Country (sports) US Australian Open 1R (1981, 1982, 1983) Wimbledon 3R (1980, 1981) Height 1.73 m | Plays Right-handed French Open 2R (1979) US Open 4R (1979) Turned pro 1978 | |
Born June 16, 1959 (age 57)Kalamazoo, US ( 1959-06-16 ) Similar Leslie Allen (tennis), Louise Allen (tennis), Lea Antonoplis | ||
Sherry Acker (born June 16, 1959), is an American former tennis player whose was active in the late 1970s and first half of the 1980s.
Acker was taught tennis by her father who was the coach at Kalamazoo College. In 1971, she won the girls' national singles and doubles title for 12-year-olds. She attended Kalamazoo Central High School and played on the varsity boys' tennis team. She attended the University of Florida and turned pro in 1978.
In the doubles competition her best result at a Grand Slam event was reaching the semi-final at the 1979 US Open with Julie Anthony, which they lost Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova. At the same tournament she reached the fourth round of the singles event in which she was beaten in three sets by first-seeded Chris Evert. In the mixed doubles, partnering Larry Leeds, she reached the semi-final of the 1981 Wimbledon Championships in which they were defeated by the second-seeded pair and eventual champions Betty Stöve and Frew McMillan.
In 1980 she reached the final of the singles event at the Women's Stuttgart Open, as an unseeded player, but lost in straight sets to first-seeded and defending champion Tracy Austin.