Trudi Musgrave

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**Trudi Musgrave**

Country	Australia
Residence	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Date of birth	September 10, 1977
Place of birth	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height	170cm (5ft 7in)
Weight	57kg (126lb)
Turned Pro	n/a
Plays	Left; Two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	$372,141
Singles
Career record:	258-264
Career titles:	0 (3 in ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 207 (Dec 20, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1st (96,98,04)
French Open	nil
Wimbledon	nil
U.S. Open	nil
Doubles
Career record:	383-258
Career titles:	0 (39 in ITF)
Highest ranking:	62 (May 26, 2003)

Trudi Musgrave (born 10 September 1977 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia) is a left-handed Australian professional tennis player, based in Newcastle, Australia.

Although she won the Junior Australian Open Singles title in 1994 (the same year that Martina Hingis won the French and Wimbledon Junior titles), Trudi is a doubles specialist, having been a finalist at the Wimbledon Girls Doubles in 1995. Her highest ranking in doubles was 62 (in 2003) and she is currently (July 2006) ranked 126 in the world in doubles.

At the peak of her career, in 2004 Trudi suffered a catastrophic knee injury while on the court during a doubles final. Most doctors thought she would not recover. A full knee reconstruction and intense physiotherapy meant that she was able to resume her career at the Australian Open in January 2005. Despite having access to a 'special ranking' that allowed her to enter major tournaments using her ranking at the time of her injury, she was unable to immediately return to the level she was before her injury. However, she has begun to regain some of her momentum and has won 2 ITF doubles titles in 2006 with a 20-10 win-loss record for the year.

Because Trudi is based in Newcastle (a city where there no major tournaments are played), she spends up to 40 weeks a year living out of a suitcase on the circuit. When she is away from home, to make the most of her time she usually plays in a tournament every week with only an occasional rest break. Because of this, most years Trudi has played the most, or has been among those who have played the most, tournaments of any of the women on the women's tennis circuit in a 12 month period.

As of 8 July 2006, Trudi has won 38 ITF doubles titles in her career and 3 ITF singles titles.