Michelle Oldham

{{Short description|British tennis player}}

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| highestsinglesranking = No. 657 (5 March 1990)

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| highestdoublesranking = No. 522 (6 November 1989)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1993)

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Michelle Oldham (born 2 April 1972) is a British former professional tennis player.

A native of Surrey in England, Oldham was coached by Chris Lane and won a British under 18 grass-court championship in doubles. She featured in the women's doubles main draw of the 1993 US Open.{{cite news |title=No Disgrace For Spirited Michelle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/819469082 |work=Surrey Herald |date=6 April 1989}}{{cite news |title=Michelle courts success |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/914939014 |work=The Woking Informer |date=15 September 1989}}

Oldham played collegiate tennis in the United States for the University of Arizona and in 1993 partnered with Alix Creek to win the NCAA Division I doubles championship. The pair, who had entered the tournament as the worst ranked team, were the first players from the college to claim a women's tennis national title.{{cite news |title=Cats win NCAA title by default |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/165368886 |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=21 May 1993}} She was a two-time ITA All-American and is a member of the University of Arizona's Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite news |title=9. Michelle Oldham |url=https://tucson.com/9-michelle-oldham/article_dd4a48e0-108f-11e5-9d20-5b2e9913fb6e.html |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=11 June 2015 |language=en}}

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