Isabelle Wallace (born 7 September 1996) is a Scottish-Australian former tennis player.

Isabelle Wallace
Country (sports) Australia (2011–13; 2015–)
 Great Britain (2013–15)
ResidenceValencia, Spain
Born (1996-09-07) 7 September 1996 (age 28)
Inverness, Great Britain
Prize money$153,180
Singles
Career record139–111
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 243 (15 January 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2019)
French Open1R (2018)
Doubles
Career record75–65
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 326 (6 November 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2018, 2019)

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Australian Open, after being awarded a wildcard into the women's doubles with Naiktha Bains.

Wallace has career-high WTA rankings of No. 243 in singles, achieved on 15 January 2018, and 326 in doubles, set in November 2017. She won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life

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She was born and raised in Inverness, Scotland before moving to Melbourne, Australia when she was ten and representing Australia at international tournaments. After six years, Wallace and her family moved back to Scotland where she then chose to represent Great Britain. In 2015, Wallace made the decision to represent Australia again in international sporting competitions due to lack of support from the Lawn Tennis Association.

Junior career

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As a junior, Wallace had a career-high ranking of No. 37, achieved in January 2014. Her junior highlights include reaching the third round of the girls' singles at the Australian Open and the French Open in 2014.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (6–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2015 ITF Castellón, Spain 10,000 Clay   Irene Burillo Escorihuela 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 2016 ITF Palma Nova, Spain 10,000 Clay   Olga Sáez Larra 2–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Dec 2016 ITF Castellón, Spain 10,000 Clay   Andrea Gámiz 6–2, 6–1
Win 2–2 Feb 2017 ITF Manacor, Spain 15,000 Clay   María Teresa Torró Flor 6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 3–2 Mar 2017 ITF Palma Nova, Spain 15,000 Clay   Katharina Hobgarski 7–6(4), 6–0
Win 4–2 Aug 2017 ITF Koksijde, Belgium 25,000 Clay   Bibiane Schoofs 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 5–2 Oct 2017 ITF Riba-roja de Túria, Spain 15,000 Clay   Rebeka Masarova 6–3, 6–3
Win 6–2 Dec 2017 ITF Nules, Spain 25,000 Clay   Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 6–1, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (2 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Legend
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–7)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2015 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay   Deborah Chiesa   Estrella Cabeza Candela
  Cristina Sánchez Quintanar
6–7(4), 5–7
Loss 0–2 Oct 2015 ITF Melilla, Spain 10,000 Clay   Irene Burillo Escorihuela   Estrella Cabeza Candela
  Oleksandra Korashvili
3–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay   Julia Grabher   Claudia Giovine
  Snehadevi Reddy
6–1, 6–3
Win 2–2 Aug 2016 ITF Valladolid, Spain 10,000 Hard   Ángela Fita Boluda   Arabela Fernández Rabener
  Ana Román Domínguez
6–1, 6–1
Loss 2–3 Nov 2016 ITF Benicarló, Spain 10,000 Clay   Oleksandra Korashvili   Amanda Carreras
  Charlotte Römer
7–5, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss 2–4 Dec 2016 ITF Castellón, Spain 10,000 Clay   Arabela Fernández Rabener   Laura Pigossi
  Jessika Ponchet
1–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 Mar 2017 ITF Palma Nova, Spain 15,000 Clay   Inês Murta   Irene Burillo Escorihuela
  Ksenija Sharifova
5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–6 Apr 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Charlotte Römer   Irene Burillo Escorihuela
  Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
4–6, 3–6
Loss 2–7 Sep 2017 Open de Biarritz, France 80,000 Clay   Cristina Bucșa   Irina Bara
  Mihaela Buzărnescu
3–6, 1–6
Loss 2–8 Feb 2019 Launceston International,
Australia
60,000 Hard   Alexandra Bozovic   Chang Kai-chen
  Hsu Ching-wen
2–6, 4–6
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