Michelle Jackson-Nobrega (born 28 December 1973) is a former professional
tennis
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player from the United States.
Biography
Born in
Brazil
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, Jackson-Nobrega moved back and forth between the United States and her birth country as a child, before her family settled permanently in Florida in the mid 1980s. She attended
Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach.
Jackson-Nobrega reached a best singles ranking of 108 in the world while competing on the professional tour in the 1990s. Her best WTA Tour performance came at the
1994 Lipton Championships in Miami, where she had wins over
Caroline Kuhlman
Caroline Kuhlman (born August 25, 1966) is an American retired tennis player.
Tennis career
During her tennis career she reached one WTA Tour final and won five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit
The ...
and
Stephanie Rottier
Stephanie Rottier (born 22 January 1974) is a former professional Dutch tennis player.
Results
Rottier reached the second round of the 1994 French Open. She reached the final of the WTA singles tournament in Tokyo in 1993, losing to Kimiko Date ...
, then took seventh seed
Lindsay Davenport to three sets in a third round loss. She made a grand slam main draw appearance at
1994 US Open, partnering
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People with the given name
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in the doubles.
She represented the United States in tennis at the
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in 2017.
ITF finals
Singles: 3 (2–1)
Doubles: 5 (3–2)
References
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1973 births
Living people
American female tennis players
LGBT tennis players
American LGBT sportspeople
Lesbian sportswomen
Brazilian emigrants to the United States
Tennis people from Florida
21st-century American women