Career record 320–191 Height 1.75 m Handed Left-handed Prize money US$ 1,313,808 Role Tennis player Retired 1989 | Plays Left-handed Name Barbara Potter Turned pro 1978 Career titles 6 Weight 61 kg | |
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Born October 22, 1961 (age 62) Woodbury, Connecticut, USA ( 1961-10-22 ) | ||
Rosie casals wendy turnbull vs barbara potter sharon walsh 1982 us open women s doubles final
Barbara Potter (born October 22, 1961) is a former tennis player from the United States, who competed professionally on the WTA Tour between 1978 and 1989, winning six singles titles and 19 doubles titles. Her highest singles ranking was No. 7 in December 1982.
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- Rosie casals wendy turnbull vs barbara potter sharon walsh 1982 us open women s doubles final
- Career
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Career
Potter turned professional in 1978. A left-hander, she reached the semifinals at the U.S. Open in 1981 as well as the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 198, and Wimbledon in 1982, 1983 and 1985. At the WTA Tour Championships, she reached the semifinals in singles in 1984 and was a runner-up in doubles with Sharon Walsh in 1981.
Potter reached a career high ranking of No. 7 in 1982. She also played in three Grand Slam doubles finals, the 1982 US Open women's doubles with Sharon Walsh as well as the 1982 and 1983 US Open mixed doubles with Ferdi Taygan.
In 1986, Potter suffered two herniated disks in her back at a tournament in England and was forced off the tour several times. After a grueling exercise and fitness program, she successfully returned to the tour.
She was a member of the 1982 and 1984 U.S. Wightman Cup teams and the 1988 United States Fed Cup team. In 1989, she re-aggravated a persistent back condition at the beginning season when she was involved in an automobile accident. She retired in November 1989 due to deteriorating hip cartilage.
Potter currently resides in Harlem, Georgia.