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Tracey Morton-Rodgers (born 18 December 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Her maiden name is Morton and she began competing as Morton-Rodgers in 1994

Tracey Rodgers
Full nameTracey Jane Rodgers
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1967-12-18) 18 December 1967 (age 56)
Brisbane, Australia
PlaysRight handed
Prize money$195,755
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 201 (8 February 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1990, 1991)
Wimbledon1R (1989)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 94 (29 July 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1992)
French Open3R (1991, 1992)
Wimbledon2R (1992)
US Open2R (1991, 1992, 1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenQF (1991)
Wimbledon2R (1994)

Career

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Morton, who comes from Queensland, was most successful as a doubles player, reaching the world's top 100. She was runner-up at the 1989 Fernleaf Classic held in Wellington, partnering Heidi Sprung.[1] In addition she made the semi-finals of a further seven WTA Tour tournaments.

Grand Slam

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Morton featured in the women's doubles draws at all four grand slam tournaments, with her partners including Jenny Byrne, Nana Smith, Karin Kschwendt, Anne Minter, Kerry-Ann Guse and Alexandra Fusai. All of her third round appearance came when partnering with British player Clare Wood. It was Wood who beat her when she made the singles draw as a qualifier at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships. 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.[2] At the 1991 Australian Open she took Jo Durie to three sets in another first round loss.[3] She made the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the 1991 French Open paired with David Macpherson.[4]

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles (0-1)

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Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss February, 1989 Wellington, New Zealand Category 1 Hard Austria  Heidi Sprung Australia  Elizabeth Smylie
Australia  Janine Tremelling
6–7(3–7), 1–6

ITF finals

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$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–3)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 19 February 1989 Adelaide, Australia Hard Australia  Sally McCann 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 11 November 1990 Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Australia  Michelle Jaggard-Lai 6–7, 3–6
Winner 1. 17 February 1991 Mildura, Australia Grass Australia  Louise Stacey 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 10 March 1991 Bendigo, Australia Grass Australia  Clare Thompson 3–6, 2–6

Doubles (3–8)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 11 July 1988 Erlangen, West Germany Clay Australia  Lisa Weerasekera South Africa  Linda Barnard
South Africa  Amanda Coetzer
2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 2. 1 August 1988 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Australia  Lisa Weerasekera Czechoslovakia  Petra Holubová
Czechoslovakia  Sylvia Štefková
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Winner 1. 12 September 1988 Arzachena, Italy Hard United States  Anne Grousbeck Spain  Rosa Bielsa
Spain  Janet Souto
7–5, 6–1
Winner 2. 18 February 1991 Wodonga, Australia Grass Australia  Alison Scott Australia  Kristine Kunce
Australia  Clare Thompson
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Runner-up 3. 25 February 1991 Canberra, Australia Grass Australia  Alison Scott Mexico  Lupita Novelo
United States  Betsy Somerville
5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 1 March 1992 Miami, United States Hard Japan  Tamaka Takagi United States  Lindsay Davenport
United States  Katie Schlukebir
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 27 April 1992 Jakarta, Indonesia Clay New Zealand  Julie Richardson Australia  Kerry-Anne Guse
Australia  Kristine Kunce
6–7, 2–6
Winner 3. 24 January 1994 Austin, United States Hard France  Sophie Amiach United States  Jean Ceniza
South Africa  Mareze Joubert
7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up 6. 6 February 1994 Midland, United States Hard (i) United States  Vickie Paynter United States  Erica Adams
United States  Jeri Ingram
1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 29 October 1995 Lakeland, United States Hard United States  Sandra Cacic Czech Republic  Eva Martincová
Bulgaria  Elena Pampoulova
6–1, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 8. 11 August 1996 Austin, United States Hard United States  Audra Keller United States  Laxmi Poruri
Japan  Nana Smith
7–5, 5–7, 2–6

References

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  1. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Wellington - 06 February - 12 February 1989". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Sport results and details". The Canberra Times. 17 January 1990. p. 38. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "National". The Canberra Times. 15 January 1991. p. 16. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "International". The Canberra Times. 7 June 1991. p. 25. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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