Laura Arraya (born 12 January 1964) is a retired Peruvian
tennis
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player. She was also known by her married name Laura Gildemeister.
Career
At a young age, Argentine-born Arraya emigrated to Peru with her family and acquired Peruvian nationality. She later represented Peru in
international matches. Her best result in a Grand Slam was a quarterfinal at
Wimbledon in 1991. Her brother
Pablo Arraya is =a former tennis player, who reached the top 30 in the
Association of Tennis Professionals
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rankings. In 1984, Arraya married Chilean tennis player
Heinz Gildemeister,
but they later divorced.
At present, she directs a tennis academy in Lima and in Key Biscayne with her brother Pablo.
When she won the OTB Open in July 1989,
[See her profile at the Women's Tennis Association] she became the first mother since
Evonne Goolagong
Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley (née Goolagong; born 31 July 1951) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. Goolagong was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s.
At the age of 19, she won the French Open sing ...
to win a
Women's Tennis Association
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tournament.
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 10 (4–6)
Doubles: 10 (1–9)
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Other finals
Singles (3-1)
Doubles (2–2)
References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
Peruvian female tennis players
21st-century Peruvian women
20th-century Peruvian women