Louise Pleming

Louise Pleming (born 22 June 1967) is an Australian former professional tennis player who participated in both the ITF Circuit and the WTA Tour.

Louise Pleming

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1967-06-22) 22 June 1967 (age 57)
Turned pro	1987
Retired	2001
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$182,195
Singles
Career record	56–116
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 290 (1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (1991)
Doubles
Career record	161–174
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 87 (1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1993, 1994, 1995)
French Open	3R (1996)
Wimbledon	2R (1999)
US Open	2R (1997, 1998)

Background

Pleming was born in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia. She began to play tennis for fun when she was six years old. She attended the Vic Edwards Tennis School. In 1982 she began playing professionally.^[1]

Championships

Pleming played in 11 championships between 1991 and 2001. Out of a total 17 matches played, she won four (three in doubles, one in singles). She won 177 games, lost 239 games; won four tie-breaks and lost three tie-breaks.^[2] Her highest singles ranking was 290 in 1996 and her highest doubles ranking was 87 in 1998.^[3]

Achievements

In 2006 Tennis Australia appointed her a national touring coach. A year later she was the captain of the Australian Junior Fed Cup team that won.^[4] In 1999, she played the World Team Tennis with Martina Navratilova for the New York Buzz team. Between 1998–2002 she was an expert commentator for the Hopman Cup on ABC and Foxport.^[5]

Retirement

Even after Pleming retired from playing tennis professionally, she remained active in the industry. She is a tennis television commentator for Australian Channel 7 and an AIS Pro Tour Program Women's Program Coach. She works alongside Victorian Sally Peers and Queenslander Monika Wejnert.^[6] She is a commentator on the TV Series ‘Wimbledon’ which is the BBC's live coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Club.^[7] She coaches privately in the inner Eastern suburbs area.

As a coach, Pleming is known "to be vocal during matches and she likes to repeatedly offer encouragement to all her players."^[8]

In November 2020 she was instrumental in the setting up of RALLY4EVER, a charity which aims to create bridges between the tennis world and disadvantaged and homeless Australians, especially those with mental health problems.^[9]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (0–1)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	May 1999	Belgian Open	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Laura Golarsa Katarina Srebotnik	4–6, 2–6

ITF finals

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 25 (10–15)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	10 August 1986	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Justine Brown	Heidi Sprung Judith Wiesner	6–0, 6–0
Loss	1.	11 June 1990	Cascais, Portugal	Clay	Ingelise Driehuis	Els Callens Caroline Wuillot	6–2, 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	2.	2 July 1990	Cherbourg, France	Clay	Cora Linneman	Alexandra Fusai Olivia Féry	6–4, 6–3
Win	3.	16 July 1990	Schwarzach, Austria	Clay	Ingelise Driehuis	Cora Linneman Ruth Seeman	6–2, 6–0
Win	4.	27 August 1990	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Ingelise Driehuis	Emmanuelle Derly Sandra Reichel	6–1, 6–1
Loss	2.	3 September 1990	Arzachena, Italy	Hard	Emmanuelle Derly	Belinda Borneo Julie Salmon	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	3.	18 November 1990	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Ingelise Driehuis	Yayuk Basuki Suzanna Wibowo	6–7, 1–6
Loss	4.	1 April 1991	Moulins, France	Hard	Ingelise Driehuis	Catherine Suire Sandrine Testud	3–6, 4–6
Win	5.	22 July 1991	Sezze, Italy	Clay	Danielle Jones	Ingelise Driehuis Justine Hodder	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5.	19 August 1991	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Ingelise Driehuis	Ana Segura Janet Souto	6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Loss	6.	2 September 1991	Arzachena, Italy	Hard	Ilana Berger	Nanne Dahlman Jana Pospíšilová	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	7.	11 November 1991	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Ingelise Driehuis	Kristin Godridge Nicole Pratt	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	8.	25 November 1991	Mildura, Australia	Hard	Ingelise Driehuis	Catherine Barclay Louise Stacey	4–6, 3–6
Win	6.	31 October 1994	Saga, Japan	Grass	Ei Iida	Mami Donoshiro Yuka Tanaka	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	9.	21 November 1994	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Maja Murić	Catherine Barclay Shannan McCarthy	3–6, 4–6
Loss	10.	12 December 1994	Mildura, France	Grass	Catherine Barclay	Catherine Tanvier Vanessa Webb	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win	7.	24 July 1995	Valladolid, Spain	Clay	Christína Papadáki	Gloria Pizzichini Sara Ventura	1–6, 6–2, 7–5
Loss	11.	11 December 1995	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Maja Murić	Annabel Ellwood Kirrily Sharpe	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	12.	20 April 1997	Wichita, United States	Hard	Nicole Pratt	Shannan McCarthy Kelly Wilson	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Win	8.	21 April 1997	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Erika deLone	Stephanie Mabry Brie Rippner	7–6(7–3), 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	13.	19 April 1998	La Canada, United States	Hard	Katie Schlukebir	Debbie Graham Jean Okada	6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	14.	25 October 1998	Welwyn, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Samantha Smith	Laurence Courtois Tina Križan	6–7, 4–6
Win	9.	15 March 1999	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Nadejda Ostrovskaya Tatiana Poutchek	6–3, 6–2
Loss	15.	12 April 1996	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Hard	Catherine Tanvier	Karen Cross Amanda Grahame	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win	10.	28 November 1999	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Rachel McQuillan Trudi Musgrave	6–4, 6–4

References

1. "Louise Pleming". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
2. "Pleming Louise – Profile". Tennis Explorer. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
3. "Pleming Louise – Profile". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
4. "Louise Pleming Stats & Bio". Steve G. Tennis. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
5. "Tennis Coaching". The G3 Group. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
6. "Louise Pleming – Player Profile". Tennis.com. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
7. "Louise Pleming". IMDB. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
8. McGowan, Marc. "Pleming tips Rogowska to break into top 100 'very soon'". Aceland. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
9. "How one former WTA player is bringing awareness to mental health issues through tennis".

External links

• Louise Pleming at the Women's Tennis Association
• Louise Pleming at the International Tennis Federation
• Louise Pleming at Tennis Australia