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Keri Phebus

Keri Phebus
Country (sports)  United States
Born (1974-05-01) May 1, 1974 (age 42)
Prize money $46,895
Singles
Career record 54–53
Career titles 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 186 (December 8, 1997)
Doubles
Career record 39–32
Career titles 0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking 147 (January 5, 1998)
Last updated on: June 13, 2016.

Keri Phebus (born May 1, 1974) is a professional tennis player from the United States. During her pro career from 1991–1998, she won five titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, received a wildcard entry and won her first round match at the 1995 US Open. Phebus is the most decorated player in the history of UCLA women's tennis.

While a student at Corona del Mar High School, Phebus was the nation's top-ranked girl in juniors for multiple seasons. At UCLA in 1995, she won the national singles championship and became the first women's tennis player inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. No other player has been so decorated in the history of women's tennis at UCLA.

In professional tennis, on December 8, 1997, Phebus reached her highest singles ranking: world number 186. Her highest doubles ranking came on January 5, 1998, when she became world number 147. In her career, she won US $46,895.

Phebus defeated Sweden's Kristina Triska to win the singles title at the ITF $25,000 Woodlands, Texas, on March 23, 1997.

In 1997, Phebus partnered with Anne Mall to win the doubles title at the ITF $25,000 Mission, Texas tournament.

In June 1998, at the ITF $25,000 Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Phebus partnered with Canadian Vanessa Webb to win the doubles title. The pair were runners-up at July's ITF $25,000 tournament in Peachtree, Georgia. The following week, they won the doubles title at the ITF $25,000 Winnipeg.

Phebus is married to Steve Olsen, has three children, and lives in California. After her playing days she became a school teacher for several years, but has taught tennis at "The Edge Tennis Academy" in Newport Beach since 2013.



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