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Barbara Jordan (tennis)

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Country (sports)
  
United States

Wimbledon
  
3R (1978, 1980, 1983)

Height
  
1.65 m

Handed
  
Right-handed

French Open
  
2R (1981)

Role
  
Tennis player

Education
  
Stanford University


Australian Open
  
W (1979)

Name
  
Barbara Jordan

Grand slams won (singles)
  
1

Plays
  
Right-handed

US Open
  
3R (1979)

Weight
  
57 kg

Highest ranking
  
No.

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Born
  
April 2, 1957 (age 66) Milwaukee, Wisconsin (
1957-04-02
)

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Barbara Jordan (born April 2, 1957) is a former professional female tennis player from the United States who won the 1979 Australian Open singles title.

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Jordan also won the mixed doubles title at the 1983 French Open with Eliot Teltscher. Jordan was a three-time All-American at Stanford University, where she obtained her degree in economics in three years. She won the 1978 AIAW College National doubles with sister Kathy Jordan in 1978. Jordan made her first appearance on the(WTA) computer in August 1977 at No. 95. She was a five-time member of WTA board of directors as well as served as chairman of the tournament committee in 1980. Jordan also won the USTA under 21-National Championship in 1978 in singles and doubles. She went on to earn her Juris Doctorate from UCLA.

Honors

Jordan has been inducted in the ITA Women's Hall of Fame, the USTA Hall of Fame, the Stanford Hall of Fame and others

References

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