Heather Ludloff

{{short description|American tennis player}}

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{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Heather Ludloff

| image =

| country = {{USA}}

| residence = Foster City, California

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|6|11}}

| birth_place = Honolulu, Hawaii

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}

| turnedpro = 1980

| retired= 1993

| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = US$ 316,612

| singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=135|lost=182}}

| singlestitles = 0

| highestsinglesranking = No. 57 (August 15, 1983)

| AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1983, 1987, 1988, 1989)

| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1978, 1990)

| USOpenresult = 3R (1982)

| doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=140|lost=174}}

| doublestitles = 2

| highestdoublesranking = No. 37 (November 9, 1987)

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF (1983)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1982, 1989)

| Mixed = yes

| mixedrecord = 5–13

| mixedtitles = 0

| AustralianOpenMixedresult = 2R (1989)

| WimbledonMixedresult = 3R (1987)

| USOpenMixedresult = 1R (1987)

}}

Heather Ludloff (born June 11, 1961) is an American former professional tennis player.

She attained her highest singles ranking (57th in the world) in August 1983, and her highest doubles ranking (37th in the world) in November 1987. During her career, she garnered two WTA Tour doubles titles.

Biography

=Career=

Ludloff played tennis for Brigham Young University (All American 1981), and UCLA (All American 1983), eventually becoming one of nine UCLA grads to reach the top 100 in WTA singles rankings.{{Cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/w-tennis/auto_pdf/History_WTN08.pdf |title=grfx.cstv.com |access-date=2009-12-28 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175839/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/w-tennis/auto_pdf/History_WTN08.pdf |url-status=dead }}

She teamed with Terry Holladay to win the 1986 Virginia Slims of Newport doubles title. Ludloff has career wins over Elise Burgin and Bettina Bunge. She reached the semifinal of the 1983 NCAA Championship, beating No. 2 seed Elise Burgin, before losing to Gigi Fernández. She was ranked No. 8 in the U.S. National 18s for 1979. Ludloff represented USA on Junior Wightman and Federation Cup teams. She was coached by Ken Walts.{{cite book|last1=Gossett|first1=Peggy|last2=Teitelbaum|first2=Mike|last3=Hanlon|first3=Maureen|last4=Bloch Shallouf|first4=Renee|last5=Riach|first5=Ros|last6=Hinkley|first6=Suzanne|title=WITA 1987 Media Guide|date=1987|page=156}}

WTA Tour career finals

=Doubles (2–2)=

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|colspan=2| Titles by surface

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!Result

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!style="width:140px"|Tournament

!style="width:50px"|Surface

!style="width:160px"|Partner

!style="width:160px"|Opponents

!style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| Jul 1986

| Newport, U.S.

| Grass

| {{flagicon|USA}} Terry Holladay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Cammy MacGregor
{{flagicon|USA}} Gretchen Magers

| 6–1, 6–7, 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| May 1987

| Singapore

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Gerken

| {{flagicon|USA}} Anna-Maria Fernandez
{{flagicon|NZL}} Julie Richardson

| 1–6, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| Oct 1987

| New Orleans, U.S.

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|USA}} Mareen Harper

| {{flagicon|USA}} Zina Garrison
{{flagicon|USA}} Lori McNeil

| 3–6, 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| Apr 1989

| Taipei, Taiwan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Maria Lindström

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Cecilia Dahlman
{{flagicon|JPN}} Nana Miyagi

| 4–6, 7–5, 6–3

References

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