Trudi Musgrave

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**Trudi Musgrave**

Country	Australia
Residence	Newcastle, New South Wales
Date of birth	September 10, 1977 (1977-09-10) (age 30)
Place of birth	Newcastle, New South Wales
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Turned pro	n/a
Plays	Left; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$382,183
Singles
Career record:	262-272
Career titles:	0 (3 in ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 207 (December 20, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1r (1996, 1998, 2004)
French Open
Wimbledon	Q2 (2000)
US Open	Q2 (1999)
Doubles
Career record:	394-267
Career titles:	0 (39 in ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 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 April 6, 2008, Trudi has won 39 ITF doubles titles in her career and 3 ITF singles titles.

Trudi retired in February 2008 and is rumoured to be now coaching tennis in Newcastle.