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Intro South African tennis player
Is Athlete 
Tennis player 
From South Africa 
Type Sports 
Gender female
Birth 15 July 1946
Age: 74 years

Laura Rossouw (born 15 July 1946) is a South African former tennis player who was active in the late 1960s and first half of the 1970s.

Tennis career

During her career Rossouw won three singles and two doubles titles. She toured the European circuit for the first time in 1966.

Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the fourth round at the 1972 French Open, in which she lost to Olga Morozova. In the third round she had defeated fourth-seeded Rosie Casals in straight sets. In the doubles and mixed doubles events she reached he quarterfinal on four occasions.

In December 1970 Rossouw competed for the South African Fed Cup team in the World Group, winning three of the four matches she played.

Career finals

Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. May 1970 Naples, Italy Clay Lesley Hunt 6–1, 6–0
Winner 2. June 1970 Bielefeld, West Germany  ? Kathleen Harter 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 9 July 1971 Austrian Open, Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Billie Jean King 2–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner 4. 31 July 1972 Turkish Championships, Istanbul, Turkey Clay Julie Anthony 6–8, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 23 December 1967 Borders Championships, London, England  ? Maryna Godwin Winnie Shaw
Nell Truman
4–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 10 August 1970 Bavarian Open, Munich, Germany  ? Brenda Kirk Fay Moore-Toyne
Nell Truman
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 10 January 1971 Tasmanian Championships, Hobart, Australia  ? Brenda Kirk Patti Hogan
Olga Morozova
2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 4. 17 April 1971 South African Open, Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Brenda Kirk Margaret Court
Evonne Goolagong
3–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 11 July 1971 Swiss Open, Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Brenda Kirk Françoise Dürr
Lea Pericoli
8–6, 6–3
Runner-up 6. 17 June 1973 German Open, Hamburg, West Germany Hard Kristien Kemmer Helga Niessen Masthoff
Heide Orth
1–6, 2–6
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