Clare Thompson

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Clare Thompson
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1963-11-06) 6 November 1963 (age 62)
Prize money$42,283
Singles
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 299 (18 July 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1988)
Doubles
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 179 (25 March 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1988, 1989, 1991)

Clare Thompson (born 10 June 1963) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

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Thompson spent the early years of her career in the United States, playing college tennis for the United States International University, which was based in San Diego. [1]

Her professional career included an appearance at the 1988 Australian Open, where she received a wildcard into the main draw and played Janine Tremelling in the first round, with the winner to face top seed Steffi Graf. Thompson was beaten by Tremelling in three sets. [2]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (1–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.25 February 1991ITF Canberra, AustraliaGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joanne Limmer 5–7, 4–6
Winner1.4 March 1991ITF Broadmeadows, AustraliaGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tracey Morton-Rodgers 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (1–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.11 February 1991ITF Mildura, AustraliaGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kristine Kunce Flag of Mexico.svg Lupita Novelo
Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Somerville		7–6, 6–2
Runner-up1.18 February 1991ITF Wodonga, AustraliaGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kristine Kunce Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tracey Morton-Rodgers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alison Scott 		4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Runner-up2.4 March 1991ITF Broadmeadows, AustraliaGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kristine Kunce Flag of Mexico.svg Lupita Novelo
Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Somerville		2–6, 5–7
Runner-up3.29 June 1992ITF Ronneby, SwedenClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robyn Mawdsley Flag of Sweden.svg Catarina Bernstein
Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Narbe 		5–7, 0–6
Runner-up4.20 July 1992ITF Bilbao, SpainClay Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Emmons Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Eva Bes 		2–6, 4–6

References

  1. ↑ "USIU Looks to World's Courts : Like Its Campus, Gulls' Tennis Team Sports Decidedly Foreign Flair". Los Angeles Times . 19 April 1985.
  2. ↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Australian Open - 11 January - 24 January 1988". itftennis.com.
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