Belinda Woolcock
| School: |
University of Florida |
| Year: |
Freshman |
| Home Town: |
Melbourne, Victoria |
| Home State: |
N/A |
| Home Country: |
United States(USA) |
| High School: |
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| Height: |
5-8 |
| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
Liberal Arts and Sciences Exploratory |
| Singles Record: |
0-0 |
| Doubles Record: |
0-0 |
CAREER NOTES
*enrolled at the University of Florida for the 2013 Fall semester
*introduced to tennis by her mum and great uncle, Will Coghlan
*patterns her game after Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams – aggressive baseliners
*her entire family, especially on her mother’s side, plays tennis and Belinda instantly fell in love with the game; especially when she was able to beat her older sisters
*her Great Uncle, Will Coghlan, played 13 years on the professional tennis tour (1960-76), with a Grand Slam-best semifinals appearance in the 1967 Australia Open Men’s Doubles Championships; the 1960 Boys Australian Open Singles Champion
*her Great Aunt, Lorraine Coghlan Robinson, played five years on the professional women’s tennis tour (1955-59); won the 1958 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Championship with Bob Howe, defeating No. 2-seeded Althea Gibson (USA) and Kurt Nielsen (SEN), 6-3, 13-11 in the final; reached the Australian Open singles final in 1958 where she lost 6-3, 6-4 to top-seeded Angela Mortimer (GBR), as well as the semifinals in 1957 and the quarterfinals in 1956 and 1959; reached the doubles final in 1958 and 1959; at Wimbledon in 1958, won two rounds and reached the round of 16, bowing out to top-ranked and eventual champion Althea Gibson (USA); the 1956 Girls Australia Open Singles Champion
AS A FRESHMAN (2013-14)
*Preseason (September) ITA National NEWCOMER Singles Ranking: 7
*Preseason (September) ITA National Doubles Ranking: T-21 (with Sofie Oyen)
PRIOR TO FLORIDA
*Earned diploma from Distance Education in Victoria and also studied at Wesley College
*ranked No. 20 of Australian National women (25th ranking date in 2013) and No. 1-ranked girl in Australia for birth year 1995
*ranked a career-high No. 113 in the ITF (Sept. 19, 2011)
*ranked career-high No. 706 in WTA singles rankings (Oct. 8, 2012); No. 702 in doubles (July 22, 2013)
*one of her most memorable achievements was when she represented Australia and won the Junior Fed Cup Title in Mexico, 2011
*two-time 14 & Under Australian Tennis National Champion
*16 & Under Australian National Champion
*competed at the 2013 Las Cruces $25K Women’s Challenger in New Mexico and won three rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw of the professional event, before winning her opening first round match against Ros-Polly Nguyen (FRA), 6-1, 6-1; dropped a tough 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 decision to second-seeded, world-top-300 player and eventual runner-up Petra Rampre (SLO) in the round of 16
*in the same June 2013 event, played her way into the main draw of the doubles competition, where she and her partner advanced to the quarterfinals
*won the 2012 Australian Platinum AMT in Sydney; finalist in 2013
*won singles and doubles titles at the 2011 Radenska Open Junior ITF in Slovenia
*2011 Air Pacific Oceania Closed Junior Championships singles semifinalist; doubles champion
*2011 Airberlin German Juniors doubles finalist, falling 14-12 in the deciding set
*represented Australia and won the Junior Fe
*competed for Australia at the 2009 World Junior Tennis held in Prostejov, Czech Republic
*trained at the National Academy in Melbourne, 2009-13, and was a member of the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club since 2009
*significant coaches include Nicole Pratt and Simon Rea
