Siobhan Drake-Brockman

Siobhan Drake-Brockman (born 7 April 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. She won the girls' singles title at the 1995 Australian Open.

Siobhan Drake-Brockman
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1978-04-07) 7 April 1978 (age 46)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$118,132
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 109 (8 September 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1995, 1996)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 215 (11 September 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1995)

Biography

Drake-Brockman, a right-handed player out of Bunbury, Western Australia, attended St Hilda's Anglican School in Perth and was a member of the Australian team which won the World Youth Cup in 1993.[1][2]

At the age of 16 she defeated world number 61 Rachel McQuillan to win a $25,000 ITF tournament in Port Pirie in 1994.[2]

She made her WTA Tour main draw debut in one of the opening tournaments of the 1995 season, the Tasmanian International, held in Hobart. At the 1995 Australian Open she was granted a wildcard into the women's singles and made the second round, with a win over Japanese qualifier Naoko Kijimuta.[3] She then won the Australian Open girls' singles title, by beating World Youth Cup teammate Annabel Ellwood in the final.[2]

In 1996 she made the second round again at the Australian Open and competed that year mostly on the ITF circuit.

She had her best season in 1997 when her ranking rose to a career high 109 in the world, with appearances in the main draws of WTA Tour tournaments in Hobart, Birmingham, Stanford, San Diego and Surabaya.

Retiring from tennis in 1998, Drake-Brockman has a law degree from the University of Western Australia and works as a contracts engineer in Perth.

ITF Circuit finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.16 October 1994Tokyo, JapanHard Annabel Ellwood6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Winner1.4 December 1994Port Pirie, AustraliaHard Rachel McQuillan6–4, 6–2
Runner-up2.9 March 1997Rockford, United StatesHard Sonya Jeyaseelan6–7, 3–6

Doubles (1–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.18 March 1996Reims, FranceHard (i) Catherine Tanvier Giulia Casoni
Flora Perfetti
3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Winner1.5 July 1998Edmond, United StatesHard Melissa Beadman Gail Biggs
Bryanne Stewart
7–6, 7–6

References