Siobhan Drake-Brockman (born 7 April 1978) is a former professional
tennis
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player from Australia. She won the girls' singles title at the
1995 Australian Open
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Seniors
Men's s ...
World Youth Cup
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in 1993.
At the age of 16 she defeated world number 61
Rachel McQuillan
Rachel McQuillan (born 2 December 1971) is a retired tennis player from Australia.
She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
She made her WTA Tour main draw debut in one of the opening tournaments of the 1995 season, the Tasmanian International, held in Hobart. At the 1995 Australian Open she was granted a wildcard into the women's singles and made the second round, with a win over Japanese qualifier Naoko Kijimuta. She then won the Australian Open girls' singles title, by beating World Youth Cup teammate
Annabel Ellwood
Annabel Ellwood (born 2 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. She is the sister of former ATP Tour professional Ben Ellwood.
Ellwood, a right-handed player, born in Canberra, competed at seven Australian Open t ...
in the final.
In 1996 she made the second round again at the Australian Open and competed that year mostly on the ITF circuit.
She had her best season in 1997 when her ranking rose to a career high 109 in the world, with appearances in the main draws of WTA Tour tournaments in Hobart,
Birmingham
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Stanford
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,
San Diego
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and
Surabaya
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.
Retiring from tennis in 1998, Drake-Brockman has a law degree from the
University of Western Australia
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