Kim Labuschagne

{{Short description|South African-American tennis player}}

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

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Kim Labuschagne

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| fullname = Kim Benson
(née Labuschagne)

| country_represented = {{RSA|1928}}
{{USA}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|09|11}}

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| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = $27,788

| singlesrecord = 68–58

| singlestitles = 2 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 187 (Feb 1, 1988)

| FrenchOpenresult = Q1 (1988)

| doublesrecord = 22–18

| doublestitles = 1 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 167 (Dec 21, 1987)

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Kim Benson (née Labuschagne; born September 11, 1967), formerly Kim Barry, is a South African-American former professional tennis player.{{cite news |last1=Cessna |first1=Robert |title=All-American Labuschagne brought national exposure to Texas A&M women's tennis program |url=https://theeagle.com/sports/college/aggiesports/all-american-labuschagne-brought-national-exposure-to-texas-a-m-womens-tennis-program/article_1a8bd860-f86f-11e4-b61c-4766f87c354e.html |work=The Eagle |date=May 12, 2015 |language=en}}

Labuschagne, who grew up in Pretoria, played collegiate tennis for Texas A&M in the late 1980s. She was the program's first All-American in 1987, when she reached the singles quarter-finals of the NCAA championships. Her first husband Van Barry was an assistant coach for the team and later her personal coach.{{cite news |last1=Babineau |first1=Jeff |title=Tennis Takes On A New Perspective For Kim Barry |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-06-13-9006130375-story.html |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=June 13, 1990}}

While competing on the professional tour, Labuschagne had a career high singles ranking of 187 in the world. Her best performance in a WTA Tour tournament was a second round appearance at the San Juan Open in 1987. She featured in the qualifying draw for the 1988 French Open.