Joy Schwikert

{{Short description|American tennis player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}

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| AustralianOpenresult = 1R (1974)

| FrenchOpenresult = Q3 (1973, 1974)

| Wimbledonresult = Q2 (1974)

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| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF (1974)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1972, 1973)

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Joy Schwikert (born May 19, 1954) is an American former professional tennis player.{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Anne |title=Doubles Vision Is In Vogue For Masters |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19750312&id=ir1SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XH0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7144,3572705&hl=en |work=The Evening Independent |date=March 12, 1975}}

Raised in Las Vegas, Schwikert began competing professionally in 1972 and often toured alongside twin sister Jill, with whom she reached the doubles quarter-finals of the 1974 Australian Open.{{cite news |last1=Macur |first1=Juliet |title=Gymnastics; A Modern Athlete, With a Twist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/03/sports/gymnastics-a-modern-athlete-with-a-twist.html |work=The New York Times |date=3 June 2004}}

Schwikert's eldest daughter, Tasha, was an Olympic gymnast.{{cite news |title=Gymnast Beats Long Odds |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-15-ss-21671-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=15 September 2000}}