American tennis player
Linda Gates (born 1963) is an American former professional tennis player.
A native of Burlingame, California , Gates played college tennis for Stanford University in the early 1980s. She made history at the 1985 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships when she became the first woman to win consecutive doubles championships, as well as the first woman to win the singles and doubles championship in the same year.[1] She won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award ) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1985.[2] [3] [4]
Gates had her best performance in a grand slam tournament at the 1985 Australian Open , where she was a quarter-finalist in the women's doubles, partnering Alycia Moulton . Their run included a win over the eighth seeded Maleeva sisters (Katerina and Manuela ).
Following her graduation from Stanford in 1985 she competed briefly on the professional tour.[5] At the 1985 US Open , she won through to the third round, playing as a wildcard. She was runner-up to Gabriela Sabatini at the 1985 Japan Open , which was the Argentine's first WTA Tour title.[6]
Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Winner
1.
July 7, 1985
Schenectady , United States
Hard
Jenni Goodling
6–1, 6–1
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up
1.
July 23, 1983
Birmingham , United States
Hard
Caryn Copeland
Cynthia MacGregor Gretchen Magers
5–7, 6–7
Winner
1.
June 17, 1984
Freehold , United States
Hard
Linda Howell
Louise Field Michelle Turk
4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner
2.
July 22, 1984
Fayetteville , United States
Hard
Cynthia MacGregor
Rebecca Bryant Natalia Leipus
6–1, 7–6
Runner-up
2.
July 30, 1984
Delray Beach , United States
Hard
Cynthia MacGregor
Julie Richardson Belinda Cordwell
5–7, 0–6
Winner
3.
August 18, 1984
Miramar , United States
Hard
Cynthia MacGregor
Patty Fendick Linda Howell
6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Winner
4.
June 23, 1985
Fayetteville , United States
Hard
Sonia Hahn
Caroline Kuhlman Wendy Wood
6–4, 6–3
Winner
5.
July 1, 1985
Schenectady , United States
Hard
Lynn Lewis
Helena Manset Cecilia Fernandez-Parker
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up
3.
August 18, 1985
Roanoke , United States
Hard
Leigh-Anne Eldredge
Louise Allen Ronni Reis
4–6, 4–6
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