Allison Cooper
{{short description|American tennis player}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Allison Cooper
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| country_represented = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|08|04}}
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| singlesrecord = 26–26
| singlestitles = 1 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 339 (August 20, 1990)
| doublesrecord = 23–17
| doublestitles = 1 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 249 (March 5, 1990)
| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1988)
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Allison Cooper (born August 4, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player.
Cooper, a California native, played college tennis for the UCLA Bruins and won the 1988 NCAA Division I Women's Doubles Championship, partnering Stella Sampras.{{cite news |title=Bruin Net Star May Have to Turn Mean to Turn Pro |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-22-sp-2795-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 22, 1989}} She and Sampras subsequently received entry into the doubles main draw at the 1988 US Open, where they came up against Louise Allen and Anna-Maria Fernandez for their first round match, which they lost in a third set tiebreak.{{cite news |title=Super Stats |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/465647890/ |work=Daily News |date=September 2, 1988}}
ITF finals
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| $25,000 tournaments |
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| $10,000 tournaments |
=Singles: 1 (1–0)=
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| Result
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | November 6, 1989 | Nuriootpa, Australia | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kristin Godridge | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
=Doubles: 5 (1–4)=
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| Result
! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! class="unsortable"|Score |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | July 25, 1988 | Caserta, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Mary Norwood | {{flagicon|ITA}} Simona Isidori | 1–6, 7–6, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | August 8, 1988 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Mary Norwood | {{flagicon|ESP}} Janet Souto | 3–6, 6–2, 5–7 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | July 2, 1989 | Spartanburg, United States | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Shawn Foltz | {{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Bobby | 1–6, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | November 27, 1989 | Melbourne, Australia | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Justine Hodder | {{flagicon|AUS}} Danielle Jones | 2–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | January 14, 1990 | Midland, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Eleni Rossides | {{flagicon|USA}} Pamela Jung | 3–6, 0–6 |
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