Michelle Turk (born 23 September 1967) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Turk, who comes from the Illawarra region of New South Wales, was one of the country's top junior players, training at the AIS in Canberra. In 1985 she made the junior singles quarter-finals of the

Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...

and featured in the women's doubles main draw, where she and partner

Louise Field Louise Field (born 25 February 1967) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She competed in the Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. ...

were beaten in the first round by number one seeds

Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 maj ...

and

Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster and pundit. During the 1980s and 1990s, Shriver won 133 titles, including 21 singles titles, 111 women's doubles titles, an ...

. She also teamed up with Field that year to win a $25,000 satellite tournament on the Gold Coast. While competing on the professional tour she reached a career best singles ranking of 255 in the world and played as a wildcard in the women's singles main draw of the

1987 Australian Open The 1987 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 75th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 12 through 25 January 1987; the first tournament ...

ITF finals

Doubles: 5 (1–4)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Turk, Michelle 1967 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis people from New South Wales Sportspeople from Wollongong Sportswomen from New South Wales