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Mary Lou Piatek-Daniels (born August 6, 1961) is a retired
tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player from the U.S. who played on the
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during the 1980s. In 1979, she was the no. 1 junior in the world. She won her first pro title at Richmond, Virginia 1981, beating Sylvia Hanika and Sue Barker en route. She was coached by her father Joseph, a former varsity player at Indiana University, and by Trinity coach Emilie Foster. Piatek-Daniels made her ranking debut in February 1980 at no. 45. Her career wins include Robin White, Christiane Jolissaint,
Kathy Horvath Erica Kathleen "Kathy" Horvath (born August 25, 1965) is an American former professional tennis player. She is best known for upsetting world No. 1 Martina Navratilova in the fourth round of the 1983 French Open, delivering her only defeat for ...
, Wendy White, Gigi Fernández, and Betsy Nagelsen.


WTA Tour finals


Singles 4 (2–2)


Doubles 21 (7–14)


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* * American female tennis players People from Whiting, Indiana Tennis people from Indiana 1961 births Living people Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles People from Munster, Indiana {{US-tennis-bio-stub