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South African tennis player
Laura Rossouw
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Biography
Laura Rossouw (born 15 July 1946) is a South African former tennis player who was active in the late 1960s and first half of the 1970s.
Tennis career
During her career Rossouw won three singles and two doubles titles. She toured the European circuit for the first time in 1966.
Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the fourth round at the 1972 French Open, in which she lost to Olga Morozova. In the third round she had defeated fourth-seeded Rosie Casals in straight sets. In the doubles and mixed doubles events she reached he quarterfinal on four occasions.
In December 1970 Rossouw competed for the South African Fed Cup team in the World Group, winning three of the four matches she played.
Career finals
Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | May 1970 | Naples, Italy | Clay | Lesley Hunt | 6–1, 6–0 |
Winner | 2. | June 1970 | Bielefeld, West Germany | ? | Kathleen Harter | 6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 3. | 9 July 1971 | Austrian Open, Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Billie Jean King | 2–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
Winner | 4. | 31 July 1972 | Turkish Championships, Istanbul, Turkey | Clay | Julie Anthony | 6–8, 6–2, 6–4 |
Doubles (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 23 December 1967 | Borders Championships, London, England | ? | Maryna Godwin | Winnie Shaw Nell Truman | 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 10 August 1970 | Bavarian Open, Munich, Germany | ? | Brenda Kirk | Fay Moore-Toyne Nell Truman | 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | 10 January 1971 | Tasmanian Championships, Hobart, Australia | ? | Brenda Kirk | Patti Hogan Olga Morozova | 2–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 17 April 1971 | South African Open, Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | Brenda Kirk | Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong | 3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 5. | 11 July 1971 | Swiss Open, Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Brenda Kirk | Françoise Dürr Lea Pericoli | 8–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 6. | 17 June 1973 | German Open, Hamburg, West Germany | Hard | Kristien Kemmer | Helga Niessen Masthoff Heide Orth | 1–6, 2–6 |
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