Robin Tenney
{{short description|American tennis player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
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| fullname = Robin Tenney Archibald
| country_represented = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|05|13}}
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| plays = Left-handed
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| highestsinglesranking =
| FrenchOpenresult = 1R (1974, 1975)
| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1974, 1975)
| USOpenresult = 2R (1973)
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| highestdoublesranking =
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1974)
| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (1974)
| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1974)
| WimbledonMixedresult = 4R (1974)
| USOpenMixedresult = 2R (1973, 1975)
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Robin Tenney Archibald (born May 13, 1958) is an American former professional tennis player.
Biography
Born in New York, Tenney is the youngster of three sisters. Her middle sister, Laurie, also competed on the professional tour. The eldest of the three sisters, Susan, was the first to take up the sport but didn't play beyond amateur tournaments. Their father, who was a real estate financier, relocated the family to California when she was 11 years of age and she attended Rexford School in Beverly Hills.{{cite news |title=Jerry Tenney Dead at 48; Was Real Estate Financier And Builder in New York |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/15/archives/jerry-tenney-dead-at-48-was-real-estate-financier-and-builder-in.html |work=The New York Times |date=15 February 1977}}
Tenney turned professional at the age of 15 in 1973 and made the quarter-finals of her first event, the Virginia Slims of Houston. She was eliminated from the tournament by Billie Jean King, who a day earlier had played the famous Bobby Riggs match.{{cite news |title=Youngest Pro on the Circuit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/435932131/ |work=Boston Globe |date=May 12, 1974}}
A left-handed player, Tenney reached the second round of the 1973 US Open and also won through to the second round twice at Wimbledon. She made the round of 16 in the mixed doubles at the 1974 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Billy Martin.
She competed for the United States in the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Israel, losing in women's singles to Dana Gilbert.{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19770805-01.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title= 5 August 1977 |website= Jewish Post }}{{ Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/u-s-israel-neck-in-neck-for-honors-in-10th-maccabiah-games| title=U.s., Israel Neck-in-neck for Honors in 10th Maccabiah Games | date=March 20, 2015 }}
References
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External links
- {{WTA|200112}}
- {{ITF profile}}
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Category:American female tennis players
Category:Tennis players from New York (state)
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:Competitors at the 2017 Maccabiah Games
Category:Maccabiah Games medalists in tennis
Category:Maccabiah Games competitors for the United States
Category:Jewish American tennis players