Laura Rossouw

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.

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.

Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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
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