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Louise Allen (born January 7, 1962) is a retired American singles and doubles tennis player.
Allen attended Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. During her time there, she was a four-time All-American (1981-1984) and won the 1983 NCAA Division I Women's Doubles Championship and the 1983 Pan American Games women's doubles, both times with partner Gretchen Rush. The same year, she received the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award, awarded annually to the best collegiate athletes in 12 sports) for tennis. She graduated in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration.
Allen played in all four Grand Slam tournaments, with her best results coming in 1983, when she reached the third round at Wimbledon in singles and the US Open with doubles partner Gretchen Magers (née Rush). According to the Trinity University Hall of Fame, she won five singles and eight doubles titles in all.
Allen retired in 1993. She was inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame and the Trinity University Hall of Fame.
She has two boys: Leighton and Weldon.
Grand Slam results
| Tournament | Type | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 US Open | Singles | Lost in the first round |
| 1983 US Open | Singles | Lost in the second round to #1 seed Martina Navratilova |
| Doubles with Gretchen Magers (née Rush) | Lost in the third round to #5 seeds Billie Jean King/Sharon Walsh | |
| 1983 Wimbledon Championships | Singles | Lost in the third round to #8 seed Hana Mandlíková |
| Doubles with Wendy White | Lost in the first round | |
| 1986 French Open | Doubles with Gretchen Magers | Lost in the first round |
| 1986 Wimbledon Championships | Doubles with Ronni Reis | Lost in the first round |
| 1987 Australian Open | Singles | Lost in the first round |
| Doubles with Elna Reinach | Lost in the second round to #2 seeds Claudia Kohde-Kilsch/Helena Suková | |
| 1987 US Open | Doubles with Camille Benjamin | Lost in the first round |
| 1987 Wimbledon Championships | Doubles with Camille Benjamin | Lost in the first round |
| 1988 French Open | Doubles with Beth Herr | Lost in the second round to the #8 seeds |
| 1988 US Open | Doubles with A. M. Fernandez | Lost in the second round to the #12 seeds |
| 1989 Australian Open | Singles | Lost in the first round |
| Doubles with Gretchen Magers (née Rush) | Lost in the second round to #3 seeds Jana Novotná/Helena Suková | |
| 1989 French Open | Singles | Lost in the first round to #4 seed Zina Garrison |
| 1989 Wimbledon Championships | Singles | Lost in the second round to #12 seed Mary Joe Fernández |
| 1989 US Open | Singles | Lost in the first round |
| Doubles with Beverly Bowes | Lost in the first round | |
| 1990 Australian Open | Singles | Lost in the first round |
| Doubles with Michelle Jaggard | Lost in the second round | |
| Mixed Doubles with Todd Nelson | Lost in the first round | |
| 1990 Wimbledon Championships | Doubles with Sophie Amiach | Lost in the first round |
| 1992 French Open | Singles | Advanced to the second round |
| 1992 US Open | Singles | Lost in the second round to #9 seed Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere |
| Doubles with Ann Henricksson | Lost in the second round to the #7 seeds | |
| 1992 Wimbledon Championships | Singles | Advanced to the second round |
| 1993 French Open | Singles | Advanced to the second round |
| Doubles with Ann Henricksson | Lost in the first round | |
| 1993 Wimbledon Championships | Singles | Lost in the first round |
| 1993 US Open | Doubles with Ann Henricksson | Lost in the first round |