Sarah Loosemore

Sarah Loosemore (born 15 June 1971) is a retired professional tennis player from Wales.

Loosemore was born in Cardiff to solicitor father John, and physiotherapist and tennis coach mother, Pam. She played on the WTA Tour from the late 1980s until mid 1990s, when she attended university. She was the youngest female British competitor in the main draw at Wimbledon at age 16 in 1988, where she got to the 2nd round. Before that she had played in numerous junior grand slams and won a number of junior National titles. In 1990, she reached the 3rd round of the Australian Open, (beaten by Helena Suková), her best performance in a Grand Slam event. She also defeated Hanna Mandlikova while representing Great Britain in The Hopman Cup. She was British Number 1 for some time and was the youngest winner of the National Championships, aged 17. She represented Great Britain in The Federation Cup and reached a career high WTA World ranking of 76, when she was 19 years of age.

Loosemore left the tennis tour to study at the University of Oxford for a Psychology degree. There she met Chad Lion-Cachet, a Dutch international rugby player and Oxford University rugby captain. Post University, Loosemore qualified and worked as a solicitor, whilst still playing county level tennis. She married Lion-Cachet and had three sons.

WTA finals

Singles (1 runners-up)

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

Singles (1-1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 2 November 1987 Telford, United Kingdom Hard Natalia Medvedeva 2–6, 2–6Win 1. 18 August 1991 Virginia Beach, United States Hard Tammy Whittington 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (1–0) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin College Park, United States Hard Jane Taylor Michele Mair Karen van der Merwe 6–4, 6–3

Grand Slams records

Singles

YearAustralia OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open 19881st round (1/64) Hellas Ter Riet –2nd round (1/32) Terry Phelps – 19892nd round (1/32) Pam Shriver – – – 19903rd round (1/16) Helena Suková1st round (1/64) Jennifer Santrock2nd round (1/32) Elna Reinach – 19911st round (1/64) Barbara Rittner1st round (1/64) C. Kohde-Kilsch1st round (1/64) A. Strnadová – 1992 – –1st round (1/64) A. Dechaume – Final opponent on the right, l'ultime adversaire

Doubles

YearAustralia OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open 1990 – –1st round (1/32) A Simpkin C. Porwik W. Probst – 19911st round (1/32) A Leand L. Stacey J Taylor –1st round (1/32) A. Grunfeld B. Griffiths Jane Wood –

Fed Cup

She appeared in the Fed Cup in 1990, playing three singles matches and winning two.

World ranking Year 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Ranking 367 159 298 82 174 430