Jamie Golder (born February 21, 1962) is an American former professional

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player.

Biography

Born in

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, Golder played college tennis for the

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before joining the professional tour. During her professional career she featured in the main draw of all four grand slam tournaments, most notably at the

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, where she had an opening round win over fourth seed

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, who retired hurt after losing the first set 5–7. Golder won a silver medal behind

Ronni Reis Ronni Reis (sometimes spelled Ronnie Reis; also Ronni Reis-Bernstein) (born May 10, 1966) is an American former tennis player. Reis won three gold medals at the 1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel, the doubles bronze medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games, ...

in the women's singles event at the

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in Israel. She was the second wife of actor and comedian

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