Tina Karwasky (born November 24, 1952) is a former 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 the United States.
Born Tina Watanabe, she is of Japanese descent. She competed during her career under her married name Tina Mochizuki.
Biography
Karwasky, who grew up in Los Angeles, played collegiate tennis for
California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) in the 1970s.
As a professional player she had a best ranking of 88 in the world and appeared regularly in the main draws of all grand slam tournaments. Her match wins on the WTA Tour include
Lisa Bonder
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,
Dianne Fromholtz,
Bonnie Gadusek
Bonnie Gadusek (born September 11, 1963) is a retired American professional tennis player.
Career
Gadusek started a career in gymnastics, training for the 1980 Olympics, but fell from uneven parallel bars and landed on her neck, dislocating two ...
and
Kathy Rinaldi.
Later returning to Cal State LA, she was the school's tennis coach for 21 seasons.
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1952 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Tennis players from Los Angeles
American sportspeople of Japanese descent
California State University, Los Angeles alumni
California State University, Los Angeles faculty
21st-century American women