Candy Reynolds (born March 24, 1955) is a former professional
tennis
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player from the United States.
Career
During her career, Reynolds won the women's doubles title at the
French Open
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in 1983 (partnering
Rosalyn Fairbank
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). She was also a runner-up at the
Australian Open
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in 1980 (partnering
Ann Kiyomura
Ann Kiyomura-Hayashi (born August 22, 1955) is a retired American professional tennis player. She is from San Mateo, California.
Kiyomura played on the WTA Tour from 1973 to 1984. She played in 11 US Opens, reaching the fourth round in 1978. In ...
), and at the French Open in 1981 (partnering
Paula Smith
Paula Smith (born January 10, 1957) is an American former tennis player.
Smith played 100 tour singles matches and 300 doubles matches from 1976 to 1988. She reached the finals of the French Open once in 1981, partnering Candy Reynolds, and ag ...
).
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
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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)
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American female tennis players
French Open champions
1955 births
Living people
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
Tennis people from Tennessee
21st-century American women