Janice Tindle (born July 3, 1950) is a Canadian former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player.
Tennis career
Tindle, a Vancouver-based player, won back to back national singles championships in 1972 and 1973. She played collegiate tennis for
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...
and represented Canada in six Federation Cup ties. In 1973 she was a main draw qualifier at the
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...
, where she lost her first round match to
Wendy Turnbull
Wendy Turnbull, , (born 26 November 1952) is a retired tennis player from Australia. During her career, she won nine Grand Slam titles, four of them in women's doubles and five of them in mixed doubles. She also was a three-time Grand Slam runn ...
in three sets.
Personal life
Tindle's siblings Jill, Kim and Mark were all tennis players. Olympic swimmer
Leslie Cliff married her brother Mark.
See also
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List of Canada Fed Cup team representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Canada Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match. Canada have taken part in the competition since 1963.
Fed Cup players
:''*Active players in bold, statistics as of September 9, 2019 ...
References
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1950 births
Living people
Arizona State Sun Devils women's tennis players
Canadian female tennis players
Racket sportspeople from British Columbia
Sportspeople from Vancouver