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 nameTracey Morton-Rodgers
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1967-12-18) 18 December 1967
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

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.
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