Sandy Collins (tennis)

Sandy Collins (born October 13, 1958) is a retired professional tennis player from the U.S. who played from the late 1970s until 1994.

Sandy Collins
Country (sports) United States
Born (1958-10-13) October 13, 1958
San Bernardino, California, United States
Turned pro1978
Retired1994
Prize money$610,261
Singles
Career record264–273
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 17 (Aug. 18, 1981)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1984, 1988)
French Open3R (1981, 1982)
Wimbledon3R (1981)
US Open2R (1982, 1984)
Doubles
Career record247–249
Career titles3 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 17 (May 11, 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1987, 1988)
French OpenQF (1991)
Wimbledon3R (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992)
US OpenQF (1991, 1993)

Collins is a native of San Bernardino, California. Sandy went to Odessa College, where she played tennis for Coach Virginia Brown and the Wranglers. After two seasons, she transferred to the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, where she completed her college career.

During her professional career, she won four doubles tournaments on the WTA tour. Collins spent the next 17 years on the pro tennis tour, beating Billie Jean King in her second year as well as Tracy Austin (then ranked #2 in the world) in the quarterfinals of the German Open. At different times in her career, Collins was ranked as high as 17th in the world in singles and doubles. She became the first tennis player to be endorsed by Oakley Sunglasses. After retirement, Collins coached privately for a time, eventually taking a job at Texas Tech University (1999) as the women's tennis assistant coach and then named head coach in November 2002. She is currently the associate AD/event operations and sports administrator (women's volleyball/men's tennis) at Texas Tech University.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 1

Legend
Grand Slam0
WTA Championships0
Tier I0
Tier II0
Tier III0
Tier IV & V0
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. February 20, 1983 Hershey, Pennsylvania, US Hard Canada Carling Bassett 6–2, 0–6, 4–6

Doubles 18 (4–14)

Legend
Grand Slam0
WTA Championships0
Tier I0
Tier II0
Tier III0
Tier IV & V0
Titles by surface
Hard3
Clay0
Grass0
Carpet1
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. September 25, 1983 Kansas City, Missouri, US Hard Australia Elizabeth Sayers Australia Chris O'Neil
Australia Brenda Remilton
7–5, 7–6
Loss 2. March 25, 1984 Dallas, Texas, US Carpet Australia Elizabeth Sayers United States Leslie Allen
United States Anne White
4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss 3. May 6, 1984 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard United States Andrea Leand South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank
South Africa Beverly Mould
1–6, 2–6
Loss 4. October 13, 1985 Indianapolis, Indiana, US Hard United States Penny Barg United States Bonnie Gadusek
United States Mary-Lou Daniels
1–6, 0–6
Loss 5. March 9, 1986 Hershey, Pennsylvania, US Hard United States Kim Sands United States Candy Reynolds
United States Anne Smith
6–7, 1–6
Win 6. October 19, 1986 Tokyo, Japan Hard United States Sharon Walsh-Pete United States Susan Mascarin
United States Betsy Nagelsen
6–1, 6–2
Loss 7. October 26, 1986 Singapore Hard United States Sharon Walsh-Pete United States Anna-Maria Fernandez
New Zealand Julie Richardson
3–6, 2–6
Loss 8. April 19, 1987 Tokyo, Japan Hard United States Sharon Walsh-Pete United States Kathy Jordan
United States Betsy Nagelsen
3–6, 5–7
Loss 9. April 26, 1987 Taipei Carpet United States Sharon Walsh-Pete United States Cammy MacGregor
United States Cynthia MacGregor
6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 10. February 26, 1989 Wichita, Kansas, US Hard Soviet Union Leila Meskhi Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
South Africa Lise Gregory
2–6, 6–7
Loss 11. October 21, 1990 Scottsdale, Arizona, US Hard United States Ronni Reis United States Elise Burgin
Canada Helen Kelesi
4–6, 2–6
Loss 12. June 16, 1991 Birmingham, England Grass South Africa Elna Reinach Australia Nicole Provis
Australia Liz Smylie
3–6, 4–6
Win 13. October 6, 1991 Milan, Italy Carpet United States Lori McNeil Belgium Sabine Appelmans
Italy Raffaella Reggi
7–6, 6–3
Loss 14. November 3, 1991 Scottsdale, Arizona, US Hard South Africa Elna Reinach United States Mareen Harper
United States Cammy MacGregor
5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win 15. November 10, 1991 Brentwood, Tennessee, US Hard South Africa Elna Reinach Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Netherlands Caroline Vis
5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 16. February 9, 1992 Osaka, Japan Carpet Australia Rachel McQuillan Australia Rennae Stubbs
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 17. June 14, 1992 Birmingham, England Grass South Africa Elna Reinach United States Lori McNeil
Australia Rennae Stubbs
7–5, 3–6, 6–8
Loss 18. November 14, 1992 Indianapolis, Indiana, US Hard United States Mary-Lou Daniels United States Katrina Adams
South Africa Elna Reinach
7–5, 2–6, 4–6

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