Jenny Byrne (born 25 February 1967) is a former

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player from Australia who turned professional in 1987 and retired from the tour in 1997. Her career-high world rankings were world No. 45 in singles (in 1989) and world No. 27 in doubles (in 1988). Byrne finished runner-up in the mixed-doubles competition at

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in 1989, partnering

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. In 1992, she won the

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's 'Comeback Player of the Year' award. As a junior player, Byrne won the girls' singles title at the

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and finished runner-up in the girls' singles at Wimbledon in 1985.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups)

ITF finals

Singles (4–1)

Doubles (3–1)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Byrne, Jenny 1967 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Australia Sportswomen from Western Australia Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Tennis players from Perth, Western Australia Australian Open (tennis) junior champions