Tracey Morton-Rodgers (born 18 December 1967) is a former professional

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player from Australia. Her maiden name is Morton and she began competing as Morton-Rodgers in 1994

Career

Morton, who comes from Queensland, was most successful as a doubles player, reaching the world's top 100. She was runner-up at the

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held in Wellington, partnering

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. In addition she made the semi-finals of a further seven WTA Tour tournaments.

Grand Slam

Morton featured in the women's doubles draws at all four

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tournaments, with her partners including

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, Karin Kschwendt, Anne Minter, Kerry-Ann Guse and

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. All of her third round appearance came when partnering with British player

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. It was Wood who beat her when she made the singles draw as a qualifier at the

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. Her other two grand slam singles main draws were as a wildcard at the Australian Open, the first in 1990, where she lost to fourth seed and eventual semi-finalist Helena Suková in the opening round. At the 1991 Australian Open she took Jo Durie to three sets in another first round loss. She made the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the 1991 French Open paired with David Macpherson.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (0-1)

ITF finals

Singles (1–3)

Doubles (3–8)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morton-Rodgers, Tracey 1967 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis people from Queensland 20th-century Australian women