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1983 Pittsburgh Open – Doubles
Candy Reynolds and Paula Smith won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Iwona Kuczyńska and Trey Lewis. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. # Candy Reynolds / Paula Smith (champions) # Patricia Medrado / Cláudia Monteiro ''(quarterfinals)'' # Barbara Jordan / Betsy Nagelsen ''(semifinals)'' # Anne Hobbs / Susan Leo Susan Leo (born 10 August 1962) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She competed in the Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the ... ''(semifinals)'' Draw External links 1983 Pittsburgh Open Doubles Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:1983 Pittsburgh Open - Doubles Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Reynolds
Candy Reynolds (born March 24, 1955) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career During her career, Reynolds won the women's doubles title at the French Open in 1983 (partnering Rosalyn Fairbank). She was also a runner-up at the Australian Open in 1980 (partnering Ann Kiyomura), and at the French Open in 1981 (partnering Paula Smith). Reynolds' career-high rankings were world No. 50 in singles (in May 1983) and No. 24 in doubles (in December 1986). Her best singles performance at a Grand Slam Grand Slam most often refers to: * Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to: Games and sports * Grand slam, winning category te ... event came at the Australian Open in 1980, when she reached the quarterfinals. She won 26 doubles titles during her career between 1980 and 1988. WTA career finals Doubles: 49 (26–23) External links * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne Vanier
Corinne Vanier is a former professional tennis player who won the 1981 French Open Girls' doubles championship with Sophie Amiach and played on the WTA tour. Life and career Corinne Vanier was born in France on 20 September 1963. She played in Tennis Club de Paris and for France in 1981 Federation Cup The 1981 Federation Cup (also known as the 1981 Federation Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 19th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The tournament was held at the Tamagawa-en Racquet Cl .... Doubles (0–2) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanier, Corinne French female tennis players Living people 1963 births Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles French Open junior champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raquel Giscafré
Raquel Giscafré (born 15 May 1949) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. She was Argentina's No. 1 female player from 1973 to 1976. She competed in the Fed Cup from 1966 to 1978. She was a tennis promoter and ran the WTA's Acura Classic The Southern California Open currently known as The San Diego Open is an ATP 250 and WTA 500 tournament held at the Barnes Tennis Centre in San Diego, California. The event originated as the Southern California Championships that ran from 1887 ... each year from 1984 until 2007.Keith Kattan ''Raising Big Smiling Tennis Kids: A Complete Roadmap for Every Parent and Coach'' 2006 Page 208 "Ranging from corporations like Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment, which promotes a variety of sporting events, including tennis, to players-turned-entrepreneurs like Jane Stratton and Raquel Giscafré, who run a prestigious WTA tournament in San Diego, now in its 20th year." References External links * * * 1949 births Living pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Rollinson
Susan Rollinson (born 22 August 1961) is a South African former professional tennis player. Rollinson, born in Johannesburg, competed on the professional tour in the early 1980s. She had two noteworthy upset wins in 1981, over Wendy Turnbull in Hilton Head and Billie Jean King in Haines City Haines City is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. Its population was 13,174 at the 2000 census and 20,535 at the 2010 census. It is the third most populous city in Polk County. It is part of the Lakeland– Winter Haven Metropolitan S .... At grand slam level, Rollinson made her only second round at the 1981 US Open, but had held a match point that year against a young Kathy Rinaldi in the Wimbledon first round. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rollinson, Susan 1961 births Living people South African female tennis players Tennis players from Johannesburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Mundel
Jennifer Mundel (born 20 January 1962) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. She reached the quarterfinals of the singles event at the 1983 Wimbledon championships after victories against seeded players Sylvia Hanika and Hana Mandlíková. Her only professional singles title came at the 1983 Bakersfield Open which was part of the Ginny Circuit. She was a doubles finalist at the 1982 Hong Kong Open, the 1984 Central Fidelity Banks International The 1984 Central Fidelity Banks International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Richmond, Virginia in the United States that was part of the Ginny Circuit of the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The to ..., and the 1985 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis. Career finals Singles (1 win) References External links * * South African female tennis players Living people 1962 births Sportspeople from Rustenburg White South African people {{SouthAfrica-tennis-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Robb
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Jill Davis (tennis)
Jill Davis (born June 23, 1960) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography Davis grew up in Quakertown, Pennsylvania and was initially a competitive swimmer, before taking up tennis around the age of 12. She received a scholarship to play tennis for Southern Methodist University in Texas, leaving after her freshman year to turn professional. At the 1982 US Open she played a second round match against Martina Navratilova, which she lost in straight sets, but managed to take the top seed to a tiebreak in the first set. Davis also featured in the main draws of the French Open and Wimbledon during her career. This included the 1983 Wimbledon Championships, where she lost a close second round match to Camille Benjamin Camille Benjamin (born June 22, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player. Benjamin played on the WTA tour from 1981 to 1994. She reached the semifinals of the French Open in 1984, defeating Cláudia Monteiro, Jamie Golder, Catrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicki Nelson-Dunbar
Vicki Nelson-Dunbar (born September 25, 1962) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career she won one top-level singles title (at São Paulo in 1986), and reached the fourth round of the US Open in 1982. Nelson-Dunbar holds the record for participating in the longest women's tennis match against Jean Hepner Jean Hepner (born October 25, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Hepner is notable for holding the record for participating in the longest women's tennis match in a match against Vicki Nelson-Dunbar at a tournamen ... which lasted six hours and 31 minutes. This match also featured the longest rally in tennis history, a 643-shot rally that lasted 29 minutes. The game occurred on September 24, 1984, at a tournament in Richmond, Virginia. WTA Tour finals Singles (1 win, 1 loss) See also * Longest tennis match records References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson-Dunbar, Vicki 1962 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaella Reggi
Raffaella Reggi (; born 27 November 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Career As a junior, Reggi won the Orange Bowl 16 and under in 1981. She was a member of the Continental Players Cup Team in 1982. Reggi won the mixed doubles title at the US Open in 1986, partnering Sergio Casal. She was a singles quarter-finalist at the French Open in 1987, and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 13 in 1988. One of the highlights of her career was winning the Italian Open in 1985. In 1985 she became the first Italian woman to win the Italian Open since Annelies Ullstein-Bossi won in 1950. Ullstein-Bossi, Reggi, and 2014 finalist Sara Errani are the only Italian women to reach the singles final of Italy's top tennis tournament since World War II. Reggi finished her career with five singles titles and four doubles titles. She was a member of the Italian Fed Cup team from 1982 through 1991 and the Italian Olympic Team in 1988 and 1992. She had c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Holton
Amy Holton Lyons (born April 5, 1965) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography Holton, one of four children to Richard and Marcy, spent her early years in Dayton, Ohio before moving to Sarasota, Florida in the late 1970s. She attended Riverview High School and won a state title with the team in 1980, as well as national titles in doubles during this time with elder sister Kathy. The pair also played together professionally, including at the French Open and Wimbledon. As a singles player, Holton was a semi-finalist at the 1983 Pittsburgh Open and twice made the French Open third round, in 1983 and 1984. At the 1984 Wimbledon Championships she played her most high-profile match when she lost in the second round to top seed Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Smylie
Elizabeth Smylie (née Sayers, born 11 April 1963), sometimes known as Liz Smylie, is a retired Australian tennis player. During her career, she won four Grand Slam titles, one of them in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. She also won three singles titles and 36 doubles titles on the tour. Career Smylie turned professional in 1982. She won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1985 with Kathy Jordan. In mixed doubles, she teamed with John Fitzgerald to win the 1983 US Open and 1991 Wimbledon titles and with Todd Woodbridge to win the 1990 US Open. She won the Virginia Slims Championships with Jordan in 1990. Her best Grand Slam performance in singles came at the Australian Open in 1987, when she reached the quarterfinals. Her highest ever singles ranking was World No. 20 and her highest in doubles was World No. 5. She played Federation Cup from 1984 to 1994, and won a bronze medal in women's doubles with Wendy Turnbull at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |