Louise Stacey (born 10 January 1972) is an Australian former professional

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player.

Biography

Early career

Stacey, who grew up in Adelaide, won the 1983 Australian 12-and-under Championships. In 1987, aged 15, she became the youngest ever winner of the

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. She was a girls' singles finalist at the

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, losing in three sets to

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Professional tour

Stacey competed in either the singles or doubles main draws at five editions of the

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. 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

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and

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in 1992.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (4–3)

Doubles (4–4)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stacey, Louise 1972 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Adelaide Sportswomen from South Australia