Anna-Maria Fernandez (born October 22, 1960) is an American former professional tennis player active during the 1980s. She won five
WTA titles during her career, all in doubles. Her career high ranking in singles was number 19, in approximately 1979–1980. She was a member of the University of Southern California's national championship team (1979 and 1980) and captured the AIAW singles national championship title in 1981. She was named the National Collegiate Player of the Year (1981) winning the Broderick Award (now the
Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate tennis player. She earned a BA degree in Broadcast Journalism from USC (1983).
She is married to former tennis player
Ray Ruffels
Raymond Owen "Ray" Ruffels (born 23 March 1946) is an Australian former professional tennis player and coach.
Playing career
Ruffels was an Australian Open semi-finalist in 1968, 1969 and 1975, and a quarter-finalist in 1970 and 1977. In 1978 ...
and is the mother of professional golfers
Ryan Ruffels
Ryan Ruffels (born 29 April 1998) is an Australian professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career
Ruffels was born in Florida to tennis professionals Ray Ruffels and Anna-Maria Fernandez, but moved at a young age to southern California. Hi ...
and
Gabriela Ruffels. She is of Peruvian American ancestry.
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WTA Tour finals
Singles 1
Doubles 5 (4–1)
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1960 births
American female tennis players
American sportspeople of Peruvian descent
Sportspeople from Torrance, California
Tennis people from California
Living people
21st-century American women
USC Trojans women's tennis players
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