Susie Jaeger (born March 29, 1962) is an American former professional

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player.

Biography

Born in

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

, to a Swiss father and German mother, Jaeger is the elder sister of tennis player

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and attended Stevenson High School. She was beaten in only one match as a high school player and won three successive IHSA singles titles, the first girl to have done so. Ranked fourth in the country as a amateur, she received a tennis scholarship to

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, where she was a member of two NCAA championship winning teams. Jaeger competed on the professional tour during the 1980s, but was hampered by injuries. She featured in a grand slam main draw for the first time as an injury replacement for

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at the 1980 US Open and won through to the second round. In 1981 she made the main draw at Wimbledon, losing in the first round to Kim Sands. A political science graduate from Stanford, Jaeger's ex-husband is tennis player Scott Davis, who she met at university.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaeger, Susie 1962 births Living people American female tennis players Stanford Cardinal women's tennis players Tennis players from Chicago American people of German descent American people of Swiss descent