Jennifer Goodling (born April 26, 1962) is a 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 from the United States.

Biography

Early life

Goodling grew up in

York, Pennsylvania York ( Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Yarrick''), known as the White Rose City (after the symbol of the House of York), is the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the south-central region of the state. The populati ...

, the daughter of a US congressman. Her grandfather

George Atlee Goodling George Atlee Goodling (September 26, 1896 – October 17, 1982) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography George Atlee Goodling was born in Loganville, Pennsylvania. During the First World War ...

had also been a US congressman from Pennsylvania, before being succeeded by his son, Jennifer's father

William F. Goodling William Franklin Goodling (December 5, 1927 – September 17, 2017) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. At the time of his death, he was the Chairman of the Board of the Goodling Institute for Resea ...

, in 1975. She went to both

Dallastown Area High School Dallastown Area High School is a large suburban, American High School, part of the Dallastown Area School District. The school is located at 700 New School Lane, Dallastown, Pennsylvania in York County, Pennsylvania. Dallastown Area High School is ...

and York Country Day School.

Tennis career

Goodling began her career on the WTA Tour in 1980 as an amateur and in the early 1980s attended

Rollins College Rollins College is a private college in Winter Park, Florida. It was founded in November 1885 and has about 30 undergraduate majors and several graduate programs. It is Florida's fourth oldest post-secondary institution. History Rollins Colle ...

in Florida. In her All-American season at Rollins College in 1983, Goodling represented the United States at the

University Games A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ro ...

in Alberta. After graduating from Rollins College in 1985, Goodling began touring professionally. At the

1988 Australian Open File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicentenni ...

she featured in the singles main draw as a qualifier and made the round of 16 of the women's doubles. She was most successful in the doubles format, appearing in the women's doubles main draws of all four grand slam tournaments. She still lives in Pennsylvania and is working as a tennis instructor.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodling, Jenni 1962 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis people from Pennsylvania Sportspeople from York, Pennsylvania Rollins Tars women's tennis players