Debbie Graham

{{Short description|American tennis player (born 1970)}}

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{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Debbie Graham

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| country = {{USA}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|08|25}}

| birth_place = Walnut Creek, California

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| college = Stanford

| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = $862,123

| singlesrecord = 175–60

| singlestitles = 0

| highestsinglesranking = No. 35 (January 6, 1992)

| AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1993, 1994)

| FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1991)

| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1992)

| USOpenresult = 2R (1990, 1991, 1996)

| doublesrecord = 206–163

| doublestitles = 5 WTA, 6 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 24 (January 31, 1994)

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF (1994, 2000)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1993, 1998)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = SF (1998)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1993, 1998)

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Debbie Graham or Debbie Graham Shaffer (born August 25, 1970) is a retired tennis player from the United States.

She was awarded the "Most Impressive Newcomer" by WTA in 1992.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/scontent/article/3010014/title/wta-awards |title=WTA Awards}} She was a "High Performance Coach" for women with the USTA at the USTA Training Center in Carson, California.

She is the director of Little Aces Tennis, where she is teaching children to play tennis with low compression balls, smaller rackets, and smaller nets.{{Cite web |url=http://www.playerdevelopment.usta.com/content/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=122999&itype=7420 |title=USTA Debbie Graham bio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901010401/http://www.playerdevelopment.usta.com/content/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=122999&itype=7420 |archive-date=2007-09-01 }}

Graham played college tennis for Stanford University.{{cite web|last1=Araton|first1=Harvey|title=In Women's Tennis, She's Over the Hill at 21|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/01/us/in-women-s-tennis-she-s-over-the-hill-at-21.html|work=New York Times|access-date=22 May 2016|language=en|date=1 September 1991}} She won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1990.{{Cite web|url=https://gostanford.com/sports/2013/4/17/208431156.aspx|title=Stanford University's Official Athletic Site - Women's Tennis|website=Stanford University Athletics|language=en|access-date=2020-03-25}}{{Cite journal|url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/tennis|title=Tennis|website=CWSA|language=en|access-date=2020-03-25}} She was inducted into the Stanford Hall of Fame in 1997 for winning NCAAA singles her sophomore year and only losing one match on an undefeated team.