Linda Wild

Linda Harvey Wild (born February 11, 1971, in Arlington Heights, Illinois) is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. Born as Linda Harvey, she later used the family name of her stepfather and coach Steve Wild.

Wild turned pro in 1989. In the first round of her first tournament as a pro, in February, 1990 in her hometown of Chicago, she defeated then fifth-ranked Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. During her career on the WTA Tour, she won 5 singles and 5 doubles titles. Her best Grand Slam singles performance came at the 1996 US Open, where she reached the quarterfinals. Her best doubles result came at the 1996 Australian Open, reaching the semifinals with Elizabeth Smylie. Wild was a member of the United States Fed Cup team that won the 1996 Fed Cup title. She reached career-high rankings of No. 23 (in September 1996) in singles and No. 17 (in July 1996) in doubles. She retired from the tour in 2000.

WTA Tour titles (10)

Singles wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 26, 1993	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Hard	Ann Grossman	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2.	September 27, 1993	Sapporo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Irina Spîrlea	6–4, 6–3
3.	September 11, 1995	Nagoya, Japan	Carpet (i)	Sandra Kleinová	6–4, 6–2
4.	September 25, 1995	Beijing, China	Hard	Wang Shi-ting	7–5, 6–2
5.	April 8, 1996	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Yayuk Basuki	walkover

Singles runners-up (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	June 15, 1992	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Lori McNeil	6–4, 6–4
2.	November 9, 1992	Indianapolis, USA	Hard (i)	Helena Suková	6–4, 6–3
3.	October 4, 1993	Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Wang Shi-ting	6–1, 7–6(4)
4.	June 13, 1994	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Meredith McGrath	6–2, 6–4

Doubles titles (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	January 10, 1994	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Chanda Rubin	Jenny Byrne Rachel McQuillan	7–5, 4–6, 7–6(1)
2.	May 9, 1994	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Amanda Coetzer	Kristie Boogert Laura Golarsa	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
3.	May 8, 1995	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Chanda Rubin	Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund	6–7(3), 6–3, 6–2
4.	September 25, 1995	Beijing, China	Hard	Claudia Porwik	Wang Shi-ting Stephanie Rottier	6–1, 6–0
5.	June 10, 1996	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Lori McNeil Nathalie Tauziat	6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles runners-up (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	March 2, 1992	Boca Raton, USA	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–2
2.	September 20, 1993	Tokyo (Nichirei), Japan	Hard	Amanda Coetzer	Lisa Raymond Chanda Rubin	6–4, 6–1
3.	October 31, 1994	Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Chanda Rubin	Elna Reinach Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–3
4.	February 27, 1995	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Hard	Laura Golarsa	Karin Kschwendt Rene Simpson	6–2, 0–6, 6–4
5.	September 18, 1995	Tokyo (Nichirei), Japan	Hard	Amanda Coetzer	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández	6–3, 6–2
6.	June 9, 1997	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	Katrina Adams Larisa Neiland	6–2, 6–3

External links

• Linda Wild at the Women's Tennis Association
• Linda Wild at the Fed Cup

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