Michelle Torres (born June 27, 1967) is an American retired professional

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. She is also known as Michelle Casati.

Career

At age 15 Torres played Wimbledon, the French and U.S. Opens. By 1984 she was ranked in the top 20 in the world. That year, at 17, she reached her only two finals on the

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, winning one at the

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over

Carling Bassett Carling Kathrin Bassett-Seguso (born 9 October 1967) is a former Canadian professional tennis player. Bassett is the daughter of John F. Bassett and Susan Carling, and the granddaughter of media baron John Bassett and politician and brewery exec ...

and losing the other to

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at the

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WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

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* * 1967 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis people from Illinois 21st-century American women {{US-tennis-bio-stub