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Sarah Loosemore (born 15 June 1971) is a Welsh retired professional tennis player, now a qualified solicitor.
Born in Cardiff but brought up in Dinas Powys by solicitor father John and tennis coach mother Pamela, Loosemore played on the WTA from the late 1980s until 1992. The youngest ever female British competitor at Wimbledon, she was aged 17 in 1988. In 1990, she played the 3rd round the International Australia (beaten by Helena Suková), her best performance in a Grand Slam event.
After tennis, Loosemore studied at the University of Oxford for a psychology degree. There she met Chad Lion-Cachet, a Dutch-national former Oxford University rugby union captain and a South African under 21 international. The couple married and moved to Surrey, and after the birth of their first child Samuel in 2001 Loosemore became a fulltime mother.[1] The couple now have three children and live in Oxford, while Loosemore still plays amateur tennis for South Wales.[2]
Contents
Playing records
Finals
Date[3] Tournament name and location Cat. ($) Surf. Winner Score 1 23/04/90 DHL Singapore Open, Singapore Tier IV 150,000 Dur (ext.) 
Japan Naoko Sawamatsu7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-4 Grand Slams
Singles
Year Australia Open Roland-Garros Wimbledon US Open WTA 1988 1st tour (1/64) 
Newfoundland and Labrador Hellas Ter Riet- 2nd tour (1/32) 
United States Terry Phelps- WTA 1989 2nd tour (1/32) United States Pam Shriver- - - WTA 1990 3rd round (1/16) 
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková1st round (1/64) United States J. Santrock2nd round (1/32) Template:RSA (1994)-d Elna Reinach - WTA 1991 1st round (1/64) 
Germany Barbara Rittner1st round (1/64) Germany C. Kohde-Kilsch1st round (1/64) Czechoslovakia A. Strnadová- 1992 - - 1st tour (1/64) 
France A. Dechaume- Final opponent on the right, l'ultime adversaire
Doubles
Année Australia Open Roland-Garros Wimbledon US Open 1990 - - 1st round (1/32)
United Kingdom Anne Simpkin West Germany C. Porwik
West Germany W. Probst- 1991 1st round (1/32)
United States Andrea Leand
Australia L. Stacey
Australia Jane Taylor- 1st tour (1/32)
United Kingdom A. Grunfeld United Kingdom B. Griffiths
United Kingdom Jane Wood- Sous le résultat, la partenaire; à droite, l'ultime équipe adverse
Fed Cup
Details at : fedcup.com
World ranking
Year 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Ranking 367 
159
298 82 174 430Notes
- ^ "ANNUAL LETTER 2002". Loosemore. 2003-01-01. http://www.dvsonline.co.uk/loosemore/letter2002.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ^ Blanche, Phil (2007-06-25). "Tennis: Loosemore takes centre stage". Western Mail. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/sports-news-round-up/tm_headline=tennis--loosemore-takes-centre-stage&method=full&objectid=19350092&siteid=50082-name_page.html. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ^ For each tournament, the date indicated corresponds to the first day, generally a Monday
External links
- Sarah Loosemore at the Women's Tennis Association
- Sarah Loosemore at the International Tennis Federation
Categories:- 1971 births
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- British female tennis players
- Hopman Cup competitors
- Living people
- People from Oxford
- People from the Vale of Glamorgan
- Welsh solicitors
- Welsh tennis players
- British tennis biography stubs
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