Linda Gates (born 1963) is an American former professional

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player.

Biography

A native of

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, Gates played college tennis for

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in the early 1980s. She made history at the 1985 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships when she became the first woman to win consecutive doubles championships, as well as the first woman to win the singles and doubles championship in the same year. She won the Broderick Award (now the

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) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1985. Gates had her best performance in a grand slam tournament at the

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, where she was a quarter-finalist in the women's doubles, partnering

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. Their run included a win over the eighth seeded Maleeva sisters (

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and Manuela). Following her graduation from Stanford in 1985 she competed briefly on the professional tour. At the 1985 US Open, she won through to the third round, playing as a wildcard. She was runner-up to

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at the 1985 Japan Open, which was the Argentine's first WTA Tour title.

WTA Tour finals

Singles (0-1)

Doubles (0–1)

ITF finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gates, Linda 1963 births Living people American female tennis players Stanford Cardinal women's tennis players Tennis people from California People from Burlingame, California Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games