Carrie-Lynn Cohen
{{Short description|Canadian tennis player}}
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Carrie-Lynn Cohen (born March 7, 1967) is a Canadian former professional tennis player.
Tennis career
Cohen played collegiate tennis for Oklahoma State University and won a Big Eight conference title in 1986 at No. 4 singles.{{cite news |title=OSU's Cohen Defends Title |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/article/2161922/osus-cohen-defends-title |work=The Oklahoman |date=6 October 1986}}
On the professional tour she reached a best singles world ranking of 353 and made her only WTA Tour main draw appearance came as a qualifier at the 1988 Canadian Open.{{cite news |title=Tennis Results |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/08/16/Tennis-ResultsNEWLN315000-Players-Challenge-At-Montreal-Aug-15-Singles-First-Round/7457587707200/ |work=United Press International |date=August 16, 1988 |language=en}}
At the 1984 Maccabiah Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, she won a gold medal in women's singles and a bronze medal in women's doubles.{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/cjn2-24374/page-35|title=January 12, 1984, page 35|work=The Canadian Jewish News}}
Cohen competed in the 1985 Maccabiah Games and the 1989 Maccabiah Games in Israel, representing Canada.{{cite news |title=Western Canadians impress at Games |work=Canadian Jewish News |date=September 19, 1985 |page=53}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/TheJerusalemPost1985IsraelEnglish/Jul%2022%201985%2C%20The%20Jerusalem%20Post%2C%20%2315968%2C%20Israel%20%28en%29_djvu.txt|title=1985, Israel|work=The Jerusalem Post Magazine}}
References
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External links
- {{WTA|30038}}
- {{ITF profile|carrie-lynn-cohen/800180040/can}}
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Category:Canadian female tennis players
Category:Competitors at the 1985 Maccabiah Games
Category:Competitors at the 1989 Maccabiah Games
Category:Oklahoma State Cowgirls tennis players
Category:Canadian expatriate tennis players in the United States
Category:Maccabiah Games tennis players
Category:Maccabiah Games competitors for Canada
Category:Jewish tennis players