Gretchen Anne Rush (born February 7, 1964), also known by her married name Gretchen Magers, is a former professional

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player from the United States who was active in the 1980s and early 1990s. Rush played tennis at Trinity University in

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from 1983 to 1986, where she was a four-time

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n. While at

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, she won the Broderick Award (now the

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) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1986. During her career, Rush reached the singles quarter-finals at

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, the US Open and the

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. She won three top-level singles titles: Auckland in 1987, Schenectady in 1988, and Moscow in 1989, and she reached a career-high singles ranking of no. 22 on March 12, 1990. She was runner-up in the 1988 mixed doubles at Wimbledon, partnering

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. Rush retired from the professional tour in 1992, but has continued to play in seniors events. In 2016, she was inducted into the Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 4 (3–1)

Doubles 13 (4–9)

Mixed doubles 1 (0–1)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rush, Gretchen American female tennis players Olympic tennis players of the United States Tennis players from Pittsburgh Tennis players at the 1983 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Trinity Tigers women's tennis players Pan American Games medalists in tennis 1964 births Living people Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade silver medalists for the United States Universiade bronze medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade