Heather Crowe Conner (born July 12, 1961) is an American former professional tennis player.

Biography

Crowe grew up in Massachusetts, attending

Masconomet Regional High School Masconomet Regional High School, is co-located with Masconomet Regional Middle School in Boxford, Massachusetts, United States and serves the towns of Boxford, Middleton and Topsfield. Masconomet Regional Middle School serves grades 7 and 8 whil ...

, then played college tennis at Indiana University in the early 1980s. A two-time All-American for both singles and doubles, Crowe was the 1982

AIAW The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women's athletics in the United States and to administer national championships (see AIAW Champions). It evolved out of the Commission on Interc ...

singles champion and also helped guide Indiana to the team title that year. While at Indiana, she won the Broderick Award (now the

Honda Sports Award The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Sports Award are automatically in th ...

) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1982. At the 1982 US Open, Crowe reached the third round of the singles main draw, with wins over

Stacy Margolin Stacy Margolin (born April 5, 1959) is a former American professional tennis player in the WTA tour and the ITF world tour from 1979 to 1987 whose career-high world singles ranking is No. 18 (career-high end of season ranking of No. 25 in 1979 ...

and

Barbara Hallquist Barbara Hallquist DeGroot (born May 1, 1957) is a retired professional tennis player from the U.S. She was the first female student to receive an athletic scholarship from the University of Southern California (USC) as a result of Title IX legisl ...

. As a doubles player she featured in the main draw of all four grand slam tournaments during her professional career and was runner-up at the Virginia Slims of Utah in 1984, partnering Robin White. Her most regular doubles partner on tour was Kim Steinmetz. She retired from professional tennis in 1988 and has since become Heather Conner through marriage. In 2011 she spoke publicly of having been sexually abused from the age of 14 by tennis player

Bob Hewitt Robert Anthony John Hewitt (born 12 January 1940) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. In 1967, after marrying a South African, he became a South African citizen. He has won 15 major titles and a career Grand Slam in both men' ...

, who was coaching her at the time. The allegations led to an investigation into Hewitt, with more victims coming forward, ultimately leading to his imprisonment in South Africa.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (0–1)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crowe, Heather 1961 births Living people American female tennis players Indiana Hoosiers women's tennis players Tennis players from Massachusetts Masconomet Regional High School alumni