Lea Antonoplis
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Born |
West Covina, United States | January 20, 1959
Retired | 1991 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 66 (February 4, 1985) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1988) |
French Open | 1R (1983, 1984) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1977) |
US Open | 3R (1976) |
Wimbledon Junior | W (1977) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–2 |
Career titles | 4 |
Highest ranking | No. 55 (September 14, 1987) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1982, 1984) |
French Open | 3R (1983, 1987) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1978, 1979, 1983) |
US Open | 3R (1977) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (1987) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1979, 1987) |
US Open | 1R (1979) |
Lea Antonoplis (born January 20, 1959 in West Covina, California) is a former professional tennis player who won the Wimbledon Girls' Singles in 1977 and four WTA doubles titles.[1]
Early life
Antonoplis attended Glendora High School from 1973 to 1977 and graduated from the University of Southern California.[2]
Tennis career
In 1974, Antonoplis played her first Grand Slam match in the US Open, which Sue Mappin won 6–4 3–6 6–2. In the 1976 Wimbledon Championships, she lost to Natasha Chmyreva 2–6 6–2 6–2 in the quarter final of the Girls' Singles. In the 1977 Wimbledon Championships, Antonoplis won the Girls' Singles, beating compatriot Mareen Louie-Harper 7–5 6–1 in the final.
In 1979, she won her first WTA doubles title in the Player's Canadian Open partnering Diane Evers, winning the final against Chris O'Neil and Mimi Wikstedt 2–6 6–1 6–3. In 1983, she won two doubles titles partnering Barbara Jordan. In Indianapolis, they beat Rosalyn Fairbank and Candy Reynolds 5–7 6–4 7–5 in the final, and in Hershey they beat Sherry Acker and Ann Henricksson 6–3 6–4. In 1986, she won her fourth and last WTA doubles title partnering Barbara Gerken and beating Gigi Fernández and Susan Leo 6–1 6–2 in the final.[1]
Antonoplis also acquired some notability at a 1976 satellite tournament in South Orange, New Jersey when she prevailed in a close three set semifinal match against transsexual player Renée Richards. This was the first tournament in which Richards competed after she was publicized as having undergone a sex change procedure.
WTA Tour finals
Doubles 10 (3–7)
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 0 |
Olympic Games | 0 |
Titles by Surface | |
Hard | 2 |
Clay | 0 |
Grass | 0 |
Carpet | 1 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | February 14, 1983 | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–4 7–5 |
Winner | 2. | February 20, 1983 | Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | November 13, 1983 | Ginny Championships, USA | Carpet | ![]() |
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7–5, 5–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | August 5, 1984 | Newport, Rhode Island, USA | Grass | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 5. | December 15, 1985 | Auckland, New Zealand | Grass | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 6. | October 12, 1986 | Taipei | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | August 2, 1987 | Aptos, California, USA | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | November 8, 1987 | Little Rock, Arkansas, USA | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | April 17, 1988 | Tokyo Outdoor, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | July 24, 1988 | Schenectady, New York, USA | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Antonoplis, Lea (USA)". Players – Biography. ITF. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- ↑ Emery, David (1983). Who's who in international tennis. New York: Facts on File Publications. ISBN 0-87196-789-8.
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