Marita Redondo (born February 19, 1956) is an American former

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player who was active during the 1970s and early 1980s. Her best singles performance at a

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tournament was reaching the fourth round at the 1978 US Open where she lost in three sets to

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. At both the French Open (1976) and Wimbledon (1978) she reached the third round in the singles, losing to

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and

Ruta Gerulaitis Ruta Gerulaitis ( lt, Rūta Gerulaitytė; born November 18, 1955) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She is the sister of Vitas Gerulaitis. Biography Early life Gerulaitis, the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants, gre ...

respectively. In 1973, at age 17, she played on the

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, an annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain, partnering Chris Evert in the first doubles rubber. Redondo played

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for the Los Angeles Strings in 1974, the San Diego Friars in 1975 and the

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in 1978. In January 1978 she won the Avon Futures of San Diego, defeating Pat Medrado in the final in straight sets. At the Futures Championships in Atlanta in March she was runner-up to Julie Anthony. Redondo was inducted into the San Diego Tennis Hall of Fame in 2012.

WTA career finals

Singles (1 title)

Doubles (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Futures finals

Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Redondo, Marita 1956 births Living people American female tennis players People from National City, California 21st-century American women Tennis players from San Diego