Sandy Collins (tennis)

Sandy Collins (born October 13, 1958) is a retired professional tennis player from the U.S. who played from the late 1970s until 1994.

Sandy Collins
Country (sports) United States
Born (1958-10-13) October 13, 1958
San Bernardino, California, United States
Turned pro1978
Retired1994
Prize money$610,261
Singles
Career record264–273
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 17 (Aug. 18, 1981)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (1984, 1988)
French Open3R (1981, 1982)
Wimbledon3R (1981)
US Open2R (1982, 1984)
Doubles
Career record247–249
Career titles3 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 17 (May 11, 1992)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1987, 1988)
French OpenQF (1991)
Wimbledon3R (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992)
US OpenQF (1991, 1993)

Collins is a native of San Bernardino, California. Sandy went to Odessa College, where she played tennis for Coach Virginia Brown and the Wranglers. After two seasons, she transferred to the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, where she completed her college career.

During her professional career, she won four doubles tournaments on the WTA tour. Collins spent the next 17 years on the pro tennis tour, beating Billie Jean King in her second year as well as Tracy Austin (then ranked #1 in the world) in the quarterfinals of the German Open. At different times in her career, Collins was ranked as high as 17th in the world in singles and doubles. She became the first tennis player to be endorsed by Oakley Sunglasses. After retirement, Collins coached privately for a time, eventually taking a job at Texas Tech University (1999) as the women's tennis assistant coach and then named head coach in November 2002. She is currently the associate AD/event operations and sports administrator (women's volleyball/men's tennis) at Texas Tech University.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 1

Legend
Grand Slam0
WTA Championships0
Tier I0
Tier II0
Tier III0
Tier IV & V0
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. February 20, 1983 Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA Hard Carling Bassett 6–2, 0–6, 4–6

Doubles 18 (4–14)

Legend
Grand Slam0
WTA Championships0
Tier I0
Tier II0
Tier III0
Tier IV & V0
Titles by Surface
Hard3
Clay0
Grass0
Carpet1
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. September 25, 1983 Kansas City, Missouri, USA Hard Elizabeth Sayers Chris O'Neil
Brenda Remilton
7–5, 7–6
Runner-up 2. March 25, 1984 Dallas, Texas, USA Carpet Elizabeth Sayers Leslie Allen
Anne White
4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up 3. May 6, 1984 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Andrea Leand Rosalyn Fairbank
Beverly Mould
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. October 13, 1985 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Hard Penny Barg Bonnie Gadusek
Mary-Lou Daniels
1–6, 0–6
Runner-up 5. March 9, 1986 Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA Hard Kim Sands Candy Reynolds
Anne Smith
6–7, 1–6
Winner 6. October 19, 1986 Tokyo, Japan Hard Sharon Walsh-Pete Susan Mascarin
Betsy Nagelsen
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 7. October 26, 1986 Singapore Hard Sharon Walsh-Pete Anna-Maria Fernandez
Julie Richardson
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 8. April 19, 1987 Tokyo, Japan Hard Sharon Walsh-Pete Kathy Jordan
Betsy Nagelsen
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 9. April 26, 1987 Taipei Carpet Sharon Walsh-Pete Cammy MacGregor
Cynthia MacGregor
6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up 10. February 26, 1989 Wichita, Kansas, USA Hard Leila Meskhi Manon Bollegraf
Lise Gregory
2–6, 6–7
Runner-up 11. October 21, 1990 Scottsdale, Arizona, USA Hard Ronni Reis Elise Burgin
Helen Kelesi
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 12. June 16, 1991 Birmingham, England Grass Elna Reinach Nicole Provis
Liz Smylie
3–6, 4–6
Winner 13. October 6, 1991 Milan, Italy Carpet Lori McNeil Sabine Appelmans
Raffaella Reggi
7–6, 6–3
Runner-up 14. November 3, 1991 Scottsdale, Arizona, USA Hard Elna Reinach Mareen Harper
Cammy MacGregor
5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Winner 15. November 10, 1991 Brentwood, Tennessee, USA Hard Elna Reinach Yayuk Basuki
Caroline Vis
5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up 16. February 9, 1992 Osaka, Japan Carpet Rachel McQuillan Rennae Stubbs
Helena Suková
6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 17. June 14, 1992 Birmingham, England Grass Elna Reinach Lori McNeil
Rennae Stubbs
7–5, 3–6, 6–8
Runner-up 18. November 14, 1992 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Hard Mary-Lou Daniels Katrina Adams
Elna Reinach
7–5, 2–6, 4–6

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