# Tracey Morton-Rodgers

Tracey Morton-Rodgers (born 18 December 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Her maiden name is Morton and she began competing as Morton-Rodgers in 1994

## Career

Morton, who comes from Queensland, was most successful as a doubles player, reaching the world's top 100. She was runner-up at the 1989 Fernleaf Classic held in Wellington, partnering Heidi Sprung. In addition she made the semi-finals of a further seven WTA Tour tournaments.

### Grand Slam

Morton featured in the women's doubles draws at all four grand slam tournaments, with her partners including Jenny Byrne, Nana Smith, Karin Kschwendt, Anne Minter, Kerry-Ann Guse and Alexandra Fusai. All of her third round appearance came when partnering with British player Clare Wood. It was Wood who beat her when she made the singles draw as a qualifier at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships. Her other two grand slam singles main draws were as a wildcard at the Australian Open, the first in 1990, where she lost to fourth seed and eventual semi-finalist Helena Suková in the opening round. At the 1991 Australian Open she took Jo Durie to three sets in another first round loss. She made the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the 1991 French Open paired with David Macpherson.

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles (0-1)

| Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | February, 1989 | Wellington, New Zealand | Category 1 | Hard | Heidi Sprung | Elizabeth Smylie Janine Tremelling | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 1–6 |

## ITF finals

* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles (1–3)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 19 February 1989 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | Sally McCann | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 11 November 1990 | Mount Gambier, Australia | Hard | Michelle Jaggard-Lai | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 17 February 1991 | Mildura, Australia | Grass | Louise Stacey | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 10 March 1991 | Bendigo, Australia | Grass | Clare Thompson | 3–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles (3–8)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 11 July 1988 | Erlangen, West Germany | Clay | Lisa Weerasekera | Linda Barnard Amanda Coetzer | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 1 August 1988 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Lisa Weerasekera | Petra Holubová Sylvia Štefková | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 12 September 1988 | Arzachena, Italy | Hard | Anne Grousbeck | Rosa Bielsa Janet Souto | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Winner | 2. | 18 February 1991 | Wodonga, Australia | Grass | Alison Scott | Kristine Kunce Clare Thompson | 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 25 February 1991 | Canberra, Australia | Grass | Alison Scott | Lupita Novelo Betsy Somerville | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 1 March 1992 | Miami, United States | Hard | Tamaka Takagi | Lindsay Davenport Katie Schlukebir | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 27 April 1992 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Clay | Julie Richardson | Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Kunce | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 24 January 1994 | Austin, United States | Hard | Sophie Amiach | Jean Ceniza Mareze Joubert | 7–6$^{(10–8)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Runner-up | 6. | 6 February 1994 | Midland, United States | Hard (i) | Vickie Paynter | Erica Adams Jeri Ingram | 1–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 29 October 1995 | Lakeland, United States | Hard | Sandra Cacic | Eva Martincová Elena Pampoulova | 6–1, 2–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 11 August 1996 | Austin, United States | Hard | Audra Keller | Laxmi Poruri Nana Smith | 7–5, 5–7, 2–6 |