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Michelle Turk (born 23 September 1967) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

Michelle Turk

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1967-09-23) 23 September 1967 (age 55)
Prize money	$19,196
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 255 (2 March 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1987)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 175 (21 December 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1985)

Turk, who comes from the Illawarra region of New South Wales, was one of the country's top junior players, training at the AIS in Canberra.[1]

In 1985 she made the junior singles quarter-finals of the Australian Open and featured in the women's doubles main draw, where she and partner Louise Field were beaten in the first round by number one seeds Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver. She also teamed up with Field that year to win a $25,000 satellite tournament on the Gold Coast.

While competing on the professional tour she reached a career best singles ranking of 255 in the world and played as a wildcard in the women's singles main draw of the 1987 Australian Open.[2]

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 5 (1–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 June 1984	Freehold, United States	Hard	Louise Field	Linda Howell Linda Gates	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	4 March 1985	Tasmania, Australia	Hard	Colleen Carney	Louise Field Janine Thompson	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	22 September 1985	Boston, United States	Hard	Colleen Carney	Louise Field Lisa O'Neill	4–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	8 November 1985	Gold Coast, Australia	Grass	Louise Field	Chris O'Neil Pam Whytcross	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	29 June 1986	Seabrook, United States	Clay	Alison Scott	Manon Bollegraf Lise Gregory	2–6, 1–6

References

External links

• Michelle Turk at the Women's Tennis Association
• Michelle Turk at the International Tennis Federation

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