Belinda Woolcock
Country (sports) | Australia |
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Residence | Melbourne, Australia |
Born | Melbourne | 24 January 1995
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
College | Florida Gators |
Prize money | US$ 108,680 |
Singles | |
Career record | 87–69 |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 290 (18 November 2019) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q2 (2020) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 65–45 |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 207 (22 February 2021) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2021) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (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
[edit]Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)
[edit]Legend |
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$60,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$15,000 tournaments |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2017 | ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Astra Sharma | 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jan 2019 | Burnie International, Australia | 60,000 | Hard | Paula Badosa | 7–6(3), 7–6(4) |
Loss | 1–2 | May 2019 | ITF Naples, United States | 15,000 | Clay | Katerina Stewart | 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2015 | ITF Bethany Beach, United States | 10,000 | Clay | Ellen Perez | Andie Daniell Sophie Chang |
4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2017 | Amstelveen Open, Netherlands | 15,000 | Clay | Emily Arbuthnott | Dasha Ivanova Rosalie van der Hoek |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Jul 2017 | ITF Targu Jiu, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Samantha Harris | Federica Bilardo Michele Alexandra Zmau |
0–6, 6–4, [10–4] |
Win | 2–2 | Jul 2017 | ITF Targu Jiu, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Samantha Harris | Riya Bhatia Oana Gavrilă |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 3–2 | Aug 2017 | ITF Targu Jiu, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | Samantha Harris | Margarita Lazareva Milana Spremo |
6–1, 7–5 |
Loss | 3–3 | Oct 2017 | ITF Cairns, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Astra Sharma | Naiktha Bains Abigail Tere-Apisah |
6–4, 2–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 3–4 | Feb 2018 | ITF Perth, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Olivia Tjandramulia | Jessica Moore Ellen Perez |
7–6(6), 1–6, [9–7] ret. |
Win | 4–4 | Apr 2019 | ITF Osprey, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Pamela Montez | Arianne Hartono Alexandra Perper |
7–6(3), 6–3 |
Win | 5–4 | May 2019 | ITF Naples, United States | 15,000 | Clay | Mara Schmidt | Reese Brantmeier Kimmi Hance |
6–3, 5–7, [10–6] |
Win | 6–4 | Oct 2019 | ITF Toowoomba, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Abbie Myers | Haruna Arakawa Misaki Matsuda |
7–6(2), 6–3 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Florida's Woolcock Named Honda Sport Award winner for Tennis". CWSA. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Florida's Woolcock named Honda Sport Award winner for tennis". GatorSports.com. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- Belinda Woolcock at the Women's Tennis Association
- Belinda Woolcock at the International Tennis Federation
- Belinda Woolcock at Tennis Australia
- Belinda Woolcock at the Florida Gators
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Australian female tennis players
- Tennis players from Melbourne
- Florida Gators women's tennis players
- Australian expatriate tennis players in the United States
- LGBTQ tennis players
- Australian LGBTQ sportswomen
- 21st-century Australian LGBTQ people
- Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
- Australian tennis biography stubs