Stacey Martin
{{Short description|American tennis player}}
{{Distinguish|Stacy Martin}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
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| fullname = Stacey Martin
| country_represented = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|11|13}}
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| careerprizemoney = $174,344
| singlesrecord =
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| highestsinglesranking = No. 58 (October 23, 1989)
| currentsinglesranking =
| AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1991)
| FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1990)
| Wimbledonresult = 1R (1989, 1991)
| USOpenresult = 2R (1989)
| doublesrecord = 3–14
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Stacey Martin (born November 13, 1970) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography
Martin comes from Largo, Maryland, near Washington DC.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1989/05/15/silver-springs-ingram-well-kept-tennis-secret/5a219013-2a04-441b-8574-3ca78113a27e/|title=Silver Spring's Ingram Well-kept Tennis Secret|last=Eichelberger|first=Curtis|date=May 15, 1989|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=January 18, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1989/12/03/a-washington-life/5e840ae7-9b5a-4d6e-8108-abb0e1d5bb34/|title=A Washington Life|last=Roger M.|first=Williams|date=December 3, 1989|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=January 18, 2018}} One of three siblings that played tennis, she began at the age of five and was coached initially by her father. She went to school at Elizabeth Seton High in Bladensburg and later trained at a North Carolina tennis academy run by Gary Johnson.
Before turning professional she took up an athletic scholarship to the University of Tennessee, where she played No. 1 tennis from her freshman year.
As a professional player she made it to as high as 58 in the world. She was a semi-finalist at the 1988 Schenectady Open and did well at the same tournament again in 1989 with a quarter-final appearance. At the 1989 United Jersey Bank Classic she had a win over second seed Pam Shriver en route to the semi-finals.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-17-sp-614-story.html|title=Lendl Wins, Says He Plans to Skip 1990 French Open|date=August 17, 1989|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 18, 2018}} She made the third round of the 1990 French Open.
She was one of the highest ranked African American tennis players of her era, along with Katrina Adams, Camille Benjamin, Zina Garrison and Lori McNeil.
References
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External links
- {{WTA|130028}}
- {{ITF profile}}
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Category:African-American tennis players
Category:American female tennis players
Category:Tennis players from Maryland
Category:Tennessee Volunteers women's tennis players
Category:21st-century African-American sportswomen
Category:21st-century American sportswomen