Sarah Loosemore

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Sarah Loosemore
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1971-06-15) 15 June 1971 (age 53)
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Prize money$116,991
Singles
Career record68–68
Career titles0 WTA / 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 76 (10 September 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1990)
French Open 1R (1990, 1991)
Wimbledon 2R (1988, 1990)
Doubles
Career record10–18
Career titles0 WTA / 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 211 (29 October 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1991)
Wimbledon 1R (1990, 1991)

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

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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. [1] 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. [2]

WTA finals

Singles (1 runners-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 1990 Singapore Open, SingaporeHard Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Sawamatsu 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 4–6

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1-1)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.2 November 1987 Telford, United KingdomHard Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Medvedeva 2–6, 2–6
Win1.18 August 1991 Virginia Beach, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Tammy Whittington 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (1–0)

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win9 August 1992 College Park, United StatesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jane Taylor Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michele Mair
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Karen van der Merwe
6–4, 6–3

Grand Slams records

Singles

Year Australia Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1988 1st round (1/64) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hellas Ter Riet 2nd round (1/32) Flag of the United States.svg Terry Phelps
1989 2nd round (1/32) Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver
1990 3rd round (1/16) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková 1st round (1/64) Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Santrock 2nd round (1/32) Flag of South Africa.svg Elna Reinach
1991 1st round (1/64) Flag of Germany.svg Barbara Rittner 1st round (1/64) Flag of Germany.svg C. Kohde-Kilsch 1st round (1/64) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg A. Strnadová
1992 1st round (1/64) Flag of France.svg A. Dechaume

Final opponent on the right, l'ultime adversaire

Doubles

Year Australia Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1990 1st round (1/32)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A Simpkin
Flag of Germany.svg C. Porwik
Flag of Germany.svg W. Probst
1991 1st round (1/32)
Flag of the United States.svg A Leand
Flag of Australia (converted).svg L. Stacey
Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Taylor
1st round (1/32)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A. Grunfeld
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg B. Griffiths
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jane Wood

Fed Cup

She appeared in the Fed Cup in 1990, playing three singles matches and winning two. [3]

World ranking

Year 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Ranking367Increase2.svg 159Decrease2.svg 298Increase2.svg82Decrease2.svg 174Decrease2.svg 430

Notes

  1. walesonline Administrator (6 July 2006). "Tennis: Loosemore eyeing a comeback". walesonline. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. Blanche, Phil (25 June 2007). "Tennis: Loosemore takes centre stage". Western Mail. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
  3. "Sarah Loosemore at the Fed Cup". Fed Cup. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

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