Birgitta Lindström (born 14 January 1948) is a Finnish former
tennis
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player. She has also been known by her married name Birgitta Warbach.
Lindström was the girls' singles champion at the
1966 Wimbledon Championships and the first Finn to win a grand slam title. She represented Finland at the
1968 Federation Cup, where she teamed up with elder sister
Christina.
In the late 1970s she was the women's tennis coach at
Syracuse University
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1948 births
Living people
Finnish female tennis players
Wimbledon junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles
Syracuse Orange women's tennis coaches
Finnish tennis coaches
20th-century Finnish sportswomen
Place of birth missing (living people)