Alison Scott

Alison Scott (born 8 February 1968) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

Alison Scott
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1968-02-08) 8 February 1968
Prize money$71,344
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 178 (18 July 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (1987)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 93 (7 November 1988)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1988)
French Open2R (1990)
Wimbledon2R (1988, 1991)
US Open2R (1989)

Biography

Scott grew up in Canberra and developed her tennis at the Australian Institute of Sport on a scholarship, before going on to compete on the WTA Tour.[1] She was a girls' doubles finalist at the 1985 Australian Open.

As a professional player she reached the top 100 in doubles, peaking at 93 in the world in 1988. She featured in the doubles main draws of all four grand slam tournaments, with her best performance a quarter-final appearance at the 1988 Australian Open, partnering Maria Lindström.[2]

ITF finals
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 10 (2–8)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 23 June 1986 Seabrook, United States Clay Michelle Turk Manon Bollegraf
Lise Gregory		 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 14 July 1986 Midland, United States Clay Ruth Seeman Katrina Adams
Sonia Hahn		 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 16 March 1987 Canberra, Australia Hard Colleen Carney Karen Deed
Bilynda Potter		 7–5, 7–6
Runner-up 3. 30 March 1987 Adelaide, Australia Hard Colleen Carney Louise Field
Belinda Cordwell		 1–6, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 13 July 1987 Erlangen, West Germany Clay Heidi Sprung Denisa Krajčovičová
Virginie Paquet		 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 12 October 1987 Kuroshio, Japan Hard Stephanie Savides Leigh Anne Eldredge
Jill Smoller		 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up 6. 25 October 1987 Ibaraki, Japan Hard Stephanie Savides Yayuk Basuki
Suzanna Wibowo		 3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Runner-up 7. 21 November 1988 Adelaide, Australia Hard Louise Field Jo-Anne Faull
Rachel McQuillan		 5–7, 4–6
Winner 2. 18 February 1991 Wodonga, Australia Grass Tracey Morton-Rodgers Kristine Kunce
Clare Thompson		 6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Runner-up 8. 25 February 1991 Canberra, Australia Grass Tracey Morton-Rodgers Lupita Novelo
Betsy Somerville		 5–7, 6–3, 4–6

References
  1. "Times Sport". The Canberra Times. 13 March 1987. p. 19. Retrieved 31 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Sports results and details". The Canberra Times. 21 January 1988. p. 16. Retrieved 31 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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