Sarah Taylor (born November 6, 1981) is a tennis coach and former professional American tennis player from

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. Her highest ranking was World No. 68 on March 31, 2003. Taylor made her debut in a

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tournament at the 2001 US Open where she beat World No. 41

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in the first round. She won the silver medal at the

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, losing the final to

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7–5, 4–6, 6–1.

Family background

Sarah's mother, Sally, is a paralegal who was a nationally ranked junior player (No. 6 in girls 14s, No. 1 in doubles). She has two older brothers, Jeff, who played college tennis at the

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, and Robert, who played at the

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. She moved from

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in 1994 to attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy.

Results

2002

In addition to a 1998 title, captured an ITF Circuit singles title three years consecutively, most recently at ITF/Fullerton-USA, by passing top seed Irvin in QF; at Nasdaq in Miami, as world No. 118, received WC spot but was forced to ret. 1r against fellow WC

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at 1–4 due to a stomach virus; qualified for Strasbourg and won 1r over Pullin before falling to No. 2 seed and eventual champion

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; top seeded, won fifth title on ITF Circuit and second of year at ITF/College Park-USA; as Canadian Open qualifier, d. WC Nejedly before falling to former world No. 1

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; ranking moved up to No. 102; received a WC into second US Open, falling to qualifier

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1r; at Hawaii, ret. in 2r with a left foot sprain; career-first SF appearance came in Bali (as a qualifier), d. No. 5 seed Ad. Serra Zanetti, Morariu and Marrero before falling to former world No. 2

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; cracked Top 100 at No. 87; at Tokyo ( Japan Open), reached second SF in as many weeks with an upset of former world No. 1 Sanchez-Vicario in 2r; ranking reached No. 77

2003

In 2003, she made her debut at the

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, her first Grand Slam event outside of the United States, losing in the first round to No. 16 seed

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). She reached the fourth round at the

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in Miami as a wildcard, upsetting No. 11 seed

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in her opening match, following a bye in the first round, and No. 17 seed

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, losing to former world No. 1

, the No. 6 seed; following Miami, her ranking rose from No. 85 to No. 68. She retired in the first round at Madrid vs. No. 5 seed

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with the score 6–2, 3–0 to Suarez due to a right wrist sprain (a recurring injury); Her Roland Garros debut ended with a first round loss to qualifier

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. She then lost in the first round at the US Open to No. 12 seed

, thus failing to win a Grand Slam match during her 2003 season. At Quebec City, after she had lost to

in the first round of the singles, she was forced to retire in the first round of the doubles, partnering Allison Baker, due to a sprained right ankle.

2005

She won her sixth career pro singles title at $10K ITF/Evansville, IN-USA, defeating Kristi Miller in the final in straight sets 7–6, 6–1.

Post-retirement

After retiring in 2005, Taylor attended the

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while working at the Hollow Rock Racquet Club in

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. In October 2009, she became a coach at the

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