Wendy Overton

Wendy Overton
Country (sports)	United States
Born	March 31, 1947; Glen Cove, New York, USA
Singles
Career record	18–28
Doubles
Career record	16–25
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 4 (1975)

Wendy Overton (born March 31, 1947) is an American former professional tennis player active in the 1970s. She is known mostly for her performance in doubles.

She began her tennis career in Florida at the age of 11. She was ranked world No. 1 in juniors and won several US National titles in both singles and doubles.

She attended Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida on an academic scholarship and was a top-ranked collegiate player from 1965 to 1969.

She participated in World TeamTennis and played for Toronto, Cleveland, and Indiana.

An arm injury ended her career.

After her retirement, she became tennis director of the Hunters Run Golf and Racket Club in Boynton Beach, Florida, a post she held for 10 years. She then became a real estate agent. She won the US Open senior event in 1997.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0

Titles by Surface
Hard	1
Clay	2
Grass	0
Carpet	2

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	February 20. 1972	Washington, D.C., USA	Carpet	Valerie Ziegenfuss	Judy Tegart Dalton Françoise Dürr	7–5, 6–2
Winner	2.	April 11, 1972	St. Petersburg, Florida, USA	Clay	Karen Krantzcke	Judy Tegart Dalton Françoise Dürr	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	June 5, 1972	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Valerie Ziegenfuss	Helga Masthoff Heide Orth	6–3, 6–2, 0–6
Winner	4.	September 25, 1972	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Hard	Rosie Casals	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	January 15, 1973	San Francisco, California, USA	Hard	Valerie Ziegenfuss	Margaret Court Lesley Hunt	1–6, 5–7
Winner	6.	September 30, 1974	Houston, Texas, USA	Carpet	Janet Newberry	Sue Stap Virginia Wade	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Winner	7.	October 13, 1975	Orlando, Florida, USA	Clay	Rosie Casals	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	W/O
Runner-up	8.	January 19, 1976	Washington, D.C., USA	Hard	Mona Guerrant	Olga Morozova Virginia Wade	7–6^(5–2), 6–2
Runner-up	9.	August 8, 1977	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Clay	Mary Carillo	Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss	7–5, 5–7, 3–6

External links

Wendy Overton at the International Tennis Federation
Wendy Overton at the Women's Tennis Association

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