Robin Kimberly Anderson (born April 12, 1993) is an American tennis player.
Career
She received a wildcard into the main draw of the
2022 Australian Open
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on her
Grand Slam
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debut, after winning the USTA's Australian Open Wildcard Challenge.
Personal life
Anderson's parents are Denom and Trudy Anderson, and she has two siblings, Matthew and Samantha.
College
Anderson attended
UCLA
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from 2011 to 2015, where she was on the tennis team each year.
She won the
Honda Sports Award
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as the nation's best collegiate female tennis player in 2014, and earned the award as well in the following year, 2015.
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
WTA 125 tournament finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner–ups)
Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner–ups)
Notes
References
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1993 births
Living people
American female tennis players
African-American female tennis players
Tennis people from New Jersey
21st-century African-American sportspeople
21st-century African-American women
UCLA Bruins women's tennis players