Aila Winkler Main (born 29 July 1969) is a Croatian-American former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player.
Raised in
Zagreb
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, Winkler was introduced to the sport of tennis by her parents at the age nine, later travelling to Florida to train at
Harry Hopman
Henry Christian Hopman Order of the British Empire, CBE (12 August 1906 – 27 December 1985) was an Australian tennis player and coach.
Early life
Harry Hopman was born on 12 August 1906 in Glebe, New South Wales, Glebe, Sydney as the third c ...
's academy.
Winkler was ranked amongst the world's top-20 in the 18 and under age group. In 1985 and 1986, while still a junior, Winkler appeared for the
Yugoslavia Federation Cup team as a doubles player, winning four of her five rubbers.
From 1989 to 1992, Winkler played collegiate tennis for
Princeton University
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, earning First-Team All-Ivy honours for both singles and doubles. She graduated in 1992.
Winkler, who has a degree from
Hastings Law School
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, now works as an interior designer and is based in New York.
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1969 births
Living people
Croatian female tennis players
Yugoslav female tennis players
Tennis players from Zagreb
Princeton Tigers women's tennis players
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco alumni