Kristin Godridge (born 7 February 1973) is a retired tennis player from Australia who competed on the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tou ...
from 1987 to 1996.
Career
Godridge achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 79 in September 1991. Her highest doubles ranking was No. 68 in December 1990.
With partner
Kirrily Sharpe, Godridge was girls' doubles champion at the
1990 US Open.
The following year, she teamed with
Kirrily Sharpe to reclaim the title.
A highlight in her singles career came in
1992, when she reached the fourth round of
Wimbledon. She had wins over
Miriam Oremans
Miriam Oremans (born 9 September 1972) is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 26 July 1993 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 25.
She did not win any singles titles (Oremans did have two Sate ...
,
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, and ninth-seed
Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere before losing to third-seed
Gabriela Sabatini
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.
As a tennis coach, Godridge is the director and founder of Australasia Tennis Aces, a tennis school in Hong Kong.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
ITF finals
Singles (2–4)
Doubles (5–6)
References
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1973 births
Living people
Australian female tennis players
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
Hong Kong female tennis players
Tennis people from Victoria (state)
People from Traralgon
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)