Isabelle Wallace (born 7 September 1996) is a Scottish- Australian former tennis player. She made her

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main-draw debut at the

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, after being awarded a wildcard into the women's doubles with

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. Wallace has career-high

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of No. 243 in singles, achieved on 15 January 2018, and 326 in doubles, set in November 2017. She won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life

She was born and raised in Inverness, Scotland before moving to

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, Australia when she was ten and representing Australia at international tournaments. After six years, Wallace and her family moved back to Scotland where she then chose to represent Great Britain. In 2015, Wallace made the decision to represent Australia again in international sporting competitions due to lack of support from the

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Junior career

As a junior, Wallace had a career-high ranking of No. 37, achieved in January 2014. Her junior highlights include reaching the third round of the girls' singles at the Australian Open and the French Open in 2014.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 10 (2 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallace, Isabelle Living people 1996 births Australian female tennis players Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia) Scottish female tennis players Sportspeople from Inverness Sportspeople from Valencia Tennis players from Melbourne Australian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Scottish emigrants to Australia Naturalised citizens of Australia Naturalised tennis players