| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Harlem, Georgia, USA |
| Born | October 22, 1961 Woodbury, Connecticut, USA |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 1978 |
| Retired | 1989 |
| Plays | Left-handed |
| Career prize money | $1,313,808 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 320–191 |
| Career titles | 5 |
| Highest ranking | No. 7 (December 6, 1982) |
| Grand Slam results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1984) |
| French Open | 1R (1985) |
| Wimbledon | Q (1982, 1983, 1985) |
| US Open | SF (1981) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 200–74 |
| Career titles | 18 |
| Highest ranking | No. 15 (July 18, 1988) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1983, 1984) |
| US Open | F (1982) |
| Mixed Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| US Open | F (1982, 1983) |
| Last updated on: July 12, 2008. | |
Barbara Potter (born October 22, 1961 in Woodbury, Connecticut) is a former tennis player from the United States, who competed professionally on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, winning five singles titles and eighteen doubles titles.
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Potter turned professional in 1978. A left-hander, she reached the semifinals at the U.S. Open in 1981, and the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 1984, and Wimbledon in 1985, 1983 & 1982. At the WTA Tour Championships, she reached the semifinals in singles in 1984 and in doubles in 1985 and 1982.
Potter reached a career high ranking of #7 in 1982. She also played in three Grand Slam finals, the 1982 US Open women's doubles, and the 1982 and 1983 US Open mixed doubles. She lost all three, the women's doubles with Sharon Walsh and both 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, but after a grueling exercise and fitness program, successfully returned to the tour.
She was a member of the 1982 and 1984 USA 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.
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1982 | US Open | Hard | Sharon Walsh | Kathy Jordan Anne Smith |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1982 | US Open | Hard | Ferdi Taygan | Anne Smith Kevin Curren |
6–7, 7–6(4), 7–6(5) |
| Runner-up | 1983 | US Open | Hard | Ferdi Taygan | Elizabeth Smylie John Fitzgerald |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Legend (Singles) |
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| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championship (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (1) |
| Tier IV (0) |
| Tier V (0) |
| VS (4) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | January 11, 1982 | Cincinnati, USA | Carpet (i) | Bettina Bunge | 6–4, 7–6(3) |
| 2. | September 27, 1982 | Philadelphia, USA | Carpet (i) | Pam Shriver | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 3. | August 19, 1985 | Monticello, USA | Hard | Helen Kelesi | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 4. | February 2, 1987 | Wichita, USA | Carpet (i) | Larisa Savchenko | 7–6(6), 7–6(5) |
| 5. | August 1, 1988 | Cincinnati, USA | Hard | Helen Kelesi | 6–2, 6–2 |
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| Tournament | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | Career SR |
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 3R | QF | 2R | NH | A | 4R | 1R | 0 / 7 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 |
| Wimbledon | 2R | 1R | 3R | 4R | QF | QF | 4R | QF | A | 2R | 4R | A | 0 / 10 |
| U.S. Open | 2R | 3R | 3R | SF | 2R | 2R | 4R | 2R | A | 1R | 4R | A | 0 / 10 |
| SR | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 28 |