Louise Stacey

Louise Stacey (born 10 January 1972) is an Australian former professional tennis 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 Australian Hard Court Championships. She was a girls' singles finalist at the 1990 Australian Open, losing in three sets to Magdalena Maleeva.

Professional tour Stacey competed in either the singles or doubles main draws at five editions of the Australian Open. 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 Auckland and Wellington in 1992.

ITF Circuit finals $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–3) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1. 1 November 1987 ITF Gold Coast, Australia Hard Jane Morro 0–6, 7–6, 6–2Runner-up 1. 4 December 1988 ITF Melbourne, Australia Hard Louise Field 6–4, 2–6, 1–6Runner-up 2. 17 February 1991 ITF Mildura, Australia Grass Tracey Morton-Rodgers 3–6, 4–6Winner 2. 4 August 1991 ITF Chatham, United States Hard Susan Gilchrist 6–2, 6–4Winner 3. 11 August 1991 ITF College Park, United States Hard Kristine Kurth 6–0, 6–2Winner 4. 18 November 1991 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Nicole Pratt 3–6, 6–4, 7–5Runner-up 3. 12 July 1992 ITF Indianapolis, United States Hard Susan Sloane 4–6, 4–6

Doubles (4–4) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 19 November 1989 ITF Gold Coast, Australia Hard Jane Taylor Kristine Kunce Kate McDonald 4–6, 2–6Runner-up 2. 13 May 1990 Swansea, United Kingdom Clay Catherine Barclay Nicole Pratt Kirrily Sharpe 1–6, 2–6Runner-up 3. 20 May 1990 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Catherine Barclay Nicole Pratt Kirrily Sharpe 1–6, 2–6Runner-up 4. 8 July 1991 Erlangen, Germany Clay Angie Cunningham Viktoria Milvidskaia Maja Živec-Škulj 4–6, 4–6Winner 1. 15 July 1991 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Angie Cunningham Martina Pawlik Lisa Seemann 6–1, 6–2Winner 2. 25 November 1991 Mildura, Australia Hard Catherine Barclay Ingelise Driehuis Louise Pleming 6–4, 6–3Winner 3. 16 November 1992 Mount Gambier, Australia Clay Catherine Barclay Janette Husárová Eva Martincová 7–6(7), 6–7(4), 7–6(3)Winner 4. 6 December 1992 ITF Mildura, Australia Hard Catherine Barclay Michelle Jaggard-Lai Elizabeth Smylie 6–3, 6–4