Tracey Morton-Rodgers

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 the early 1990s.

Tracey Rodgers

Full name	Tracey Morton-Rodgers
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	18 December 1967
Prize money	$195,755
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 201 (8 February 1993)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (1990, 1991)
Wimbledon	1R (1989)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 94 (29 July 1991)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1992)
French Open	3R (1991, 1992)
Wimbledon	2R (1992)
US Open	2R (1991, 1992, 1996)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	QF (1991)
Wimbledon	2R (1994)

Career

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

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

Doubles (0-1)

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

ITF finals

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–3)

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

Doubles (3–8)

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

References

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.

External links

• Tracey Morton-Rodgers at the Women's Tennis Association
• Tracey Morton-Rodgers at the International Tennis Federation