Karen Dewis (born 19 September 1962) is a Canadian former professional
tennis player.
Tennis career
Dewis featured on the
WTA Tour in the 1980s. She reached the final qualifying round at the
1980 Wimbledon Championships
The 1980 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 23 June until 5 July. It was th ...
and won her first round match at the
1984 Borden Classic.
Between 1980 and 1984 she appeared in a total of six ties for the
Canada Federation Cup team
The Canada women's national tennis represents Canada in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition since 1963. They are overseen by Tennis Canada, the governing body of tennis in Canada.
Canada has reached the semifinals in 1988, and the quarterfina ...
. Her only singles win came against Mexico's
Alejandra Vallejo
Alejandra Vallejo (born 21 October 1958) is a Mexican former professional tennis player.
Between 1976 and 1987, Vallejo represented Mexico in 16 Federation Cup ties. She was winless in her eight singles rubbers, but fared better in doubles, fini ...
, in addition to doubles wins over Yugoslavia and Chile.
A varsity tennis player for the
UCLA Bruins, Dewis was a gold medalist for Canada at the
1983 World University Games in Edmonton, partnering
Jill Hetherington
Jill Hetherington-Hultquist (born October 27, 1964) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She played college tennis for the University of Florida, and was women's tennis head coach at the University of Washington until May 2014.
Colle ...
.
See also
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List of Canada Fed Cup team representatives
References
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1962 births
Living people
Canadian female tennis players
Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Canada
Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
UCLA Bruins women's tennis players