Jane Stratton

Jane Stratton
Full name	Jane Stratton
Country (sports)	United States
Born	August 10, 1953
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	1R (1976, 1978, 1979)
Wimbledon	3R (1977, 1980)
US Open	1R (1977, 1980)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1976, 1978, 1979)
Wimbledon	QF (1977)
US Open	QF (1975)

Jane Stratton (born August 10, 1953) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Biography

Stratton grew up in Utah and was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship to the University of Utah.[1] She played collegiate tennis for four years, earning All-American honors on three occasions. During this time, she competed at the 1973 Summer Universiade and won a bronze medal in the women's doubles.

On the professional circuit, she was most successful as a doubles player. She was runner-up in the doubles at two tour events: the 1975 Canadian Open and Pittsburgh Open in 1979. At both the 1975 US Open and 1977 Wimbledon Championships, she was a women's doubles quarterfinalist, partnering JoAnne Russell and Mimi Wikstedt respectively.[2] She also made the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships with David Sherbeck. In singles, she reached the third round at Wimbledon in 1977 and 1980.

Following her retirement, she taught tennis in Salt Lake City, then in 1983 founded a company named Promotion Sports, with former tennis player Raquel Giscafré.[3] The pair went on to run the Southern California Open.[4]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (0–2)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Aug 1975	Toronto, Canada	Grand Prix	Clay	JoAnne Russell	Julie Anthony Margaret Court	2–6, 4–6
Loss	Sep 1979	Pittsburgh, U.S.	Colgate Series	Hard	Bunny Bruning	Sue Barker Candy Reynolds	3–6, 2–6

References

Grass, Ray (March 1, 1996). "4 Local Tennis Greats Inducted Into Utah Tennis Hall Of Fame". Deseret News. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
"National Highlights & All-Americans". utahutes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
McMahon, Shannon (July 19, 2005). "Pair sees net results". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
Miller, Scott (July 29, 1991). "Tennis Promoters Cater to Players' Fancies". [Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

External links

Jane Stratton at the Women's Tennis Association
Jane Stratton at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] Grass, Ray (March 1, 1996). "4 Local Tennis Greats Inducted Into Utah Tennis Hall Of Fame". Deseret News. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[2] "National Highlights & All-Americans". utahutes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

[3] McMahon, Shannon (July 19, 2005). "Pair sees net results". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[4] Miller, Scott (July 29, 1991). "Tennis Promoters Cater to Players' Fancies". [Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 May 2018.