Maricaye Christenson
{{Short description|American tennis player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Maricaye Christenson
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| country_represented = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|01|11}}
| birth_place = Grand Junction, Colorado
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| plays = Right-handed
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| singlesrecord =
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| highestsinglesranking =
| FrenchOpenresult = Q1 (1975)
| Wimbledonresult = Q2 (1971)
| USOpenresult = 2R (1968)
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| highestdoublesranking =
| WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1973, 1974)
| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1969)
| WimbledonMixedresult = 4R (1974)
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Maricaye Christenson (born January 11, 1948) is an American former professional tennis player.
Tennis career
Born and raised in Grand Junction, Colorado, Christenson was an alternate on the junior U.S. Wightman Cup team and played No. 1 singles for the University of Southern California, after which she competed on the professional tour.{{cite news |title=UNC Girl Named to Net Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/652814119 |work=The News and Observer |date=June 21, 1970}} She reached the fourth round of the 1974 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles. Later in the decade, she was a tour manager on the Avon Futures circuit.{{cite news |title=Life on Women's Satellite Tennis Tour: Practicing at 6 A.M., Cookies and Soup |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/25/archives/life-on-womens-satellite-tennis-tour-practicing-at-6-am-cookies-and.html |work=New York Times |date=January 25, 1977}} She was a 2011 inductee into the Colorado Tennis Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=Maricaye Christenson Daniels |url=http://www.coloradotennis.com/asp/usta/hof.asp?req=bio&firstname=Maricaye&lastname=Christenson%20Daniels&iyear=2011 |website=www.coloradotennis.com}}
Personal life
Christenson is married to Don Daniels, who she met while attending USC during the 1960s.{{cite news |title=Maricaye Daniels, 62, Of Rancho Sante Fe, Calif. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/540486596 |work=Daily Sentinel |date=July 27, 2008}}
References
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External links
- {{ITF profile|maricaye-christenson/800174872/usa}}
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Category:American female tennis players
Category:USC Trojans women's tennis players
Category:Tennis players from Colorado