Michelle Turk

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
Prize money$19,196
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 255 (2 March 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (1987)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 175 (21 December 1986)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (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
  1. "For Michelle victory was frolic enough". The Canberra Times. 18 March 1986. p. 28. Retrieved 23 March 2020 – via Trove.
  2. "Australian Open Tennis : Fading McNamara Falls to a Rejuvenated Davis". Los Angeles Times. 13 January 1987.
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