Pam Austin
{{short description|American tennis player}}
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Pamela Austin (born March 12, 1950) is an American former professional tennis player.
College career
Austin played college tennis at UCLA and won a Pacific-8 Conference doubles championship while she was there.{{cite web|url=http://www.therivieracountryclub.com/club/scripts/clubpers/view_clubpers.asp?SRC=L&PID=39668&GRP=21053&NS=PT&DC=T&DID=107517|title=Pam Austin|website=The Riviera Tennis Club|accessdate=April 22, 2015}}
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
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| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Australian Open
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| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | French Open
|align="center"| A |align="center"| A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center"|Q3 |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Wimbledon
|align="center"| A |align="center"| A |align="center"| A |align="center"| A |align="center"| A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | US Open
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |
World Team Tennis
Austin, along with her brother Jeff, was a member of the 1974 World Team Tennis champion Denver Racquets.{{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/Pictures/MASTER%20LIST%20OF%20WTT%20PLAYERS%20SEPTEMBER%2025%202014%20BY%20NAME.pdf|title=Mylan WTT Player Database (seasons completed) - as of September 25, 2014 - (Seasons 1974-2014)|website=World TeamTennis|date=September 25, 2014|accessdate=April 21, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227173549/http://www.wtt.com/Pictures/MASTER%20LIST%20OF%20WTT%20PLAYERS%20SEPTEMBER%2025%202014%20BY%20NAME.pdf|archivedate=February 27, 2015}}
Family life
Austin's younger sister Tracy was a two-time US Open champion. In addition to her brother Jeff, Austin's brothers Doug and John were also professional tennis players.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=5230249|title=Austin's Mother Dies at 84|website=ESPN, Inc.|date=May 28, 2010|access-date=April 22, 2015}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1976/03/22/616298/for-the-austins-its-tennis-everyone|title=For the Austins, It's 'Tennis Everyone'|date=March 22, 1976|last1=Kirkpatrick|first1=Curry|magazine=Sports Illustrated|accessdate=April 22, 2015}} She is the sister-in-law of fitness instructor and author Denise Austin, who is married to Jeff.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/14/booming/denise-and-jeff-austin-blessed-with-enthusiam.html?pagewanted=all|title=Denise and Jeff Austin, Blessed with Enthusiasm|accessdate=April 28, 2015|work=The New York Times|last1= Petrow|first1=Steven|date=December 14, 2012}}
See also
{{Portal|Tennis}}
References
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{{1974 Denver Racquets}}
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Category:UCLA Bruins women's tennis players
Category:American female tennis players
Category:Tennis players from Los Angeles County, California