Dana Gilbert

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| fullname = Dana Gilbert Heinemann

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|11|26}}

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| singlestitles = 2

| highestsinglesranking = No. 46 (January 17, 1983)

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| FrenchOpenresult = 4R (1982)

| Wimbledonresult = 1R (1979, 1980)

| USOpenresult = 3R (1982)

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| doublestitles = 1

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| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1980, 1981)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (1979)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983)

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Dana Gilbert (born November 26, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player.

Biography

Gilbert was raised in California, one of three siblings. Her youngest brother is Brad Gilbert, who also played tennis professionally, and made it to four in the world.{{cite news|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2008/01/09/big-sister-look-what-youve-done/|title=Big sister, look what you've done|date=January 9, 2008|work=East Bay Times|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}

She attended Piedmont High School, and then UCLA on a tennis scholarship and played number one singles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usta.com/en/home.html|title=USTA: Find a Tennis Tournament & Play Tennis Near You|website=www.usta.com}}{{cite news|url=https://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19790514-01.2.22|title=Who's best? Courts hand down split decision|date=May 14, 1979|work=The Stanford Daily|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}

At the age of 17 she won a gold medal at the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Israel, a competition for Israeli and Jewish athletes, defeating Stacy Margolin, the number 8 under-18 player in the U.S.{{cite news|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19770805-01.1.6|title=U.S. Wins Maccabiah Games|date=August 5, 1988|work=Jewish Post|publisher=Hoosier State Chronicles|accessdate=January 26, 2018}} At the 1981 Maccabiah Games, she and Donna Rubin won a gold medal in the women's doubles.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/16/sports/us-five-captures-maccabiah-crown.html|title=U.S. Five Captures Maccabiah Crown|work=The New York Times |date=July 16, 1981|via=NYTimes.com}}

Playing as a wildcard, she was a surprise winner of the 1978 U.S. Clay Court Championships, on her professional debut. En route to the final, which she won over Viviana González, she had a win against second seed Virginia Ruzici, who two-months earlier had won the French Open.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/106952033/|title=Wild Card Dana Trumps Match In Clay Courts Title|date=August 13, 1978|work=The Indianapolis Star|page=29|accessdate=January 26, 2018}} In October, 1980 she won her second WTA singles title at Nagoya and also won the Japan Open doubles title in the same month. She made the fourth round of the 1982 French Open as a lucky loser.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/30/sports/hooper-shows-power-in-french-victory.html|title=Hooper Shows Power in French Victory|date=May 30, 1982|work=The New York Times|accessdate=January 26, 2018}} In early 1983 she was ranked a career best 46 in the world, before retiring from professional tennis at the end of the year.

She now lives in San Anselmo, California and is married to Geoffrey Heinemann.{{cite web|url=https://scjewishsportshof.com/gilbert-dana.html|title=Dana Gilbert (Heinemann)|publisher=Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}

In 1994 she was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://scjewishsportshof.com/gilbert-dana.html|title = Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home}}