Louise Stacey
{{short description|Australian tennis player}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Louise Stacey
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|1|10|df=yes}}
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| careerprizemoney = $59,732
| singlesrecord =
| singlestitles = 4 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 222 (2 December 1991)
| AustralianOpenresult = 1R (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
| doublesrecord =
| doublestitles = 4 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 113 (11 January 1993)
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1991, 1992)
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Louise Stacey (born 10 January 1972) is an Australian former professional tennis player.{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Matt |title=Flagstaff Hill veteran Louise Stacey is fighting to be fit for the Asia-Pacific Tennis League finals |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/sport/flagstaff-hill-veteran-louise-stacey-is-fighting-to-be-fit-for-the-asia-pacific-tennis-league-finals/news-story/cbc7dda6c6f04113dfc0c557ec10a91f |work=Southern Times Messenger |publisher=The Advertiser |date=22 January 2013}}
Biography
=Early career=
Stacey, who grew up in Adelaide, won the 1983 Australian 12-and-under Championships.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116444445 |title=Spierings gains his revenge |newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=21 January 1983 |accessdate=19 March 2019 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}} In 1987, aged 15, she became the youngest ever winner of the Australian Hard Court Championships.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122112126 |title=Frawley takes hardcourt |newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=2 November 1987 |accessdate=19 March 2019 |page=30 |via=National Library of Australia}} 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
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=Singles (4–3)=
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!Outcome !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 1. | 1 November 1987 | ITF Gold Coast, Australia | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jane Morro | 0–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 1. | 4 December 1988 | ITF Melbourne, Australia | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Louise Field | 6–4, 2–6, 1–6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 2. | 17 February 1991 | ITF Mildura, Australia | Grass | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tracey Morton-Rodgers | 3–6, 4–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 2. | 4 August 1991 | ITF Chatham, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Susan Gilchrist | 6–2, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 3. | 11 August 1991 | ITF College Park, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Kristine Kurth | 6–0, 6–2 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 4. | 18 November 1991 | ITF Nuriootpa, Australia | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Pratt | 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
| bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up | 3. | 12 July 1992 | ITF Indianapolis, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Susan Sloane | 4–6, 4–6 |
=Doubles (4–4)=
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!No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 19 November 1989 | ITF Gold Coast, Australia | Hard | {{Flagicon|AUS}} Jane Taylor | {{Flagicon|AUS}} Kristine Kunce | 4–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 2. | 13 May 1990 | Swansea, United Kingdom | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Catherine Barclay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Pratt | 1–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 3. | 20 May 1990 | Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Catherine Barclay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicole Pratt | 1–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 4. | 8 July 1991 | Erlangen, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Angie Cunningham | {{flagicon|URS}} Viktoria Milvidskaia | 4–6, 4–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 1. | 15 July 1991 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Angie Cunningham | {{flagicon|GER}} Martina Pawlik | 6–1, 6–2 |
| style="background:lightblue;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 2. | 25 November 1991 | Mildura, Australia | Hard | {{Flagicon|AUS}} Catherine Barclay | {{Flagicon|NED}} Ingelise Driehuis | 6–4, 6–3 |
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| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 3. | 16 November 1992 | Mount Gambier, Australia | Clay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Catherine Barclay | {{flagicon|TCH}} Janette Husárová | 7–6(7), 6–7(4), 7–6(3) |
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| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner | 4. | 6 December 1992 | ITF Mildura, Australia | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Catherine Barclay | {{flagicon|AUS}} Michelle Jaggard-Lai | 6–3, 6–4 |
References
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External links
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Category:Australian female tennis players