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Belinda Woolcock

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Belinda Woolcock
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceMelbourne, Australia
Born (1995-01-24) 24 January 1995 (age 29)
Melbourne
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeFlorida Gators
Prize moneyUS$ 108,680
Singles
Career record87–69
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 290 (18 November 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2020)
Doubles
Career record65–45
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 207 (22 February 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2021)
Last updated on: 11 April 2023.

Belinda Woolcock (born 24 January 1995) is an Australian inactive tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 290 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 18 November 2019, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 207, reached on 22 February 2021.

Woolcock made her major debut at the 2016 Australian Open, competing in the main draw of the doubles tournament with Ellen Perez; however, they lost in the first round to Jessica Moore and Storm Sanders. In 2017, Belinda and Astra Sharma won the Australia Open Wildcard Playoff to win a main-draw wildcard for the 2018 Australian Open women's doubles event.

She attended the University of Florida where she graduated in 2017 with a bachelor's degree of Science in Sport Management. In her final year for the Florida Gators, her team won the NCAA National Championship whilst being honoured the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Due to this great effort in her final year with the Florida Gators, Belinda was recognised for her achievements and named the 2017 Honda Sports Award winner for Women's Tennis, signifying “the best of the best in collegiate athletics”.[1][2]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

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Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2017 ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania 15,000 Clay Australia Astra Sharma 6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jan 2019 Burnie International, Australia 60,000 Hard Spain Paula Badosa 7–6(3), 7–6(4)
Loss 1–2 May 2019 ITF Naples, United States 15,000 Clay United States Katerina Stewart 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (5–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2015 ITF Bethany Beach, United States 10,000 Clay Australia Ellen Perez United States Andie Daniell
United States Sophie Chang
4–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2017 Amstelveen Open, Netherlands 15,000 Clay United Kingdom Emily Arbuthnott United States Dasha Ivanova
Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek
4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2017 ITF Targu Jiu, Romania 15,000 Clay Australia Samantha Harris Italy Federica Bilardo
Italy Michele Alexandra Zmau
0–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Win 2–2 Jul 2017 ITF Targu Jiu, Romania 15,000 Clay Australia Samantha Harris India Riya Bhatia
Romania Oana Gavrilă
6–3, 6–2
Win 3–2 Aug 2017 ITF Targu Jiu, Romania 15,000 Clay Australia Samantha Harris Russia Margarita Lazareva
Serbia Milana Spremo
6–1, 7–5
Loss 3–3 Oct 2017 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Astra Sharma Australia Naiktha Bains
Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah
6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 3–4 Feb 2018 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Olivia Tjandramulia Australia Jessica Moore
Australia Ellen Perez
7–6(6), 1–6, [9–7] ret.
Win 4–4 Apr 2019 ITF Osprey, United States 25,000 Clay United States Pamela Montez Netherlands Arianne Hartono
Moldova Alexandra Perper
7–6(3), 6–3
Win 5–4 May 2019 ITF Naples, United States 15,000 Clay United States Mara Schmidt United States Reese Brantmeier
United States Kimmi Hance
6–3, 5–7, [10–6]
Win 6–4 Oct 2019 ITF Toowoomba, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Abbie Myers Japan Haruna Arakawa
Japan Misaki Matsuda
7–6(2), 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "Florida's Woolcock Named Honda Sport Award winner for Tennis". CWSA. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Florida's Woolcock named Honda Sport Award winner for tennis". GatorSports.com. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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