Danielle Jones (tennis)

Danielle Jones (born 4 March 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Danielle Jones
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1969-03-04) 4 March 1969 (age 55)
Prize money$142,404
Singles
Career record92–145
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 218 (3 October 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1991)
Doubles
Career record151–154
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 91 (27 October 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999)
French Open2R (1994)
Wimbledon2R (1992, 1996)
US Open1R (1997)

Biography edit

Jones comes from Melbourne and as a junior was runner-up in the girls' doubles at the 1987 Australian Open.[1]

She competed on the professional tour in the 1990s. At the 1991 Australian Open she appeared in the singles main draw as a wildcard, where she lost in the first round to Larisa Savchenko-Neiland. Her best singles performance on the WTA Tour was a quarterfinal appearance at the Taipei Women's Championship in 1993, beating Cammy MacGregor and Rachel McQuillan en route. She had a win over then-world No. 23, Amy Frazier, at Eastbourne in 1994.[2]

In doubles, she reached as high as 91 in the world in 1997 and was a semifinalist at the Auckland Open, partnering Esmé de Villiers. She featured in the main draw of the doubles at all four Grand Slam tournaments, which included seven Australian Open appearances.

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles (0–1) edit

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 4 March 1990 ITF Canberra, Japan Grass   Janine Thompson 3–6, 0–6

Doubles (14–6) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 7 August 1988 ITF Roanoke, United States Hard   Lisa Keller   Robyn Lamb
  Vincenza Procacci
4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 6 August 1989 Rheda-Wiedenbrück, West Germany Clay   Lisa Keller   Nora Bajčíková
  Petra Holubová
1–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 17 September 1989 Setúbal, Portugal Hard   Lisa Keller   Colette Sely
  Esmir Hoogendoorn
6–1, 6–3
Winner 2. 27 November 1989 Melbourne, Australia Hard   Paulette Moreno   Allison Cooper
  Justine Hodder
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 19 February 1990 Melbourne, Australia Hard   Sharon McNamara   Yuko Hosoki
  Ayako Hirose
3–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 2 July 1990 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay   Kerry-Anne Guse   Ivana Jankovská
  Eva Melicharová
6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Winner 4. 22 July 1991 Sezze, Italy Clay   Louise Pleming   Ingelise Driehuis
  Justine Hodder
6–3, 6–2
Winner 5. 29 July 1991 Acireale, Italy Clay   Justine Hodder   Gabriella Boschiero
  Kylie Johnson
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 9 March 1992 Wodonga, Australia Gras   Kristine Kunce   Julie Richardson
  Amanda Trail
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 16 March 1992 Canberra, Australia Gras   Kristine Kunce   Julie Richardson
  Amanda Trail
3–6, 3–6
Winner 6. 13 July 1992 Evansville, United States Hard   Tessa Price   Mélanie Bernard
  Caroline Delisle
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Winner 7. 20 July 1992 Roanoke, United States Hard   Tessa Price   Mélanie Bernard
  Cindy Summers
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 10 August 1992 York, United States Hard   Tessa Price   Nicole Arendt
  Shannan McCarthy
3–6, 3–6
Winner 8. 16 November 1992 Port Pirie, Australia Hard   Tessa Price   Joanne Limmer
  Robyn Mawdsley
6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Winner 9. 30 October 1995 Saga, Japan Grass   Tessa Price   Robyn Mawdsley
  Kirrily Sharpe
6–4, 6–2
Winner 10. 31 March 1996 Albury, Australia Grass   Nannie de Villiers   Tomoe Hotta
  Angie Marik
7–6, 6–3
Winner 11. 28 October 1996 Saga, Japan Grass   Tamarine Tanasugarn   Hiroko Mochizuki
  Yuka Tanaka
6–2, 6–3
Winner 12. 3 August 1997 Lexington, United States Hard   Elly Hakami   Kaoru Shibata
  Katarina Srebotnik
6–2, 7–5
Winner 13. 10 October 1997 Saga, Japan Grass   Saori Obata   Surina De Beer
  Nami Urabe
6–3, 6–4
Winner 14. 29 November 1998 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard   Vanessa Webb   Catherine Barclay
  Trudi Musgrave
6–3, 7–5

References edit

  1. ^ "Australian Jr Titles". The Canberra Times. 25 January 1987. p. 30. Retrieved 31 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Australians win through". The Canberra Times. 15 June 1994. p. 34. Retrieved 31 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

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