Tracy Yen Lin (born September 26, 1986) is an American former
tennis player.
Biography
Lin was born in
Anaheim, California and is of Taiwanese descent. Her elder brother Eric played college tennis at UCLA and appeared in the men's doubles main draw of the
1993 US Open. She attended
Canyon High School and as a sophomore in 2001 won the
CIF Southern Section singles title.
From 2004 to 2008, Lin played for the
UCLA Bruins and partnered with
Riza Zalameda
Riza Angela Zalameda (born February 10, 1986) is an American-Filipino former tennis player.
From 2004 to 2008, she attended and represented University of California on the Division I women's tennis team. Zalameda is a former NCAA national champ ...
to win the
NCAA doubles championship in her senior year. Lin and Zalameda received a wildcard to the doubles main draw of the
2008 East West Bank Classic
The 2008 East West Bank Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the East West Bank Classic, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Home Depot Center i ...
, a WTA Tour tournament in Los Angeles. Most notably the pair also competed as wildcards at the
2008 US Open and made the second round, with a win over the Spanish pairing of
Carla Suárez Navarro and
Arantxa Parra Santonja.
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1986 births
Living people
American female tennis players
UCLA Bruins women's tennis players
Tennis players from California
Sportspeople from Anaheim, California
American sportspeople of Taiwanese descent
Taiwanese-American tennis players