Barbara Potter

Barbara Potter
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	October 22, 1961
Size:	175 cm
1st professional season:	1979
Resignation:	1989
Playing hand:	Left
Prize money:	$ 1,313,808
singles
Career record:	320: 191
Career title:	5 WTA , 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	10 (January 17 1983)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	200: 74
Career title:	18 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	15 (July 18 1988)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Barbara Potter (born October 22, 1961 in Woodbury , Connecticut ) is a former American tennis player .

Career

In her tennis career, Potter won a total of five singles and 18 doubles titles on the WTA Tour . She was in the final of a Grand Slam tournament three times , but couldn't win any. In 1982, she lost the finals at the US Open in women's doubles alongside Sharon Walsh against the pairing Rosie Casals / Wendy Turnbull 4-6, 4: 6 and in mixed alongside Ferdi Taygan against the pairing Anne Smith / Kevin Curren with 7: 6, 6: 7. 6: 7. In 1983 she lost again the final in the mixed of the US Open , again at the side of Ferdi Taygan, this time 6: 3, 3: 6, 4: 6 against Elizabeth Smylie and John Fitzgerald .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	17th January 1982	Cincinnati	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Bettina Bunge	6: 4, 7: 6 3
2.	3rd October 1982	Philadelphia	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Pam Shriver	6: 4, 6: 2
3.	August 26, 1985	Monticello	WTA	Hard court	Helen Kelesi	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
4th	February 8, 1987	Wichita	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Larissa Savchenko	7: 6 6 , 7: 6 5
5.	August 6, 1988	Cincinnati	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Helen Kelesi	6: 2, 6: 2

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	September 28, 1980	Atlanta	WTA	sand	Sharon Walsh	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6: 3, 6: 1
2.	December 21, 1980	Tucson	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Leslie Allen	Mary-Lou Piatek Wendy White	7: 6, 6: 0
3.	January 18, 1981	Kansas City	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Sharon Walsh	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	6: 2, 7: 6
4th	March 22, 1981	Boston	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Sharon Walsh	JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
5.	October 25, 1981	Brighton	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Anne Smith	Mima Jaušovec Pam Shriver	6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4
6th	November 22, 1981	Perth	WTA	race	Sharon Walsh	Betsy Nagelsen Candy Reynolds	6: 4, 6: 2
7th	February 14, 1982	Kansas City	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Sharon Walsh	Mary-Lou Piatek Anne Smith	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
8th.	February 27, 1982	Oakland	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Sharon Walsh	Kathy Jordan Pam Shriver	6: 1, 3: 6, 7: 6
9.	August 29, 1982	Mahwah	WTA	Hard court	Sharon Walsh	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	6: 1, 6: 4
10.	October 10, 1982	Deerfield Beach	WTA	Hard court	Sharon Walsh	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	7: 6, 7: 6
11.	February 6, 1983	Palm Beach Gardens	WTA	sand	Sharon Walsh	Kathy Jordan Paula Smith	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2
12.	17th July 1983	Newport	WTA	race	Pam Shriver	Barbara Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	6: 3, 6: 1
13.	October 9, 1983	Detroit	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Kathy Jordan	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	6: 4, 6: 1
14th	January 8, 1984	Washington	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Sharon Walsh	Leslie Allen Anne White	6: 1, 6: 7, 6: 2
15th	March 30, 1984	Boston	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Sharon Walsh	Andrea Leand Mary-Lou Piatek	7: 6, 6: 0
16.	March 17, 1985	Dallas	WTA	Carpet (hall)	Sharon Walsh	Marcella Mesker Pascale Paradis	5: 7, 6: 4, 7: 6
17th	March 30, 1986	Nashville	WTA	sand	Pam Shriver	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	6: 4, 6: 3
18th	July 16, 1988	Newport	WTA Tier IV	race	Rosalyn Fairbank	Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil	6: 4, 6: 3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to the ITF, it even reached number 7 on December 6, 1982

Web links

• WTA Profile of Barbara Potter (English)
• ITF Profile of Barbara Potter (English)
• Fed Cup Statistics for Barbara Potter (English)