Barbara Jordan (tennis player)

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Barbara Jordan Tennis player
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: April 2, 1957
Prize money: $ 22,784
singles
Career record: 50:90
Highest ranking: 78 (January 17 1983)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  1
Australian Open S (1979)
French Open 2R (1979-1981)
Wimbledon 3R (1978, 1980, 1983)
US Open 3R (1977, 1979)
Double
Career record: 109: 118
Career title: 3 WTA , 0 ITF
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open VF (1979)
French Open HF (1984)
Wimbledon AF (1983)
US Open 2R (1978, 1979, 1981, 1983)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  1
Australian Open -
French Open S (1983)
Wimbledon AF (1983)
US Open HF (1982)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Barbara Jordan (born April 2, 1957 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin ) is a former American tennis player . Her younger sister, Kathy Jordan, was the more successful of the family's two tennis pros.

Career

In 1979 Barbara turned pro and that same year she won the individual title at the Australian Open . In 1983 she won the mixed competition of the French Open with Eliot Teltscher .

She played her last match on the women's tour in April 1987.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. 1979 AustraliaAustralia Australian Open Grand Slam race United StatesUnited States Sharon Walsh 6: 3, 6: 3

Mixed

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. 1983 FranceFrance French Open Grand Slam sand United StatesUnited States Eliot Teltscher United StatesUnited States Leslie Allen Charles Strode
United StatesUnited States  		6: 2, 6: 3

Honors

Jordan was inducted into the ITA Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame , USTA Hall of Fame , Stanford Hall of Fame .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Jordan, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States