Hélène Pelletier (born January 2, 1959) is a Canadian former professional

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player.

Biography

Born in Charlesbourg, Pelletier showed talent in water skiing as a child and only took up tennis at the age of 14. She trained for a short time at the Hopman Academy in Florida before injuring her ankle and played tennis for

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. In 1979 she won a

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silver medal in women's doubles and a mixed doubles bronze at the

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in Mexico City. Pelletier played a total of 12 Federation Cup ties for Canada, from 1981 to 1985. She was most prominent on the professional tour as a doubles player, often partnering Federation Cup teammate

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, with whom she won the 1984 Brasil Open in Rio de Janeiro and made the round of 16 at the

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. The pair's biggest win was over

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and

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at the 1985 Virginia Slims of Florida. As a singles player, her achievements including qualifying for the main draw of the

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. She defeated

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at the 1984 edition of the Canadian Open and won a Federation Cup match against Britain's

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in the same year. Retiring due to injury in 1986, Pelletier went on to have a career in media. She started at radio station

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and since 1989 has been with Quebec sports broadcaster

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(RDS).

WTA career titles

Doubles (1)

References

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Biography

WTA career titles

Doubles (1)

See also

References

External links