Trish Bostrom

{{Short description|American tennis player and lawyer}}

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| name = Trish Bostrom

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| fullname = Patricia Lynn Bostrom

| country_represented = {{USA}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|11|25}}

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| plays = Right-handed

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| singlesrecord =

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| highestsinglesranking = No. 37 (1977)

| AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1977, 1978)

| FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1973)

| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1973, 1976)

| USOpenresult = 3R (1977)

| doublesrecord =

| doublestitles =

| highestdoublesranking = No. 5 (1975)

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = SF (1977)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = QF (1978)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (1977, 1978)

| USOpenDoublesresult = QF (1974, 1977)

| FrenchOpenMixedresult = SF (1978)

| WimbledonMixedresult = 3R (1977)

| USOpenMixedresult = 1R (1973, 1974, 1975, 1977)

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Patricia Lynn Bostrom (born November 25, 1951) is an American former professional tennis player.{{cite news |last1=Hanson |first1=Scott |title=Former UW tennis star Patricia Bostrom, a pioneer for gender equity in college sports, entering Pac-12 Hall of Honor |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/former-uw-tennis-star-patricia-bostrom-a-pioneer-for-gender-equity-in-college-sports-entering-pac-12-hall-of-honor/ |work=Seattle Times |date=March 8, 2019}} She is better known as Trish Bostrom, and after tennis, she became a lawyer in Washington.{{cite web |last1=Marmor |first1=Jon |title=A lifetime of fight: Trish Bostrom talks tennis and gender equality |url=https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/trishbostrom/ |website=UW Magazine — University of Washington Magazine}}

Bostrom grew up in West Seattle, and she attended the University of Washington, winning the Pac-8 singles title in 1972. While at the university she was an advocate for gender equality in collegiate sports and successfully sued to be able to try out for a spot on the men's tennis team.{{cite news |last1=Raley |first1=Dan |title=Where Are They Now: Trish Bostrom |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Where-Are-They-Now-Trish-Bostrom-1139067.php |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=March 10, 2004}}

Graduating from the University of Washington in 1972, Bostrom competed on the professional tour for the remainder of the 1970s and played five seasons of World TeamTennis. She was a women's doubles semifinalist at the Australian Open and a mixed doubles semifinalist at the French Open.

WTA Tour finals

=Doubles: 3 (0-3)=

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| 1.

| Mar, 1973

| Akron,
United States

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Michèle Gurdal

| {{flagicon|USA}} Patti Hogan
{{flagicon|USA}} Sharon Walsh

| 5–7, 4–6

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| 2.

| Nov, 1977

| Melbourne, Australia

| Grass

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kym Ruddell

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Evonne Goolagong Cawley
{{flagicon|NED}} Betty Stöve

| 3–6, 0–6

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| 3.

| Feb, 1978

| Seattle,
United States

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|USA}} Marita Redondo

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry Reid
{{flagicon|AUS}} Wendy Turnbull

| 2–6, 3–6

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