Sandy Sureephong
{{short description|American tennis player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Sandy Sureephong
| image =
| fullname = Varalee Sureephong Blanton
| country_represented = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|5|2}}
| birth_place = Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height =
| plays =
| careerprizemoney = $22,020
| singlesrecord =
| singlestitles =
| highestsinglesranking = No. 368 (August 7, 1995)
| doublesrecord =
| doublestitles = 6 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 158 (October 17, 1994)
| WimbledonDoublesresult = Q1 (1994)
}}
Varalee "Sandy" Sureephong (born May 2, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player.
Biography
Born in Charleston, West Virginia, Sureephong is of Thai descent and was raised in Baltimore, then later Haines City, Florida. She has been known by "Sandy" since childhood, a nickname which her parents gave her.{{cite news |title=Girls' Top Seed Has Little Trouble|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1989-07-25-8902220541-story.html |work=Sun-Sentinel |date=July 25, 1989}}
Sureephong was a four-time All-American tennis player at the University of Texas, which she attended from 1995 to 1999. She was twice named the Big 12 Conference Player of the Year.{{cite news |title=Ragan Gennusa, Andre Robertson among UT Hall of Honor inductees - Port Arthur News |url=https://www.panews.com/2019/07/11/ragan-gennusa-andre-robertson-among-ut-hall-of-honor-inductees/ |work=The Port Arthur News |date=July 11, 2019}}
On the professional tour she reached a best singles ranking of 368 and was ranked as high as 158 in the world for doubles. She competed in four WTA Tour main draws in doubles and was most successful in partnership with Canada's Vanessa Webb, with whom she won four of her six ITF doubles titles. The pair featured in the qualifying draw for the 1994 Wimbledon Championships.{{cite web |title=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Wimbledon - 20 June - 03 July 1994 |url=https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000151 |website=itftennis.com}}
Her husband is former Chicago Bulls basketball player Ricky Blanton.{{cite web |title=Sandy (Sureephong) Blanton (2019) - Hall of Honor |url=https://texassports.com/hof.aspx?hof=907 |website=University of Texas Athletics |language=en}}
ITF finals
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=Singles: 1 (0–1)=
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| Result
! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Opponent ! Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | July 3, 1995 | Norfolk, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jane Taylor | 5–7, 1–6 |
=Doubles: 14 (6–8)=
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| Result
! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | July 16, 1990 | Greensboro, United States | Clay | {{flagicon|POL}} Julie Kaczmarek | {{flagicon|USA}} Jessica Emmons | 2–6, 1–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | October 19, 1992 | Kyoto, Japan | Hard | {{flagicon|JPN}} Masako Yanagi | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuko Hosoki | 3–6, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | November 16, 1992 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | {{flagicon|JPN}} Seiko Ichioka | {{flagicon|THA}} Suvimol Duangchan | 4–6, 7–6(1), 3–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | February 1, 1993 | Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei | Hard | {{Flagicon|THA}} Tamarine Tanasugarn | {{Flagicon|INA}} Suzanna Wibowo | 3–6, 1–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | August 2, 1993 | Norfolk, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Vanessa Webb | {{flagicon|AUS}} Maija Avotins | 7–6, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | October 18, 1993 | Sedona, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Vanessa Webb | {{flagicon|USA}} Jessica Emmons | 6–4, 7–6(5) |
| bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | August 1, 1994 | Norfolk, United States | Hard | {{Flagicon|USA}} Karin Miller | {{Flagicon|AUS}} Gail Biggs | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 5. | October 10, 1994 | Sedona, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Vanessa Webb | {{flagicon|USA}} Shannan McCarthy | 3–6, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 6. | February 5, 1995 | Midland, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Laxmi Poruri | {{flagicon|NED}} Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | 3–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4. | July 10, 1995 | Easton, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Karin Miller | {{flagicon|AUS}} Gail Biggs | 6–2, 7–6(4) |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 7. | July 24, 1995 | Salisbury, Maryland, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Vanessa Webb | {{flagicon|USA}} Shannan McCarthy | 3–6, 2–6 |
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 5. | June 9, 1997 | Hilton Head, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Vanessa Webb | {{flagicon|NZL}} Nicola Kaiwai | 6–1, 6–3 |
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 6. | June 14, 1998 | Hilton Head, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Vanessa Webb | {{flagicon|USA}} Holly Parkinson | 6–2, 7–6(4) |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 8. | May 28, 2000 | El Paso, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Kaysie Smashey | {{flagicon|IND}} Manisha Malhotra | 2–6, 6–7 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{WTA}}
- {{ITF}}
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Category:American female tennis players
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Category:Texas Longhorns women's tennis players
Category:American sportspeople of Thai descent
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