Kathleen Cummings (born September 5, 1961) is a retired professional tennis player from the U.S.
Biography
Cummings, who comes from
Richmond, Virginia
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, was a three-time
All-American tennis player at the
University of Colorado. She made the semi-finals of the
AIAW Championships in 1982 and transferred to the
University of Texas for the final year of her college career, winning the 1984 Southwest Conference singles title.
While still in college, Cummings began playing on the professional circuit as an amateur and had her breakthrough when she upset
Virginia Wade at the
1981 Avon Championships of Seattle. At the
1983 US Open, Cummings had wins over
Lee Duk-hee and
Mary-Lou Piatek to make the third round, where she lost to eighth seed
Hana Mandlíková
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.
In 1984 she had her best year on the circuit, with semi-final appearances at Virginia Slims tournaments in Nashville and Richmond, as well as a quarter-final in Salt Lake City. She graduated from college in 1984 and continued to play on tour until 1986.
She now works as a nurse in the Richmond area.
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1961 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Colorado Buffaloes women's tennis players
Texas Longhorns women's tennis players
Tennis players from Richmond, Virginia