Elise Burgin

Elise Burgin
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	March 5, 1962
1st professional season:	1980
Resignation:	1993
Prize money:	$ 825,452
singles
Career record:	158: 194
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	27 (December 31 1985)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	282: 165
Career title:	10
Highest ranking:	8 (April 13 1987)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Elise Burgin (born March 5, 1962 in Baltimore , Maryland ) is a former American tennis player of Jewish origin. Her highest placement in the world rankings was 27th in singles and eighth in doubles. She won one tournament in singles and ten in doubles. Her greatest successes in the Grand Slam tournaments were reaching the round of 16 at the 1982 US Open singles and reaching the semi-finals at the 1986 Wimbledon Championships doubles.

Career

Before starting her professional career, she played singles and doubles at Stanford University , from 1981 to 1984 she was traded as a member of the All-American and won the doubles championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association with Linda Gates .

In 1982 she reached the second round of the US Open , in which she lost to Bonnie Gadusek .

In 1985 and 1987 she was a member of the United States Fed Cup team , and in 1986 she was the captain of the US team in the Wightman Cup .

She won eleven titles, ten of them in doubles. In doubles, she reached eighth place in the world rankings . After ending her career in 1993, she worked as a tennis commentator. In 2003 she was inducted into the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame of the United States Tennis Association .

Victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 27, 1986	Charleston	WTA tour	sand	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6: 1, 6: 3

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
01.	March 4th 1985	Indianapolis	WTA tour	carpet	Kathleen Horvath	Jennifer Mundel Molly Van Nostrand	6: 4, 6: 1
02.	April 29, 1985	Houston	WTA tour	sand	Martina Navrátilová	Manuela Maleeva Helena Suková	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 3
03.	May 25, 1986	Lugano	WTA tour	sand	Betsy Nagelsen	Jenny Byrne Janine Thompson	6: 2, 6: 3
04th	June 15, 1986	Birmingham	WTA tour	race	Rosalyn Fairbank	Elizabeth Smylie Wendy Turnbull	6: 2, 6: 4
05.	September 21, 1986	Tampa	WTA tour	Hard court	Rosalyn Fairbank	Gigi Fernández Kim Sands	7: 5, 6: 2
06th	March 22, 1987	Washington	WTA tour	carpet	Pam Shriver	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 4
07th	November 8, 1987	Worcester	WTA tour	carpet	Rosalyn Fairbank	Bettina Bunge Eva Pfaff	6: 4, 6: 4
08th.	September 18, 1988	Phoenix	WTA tour	Hard court	Rosalyn Fairbank	Beth Mr. Terry Phelps	6: 7, 7: 6, 7: 6
09.	August 6, 1989	San Diego	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Rosalyn Fairbank	Gretchen Magers Robin White	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
10.	October 21, 1990	Scottsdale	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Helen Kelesi	Sandy Collins Ronni Reis	6: 4, 6: 2

Web links

• WTA profile Elise Burgin (English)
• ITF profile of Elise Burgin (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Elise Burgin (English)