Jane Taylor is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Biography
Taylor comes from Maitland, in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales.[1] She made her grand slam debut as a 16-year old at the 1989 Australian Open and featured regularly in that event in the 1990s. Her best performance was a third round appearance at the 1994 Australian Open. Competing as a wildcard, she had wins over Caroline Vis and Christina Singer, before being eliminated in the third round by fifth seed Jana Novotna.[2] She had a career best ranking of 126 in the world.
ITF finals
Singles (9–11)
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 11 March 1990 | Bendigo, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
0–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 1. | 2 March 1992 | Mildura, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
7–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 23 March 1992 | Newcastle, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 9 August 1992 | College Park, United States | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 7 March 1993 | Mildura, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
0–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 14 March 1993 | Wodonga, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 21 March 1993 | Canberra, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 28 March 1993 | Bendigo, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 6–0, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 21 November 1993 | Port Pirie, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 13 March 1994 | Warrnambool, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
w/o |
Runner-up | 7. | 5 March 1995 | Warrnambool, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
6–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 12 March 1995 | Wodonga, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 2–6, 7–6 |
Winner | 6. | 26 March 1995 | Bendigo, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 3 July 1995 | Norfolk, United States | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 8. | 16 July 1995 | Easton, United States | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 4 March 1996 | Warrnambool, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 8. | 2 June 1996 | El Paso, United States | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 10. | 10 November 1996 | Bendigo, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 9. | 10 March 1997 | Canberra, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
7–5, 4–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 11. | 24 March 1997 | Corowa, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Doubles (9–6)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 19 November 1989 | Gold Coast, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 23 March 1992 | Newcastle, Australia | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 1. | 9 August 1992 | College Park, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 3. | 7 March 1993 | Mildura, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 2. | 14 March 1993 | Wodonga, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 21 March 1993 | Canberra, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
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w/o |
Winner | 4. | 28 March 1993 | Bendigo, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 4. | 13 March 1994 | Warrnambool, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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w/o |
Runner-up | 5. | 5 March 1995 | Warrnambool, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 5. | 12 March 1995 | Wodonga, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 19 March 1995 | Canberra, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 6. | 26 March 1995 | Bendigo, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 7. | 11 March 1996 | Canberra, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 25 March 1996 | Albury, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–3 |
Winner | 9. | 4 April 1997 | Corowa, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
References
- ^ "Success was Taylor-made for tennis starlet Jane". 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Australian Open - 17 January - 30 January 1994". ITF. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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