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Rene Simpson Collins (14 January 1966 – 17 October 2013) was a Canadian professional
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 Sarnia, Ontario. She reached a WTA singles ranking of 70 in 1989, and had a successful NCAA career for Texas Christian University. She was a member of the
Canada Fed Cup team The Canada women's national tennis represents Canada in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition since 1963. They are overseen by Tennis Canada, the governing body of tennis in Canada. Canada has reached the semifinals in 1988, and the quarterfin ...
from 1988 to 1998, coach from 1998 to 2000, and captain from 2001 to 2010. She was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in 2011. Simpson died on 17 October 2013 after a year-long battle with brain cancer. She was 47.


WTA career finals


Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)


Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)


ITF finals


Singles (4–1)


Doubles (3–2)


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Rene 1966 births 2013 deaths Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian female tennis players Deaths from cancer in Illinois Deaths from brain cancer in the United States Sportspeople from Sarnia Texas Christian University alumni TCU Horned Frogs women's tennis players Racket sportspeople from Ontario