Clare Thompson
{{short description|Australian tennis player}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Clare Thompson
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| country_represented = {{AUS}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|11|6|df=yes}}
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| careerprizemoney = $42,283
| singlesrecord =
| singlestitles = 1 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 299 (18 July 1988)
| AustralianOpenresult = 1R (1988)
| doublesrecord =
| doublestitles = 1 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 179 (25 March 1991)
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1988, 1989, 1991)
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Clare Thompson (born 10 June 1963) is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Thompson spent the early years of her career in the United States, playing college tennis for the United States International University, which was based in San Diego.{{cite news |title=USIU Looks to World's Courts : Like Its Campus, Gulls' Tennis Team Sports Decidedly Foreign Flair |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-04-19-sp-15079-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=19 April 1985}}
Her professional career included an appearance at the 1988 Australian Open, where she received a wildcard into the main draw and played Janine Tremelling in the first round, with the winner to face top seed Steffi Graf. Thompson was beaten by Tremelling in three sets.{{cite web |title=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Australian Open - 11 January - 24 January 1988 |url=https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000077 |website=itftennis.com}}
ITF finals
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| $25,000 tournaments |
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| $10,000 tournaments |
=Singles: 2 (1–1)=
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| Outcome
! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Opponent ! Score |
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| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 1. | 25 February 1991 | ITF Canberra, Australia | Grass | {{flagicon|AUS}} Joanne Limmer | 5–7, 4–6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 1. | 4 March 1991 | ITF Broadmeadows, Australia | Grass | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tracey Morton-Rodgers | 6–3, 6–2 |
=Doubles: 5 (1–4)=
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| Outcome
! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! Score |
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| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 1. | 11 February 1991 | ITF Mildura, Australia | Grass | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kristine Kunce | {{flagicon|MEX}} Lupita Novelo | 7–6, 6–2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 1. | 18 February 1991 | ITF Wodonga, Australia | Grass | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kristine Kunce | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tracey Morton-Rodgers | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7 |
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| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 2. | 4 March 1991 | ITF Broadmeadows, Australia | Grass | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kristine Kunce | {{flagicon|MEX}} Lupita Novelo | 2–6, 5–7 |
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| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 3. | 29 June 1992 | ITF Ronneby, Sweden | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Robyn Mawdsley | {{flagicon|SWE}} Catarina Bernstein | 5–7, 0–6 |
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| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 4. | 20 July 1992 | ITF Bilbao, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Jessica Emmons | {{flagicon|ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual | 2–6, 4–6 |
References
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External links
- {{WTA|200021}}
- {{ITF}}
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Category:Australian female tennis players
Category:United States International Gulls
Category:College women's tennis players in the United States
Category:Australian expatriate tennis players in the United States