Patricia Lynn Bostrom (born November 25, 1951) is an American 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. She is better known as Trish Bostrom and after tennis became a lawyer in Washington. Bostrom grew up in

West Seattle West Seattle is a conglomeration of neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington, United States. It comprises two of the thirteen districts, Delridge and Southwest, and encompasses all of Seattle west of the Duwamish River. It was incorporated as an i ...

and attended the

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, winning the Pac-8 singles title in 1972. While at the university she was an advocate for gender equality in collegiate sports and successfully sued to be able to try out for a spot on the men's tennis team. Graduating from the University of Washington in 1972, Bostrom competed on the professional tour for the remainder of the 1970s and played five seasons of

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. Ranked as high as five in the world for doubles, she was a women's doubles semi-finalist at the

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and a mixed doubles semi-finalist at the

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WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 3 (0-3)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bostrom, Patricia 1951 births Living people American female tennis players Washington Huskies athletes College women's tennis players in the United States Tennis players from Seattle