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Jane Taylor (born 7 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Jane Taylor

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1972-11-07) 7 November 1972 (age 49) Hunter Valley, Australia
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Prize money	$131,761
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 126 (7 February 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1994)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 163 (4 December 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1991, 1995)

Biography

Taylor comes from Maitland, in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales.[1] She made her grand slam debut as a 16-year old at the 1989 Australian Open and featured regularly in that event in the 1990s. Her best performance was a third round appearance at the 1994 Australian Open. Competing as a wildcard, she had wins over Caroline Vis and Christina Singer, before being eliminated in the third round by fifth seed Jana Novotna.[2] She had a career best ranking of 126 in the world.

ITF finals

Singles (9–11)

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 March 1990	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Kirrily Sharpe	0–6, 6–7
Winner	1.	2 March 1992	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Julie Richardson	7–6, 6–3
Winner	2.	23 March 1992	Newcastle, Australia	Grass	Julie Richardson	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	3.	9 August 1992	College Park, United States	Hard	Carole Lucarelli	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	7 March 1993	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Kirrily Sharpe	0–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	14 March 1993	Wodonga, Australia	Grass	Lisa O'Neill	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	21 March 1993	Canberra, Australia	Grass	Catherine Barclay	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	4.	28 March 1993	Bendigo, Australia	Grass	Catherine Barclay	4–6, 6–0, 7–6
Runner-up	5.	21 November 1993	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	13 March 1994	Warrnambool, Australia	Hard	Angie Cunningham	w/o
Runner-up	7.	5 March 1995	Warrnambool, Australia	Hard	Melissa Beadman	6–7, 4–6
Winner	5.	12 March 1995	Wodonga, Australia	Hard	Angie Marik	6–4, 2–6, 7–6
Winner	6.	26 March 1995	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Angie Cunningham	6–0, 6–4
Winner	7.	3 July 1995	Norfolk, United States	Hard	Sandy Sureephong	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	16 July 1995	Easton, United States	Hard	Sara Pritchard	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	4 March 1996	Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Tamarine Tanasugarn	4–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	2 June 1996	El Paso, United States	Hard	Anne Mall	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	10 November 1996	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	3–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	10 March 1997	Canberra, Australia	Grass	Evie Dominikovic	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	24 March 1997	Corowa, Australia	Grass	Evie Dominikovic	4–6, 2–6

Doubles (9–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	19 November 1989	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Louise Stacey	Kristine Kunce Kate McDonald	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	23 March 1992	Newcastle, Australia	Clay	Michelle Anderson	Julie Richardson Amanda Trail	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	9 August 1992	College Park, United States	Hard	Sarah Loosemore	Michele Mair Karen van der Merwe	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	7 March 1993	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Kate McDonald	Catherine Barclay Kirrily Sharpe	1–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	14 March 1993	Wodonga, Australia	Grass	Kate McDonald	Robyn Mawdsley Danielle Thomas	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	21 March 1993	Canberra, Australia	Grass	Kate McDonald	Maija Avotins Robyn Mawdsley	w/o
Winner	4.	28 March 1993	Bendigo, Australia	Grass	Kate McDonald	Maija Avotins Esther Knox	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	13 March 1994	Warrnambool, Australia	Hard	Kate McDonald	Nicole Oomens Shannon Peters	w/o
Runner-up	5.	5 March 1995	Warrnambool, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Gail Biggs Nicole Oomens	1–6, 5–7
Winner	5.	12 March 1995	Wodonga, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Gail Biggs Nicole Oomens	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	19 March 1995	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Gail Biggs Nicole Oomens	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	26 March 1995	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Gail Biggs Nicole Oomens	6–7, 5–7
Winner	7.	11 March 1996	Canberra, Australia	Grass	Trudi Musgrave	Joanne Limmer Lisa McShea	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	8.	25 March 1996	Albury, Australia	Grass	Trudi Musgrave	Joanne Limmer Lisa McShea	6–0, 6–3
Winner	9.	4 April 1997	Corowa, Australia	Grass	Trudi Musgrave	Nannie de Villiers Shirli-Ann Siddall	6–4, 4–6, 6–2

References

External links

• Jane Taylor at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jane Taylor at the International Tennis Federation

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