Martincová
7–6(7), 6–7(4), 7–6(3)
Winner4.6 December 1992ITF Mildura, AustraliaHard Catherine Barclay Michelle Jaggard-Lai
Elizabeth Smylie
6–3, 6–4

Notes and References

  1. News: Turner . Matt . Flagstaff Hill veteran Louise Stacey is fighting to be fit for the Asia-Pacific Tennis League finals . . . 22 January 2013.
  2. News: Spierings gains his revenge . The Canberra Times. 21 January 1983 . 19 March 2019 . 20 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Frawley takes hardcourt . The Canberra Times. 2 November 1987 . 19 March 2019 . 30 . National Library of Australia.