Alison Scott (born 8 February 1968) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

Alison Scott
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1968-02-08) 8 February 1968 (age 56)
Prize money$71,344
Singles
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 178 (18 July 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1987)
Doubles
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 93 (7 November 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1988)
French Open2R (1990)
Wimbledon2R (1988, 1991)
US Open2R (1989)

Biography

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Scott grew up in Canberra and developed her tennis at the Australian Institute of Sport on a scholarship, before going on to compete on the WTA Tour.[1] She was a girls' doubles finalist at the 1985 Australian Open.

As a professional player she reached the top 100 in doubles, peaking at 93 in the world in 1988. She featured in the doubles main draws of all four grand slam tournaments, with her best performance a quarter-final appearance at the 1988 Australian Open, partnering Maria Lindström.[2]

ITF finals

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 10 (2–8)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 23 June 1986 ITF Seabrook, United States Clay   Michelle Turk   Manon Bollegraf
  Lise Gregory
2–6, 1–6
Loss 2. 14 July 1986 ITF Midland, United States Clay   Ruth Seeman   Katrina Adams
  Sonia Hahn
6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win 1. 16 March 1987 ITF Canberra, Australia Hard   Colleen Carney   Karen Deed
  Bilynda Potter
7–5, 7–6
Loss 3. 30 March 1987 ITF Adelaide, Australia Hard   Colleen Carney   Louise Field
  Belinda Cordwell
1–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss 4. 13 July 1987 ITF Erlangen, West Germany Clay   Heidi Sprung   Denisa Krajčovičová
  Virginie Paquet
1–6, 2–6
Loss 5. 12 October 1987 ITF Kuroshio, Japan Hard   Stephanie Savides   Leigh Anne Eldredge
  Jill Smoller
3–6, 6–7
Loss 6. 25 October 1987 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard   Stephanie Savides   Yayuk Basuki
  Suzanna Wibowo
3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Loss 7. 21 November 1988 ITF Adelaide, Australia Hard   Louise Field   Jo-Anne Faull
  Rachel McQuillan
5–7, 4–6
Win 2. 18 February 1991 ITF Wodonga, Australia Grass   Tracey Morton-Rodgers   Kristine Kunce
  Clare Thompson
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Loss 8. 25 February 1991 ITF Canberra, Australia Grass   Tracey Morton-Rodgers   Lupita Novelo
  Betsy Somerville
5–7, 6–3, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "Times Sport". The Canberra Times. 13 March 1987. p. 19. Retrieved 31 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Sports results and details". The Canberra Times. 21 January 1988. p. 16. Retrieved 31 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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