Beth lord

Beth lord
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	May 28, 1964
1st professional season:	1981
Resignation:	1990
Prize money:	$ 263,069
singles
Career record:	106: 127
Career title:	1 WTA , 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	31 (August 15 1983)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	124: 128
Career title:	5 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	26 (October 10 1988)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Beth Herr (born May 28, 1964 in the United States ) is a former American tennis player .

Career

At the age of 16, Beth Herr led the tennis world rankings for juniors. In 1982 she won the singles final of the US Open and the doubles competitions of the French Open , the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open in this age group . She also triumphed in 1983 at the age of 19 in the NCAA singles competition for the University of Southern California . She defeated Gigi Fernández , who later won 17 Grand Slam doubles competitions, in an exciting match 3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6.

After dropping out of her studies, Mr. played on the WTA Tour for eleven years , on which she won a total of six titles, five of them in doubles. She also reached nine other finals (6 in doubles). In Grand Slam tournaments , she never got beyond the third round in singles; in doubles she was once in the quarterfinals and in mixed even in a semi-finals. She achieved her best placements in the WTA world rankings with positions 31 in singles and 26 in doubles.

After her career, she graduated and studied law . Beth Herr is married to Tennis Channel founder Steve Bellamy and has four children.

Achievements (WTA)

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 30, 1986	Phoenix	Hard court (hall)	Ann Henricksson	6: 0, 3: 6, 7: 5

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	July 28, 1986	Berkeley	Hard court	Alycia Moulton	Amy Holton Elna Reinach	6: 1, 6: 2
2.	August 3, 1986	San Diego	Hard court	Alycia Moulton	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
3.	March 15, 1987	Phoenix	Hard court	Penny Barg	Mary-Lou Piatek Anne White	2: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6
4th	August 7, 1988	Cincinnati	Hard court	Candy Reynolds	Lindsay Bartlett Helen Kelesi	4: 6, 7: 6 9 , 6: 1
5.	October 9, 1988	New Orleans	Hard court	Candy Reynolds	Lori McNeil Betsy Nagelsen	6: 4, 6: 4

Final participation

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 16, 1984	Hershey	Hard court (hall)	Catarina Lindqvist	4: 6, 0: 6
2.	October 7, 1984	Tokyo	Hard court	Etsuko Inoue	0: 6, 0: 6
3.	September 28, 1986	Tulsa	Hard court	Lori McNeil	0: 6, 1: 6

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	August 7, 1983	Indianapolis	sand	Gigi Fernández	Kathleen Horvath Virginia Ruzici	6: 4, 6: 7, 2: 6
2.	20th October 1985	Tokyo	Hard court	Laura Gildemeister	Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson	4: 6, 4: 6
3.	November 9, 1986	Little rock	Carpet (hall)	Iva Budařová	Svetlana Cherneva Larisa Savchenko	2: 6, 6: 1, 1: 6
4th	September 18, 1988	Phoenix	Hard court	Terry Phelps	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 7
5.	April 16, 1989	Singapore	Hard court	Ann Henricksson	Belinda Cordwell Elizabeth Smylie	7: 6 6 , 2: 6, 1: 6
6th	April 23, 1989	Tokyo	Hard court	Ann Henricksson	Jill Hetherington Elizabeth Smylie	1: 6, 3: 6

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Australian Open	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
French Open	-	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wimbledon	-	-	2	1	1	1	3	1	1
US Open	1	3	2	-	2	2	1	2	2

Double

competition	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Australian Open	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	AF	-
French Open	-	1	1	1	2	1	AF	2	AF	1
Wimbledon	-	-	2	1	1	2	2	AF	2	2
US Open	2	VF	1	-	2	1	1	2	1	-

Mixed

competition	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	AF	-
French Open	1	2	-	AF	HF	-	2	AF	AF
Wimbledon	-	2	1	-	AF	2	VF	2	1
US Open	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-

Year-end placements

singles

year	1983	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
rank	043	052	125	097	132	364

Web links

• WTA profile Beth Herr (English)
• ITF profile Beth Herr (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beth Herr Wins ( English ) May 23, 1983. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The life and times of Beth Herr ( English ) August 6, 2011. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 16, 2012. 
3. ^ NCAA Division I - Women's Tennis Championships ( en ). Retrieved February 19, 2016.