Lea Antonoplis
| Country (sports) |
 USA |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 20, 1959 West Covina, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Retired | 1991 |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 78–96 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 66 (February 4, 1985) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (1988) |
| French Open | 1R (1983, 1984) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1977) |
| US Open | 3R (1976) |
| Wimbledon Junior | W (1977) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 99–110 |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 55 (September 14, 1987) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (1982, 1984) |
| French Open | 3R (1983, 1987) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1978, 1979, 1983) |
| US Open | 3R (1977) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| French Open | 1R (1987) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (1979, 1987) |
| US Open | 1R (1979) |
Lea Antonoplis (born January 20, 1959) is a former professional tennis player who won the Wimbledon Girls' Singles in 1977 and four WTA doubles titles.
Antonoplis attended Glendora High School from 1973 to 1977 and graduated from the University of Southern California.
In 1974, Antonoplis played her first Grand Slam match in the US Open, which Sue Mappin won in three sets. In the 1976 Wimbledon Championships, she lost to Natasha Chmyreva in the quarter final of the Girls' Singles. In the 1977 Wimbledon Championships, Antonoplis won the Girls' Singles, beating compatriot Mareen Louie-Harper in the final in straight sets.
In 1979, she won her first WTA doubles title in the Player's Canadian Open partnering Diane Evers, winning the final against Chris O'Neil and Mimi Wikstedt 2–6 6–1 6–3. In 1983, she won two doubles titles partnering Barbara Jordan. In Indianapolis, they beat Rosalyn Fairbank and Candy Reynolds 5–7 6–4 7–5 in the final, and in Hershey they beat Sherry Acker and Ann Henricksson 6–3 6–4. In 1986, she won her fourth and last WTA doubles title partnering Barbara Gerken and beating Gigi Fernández and Susan Leo 6–1 6–2 in the final.
Antonoplis also acquired some notability at a 1976 satellite tournament in South Orange, New Jersey when she prevailed in a close three set semifinal match against transsexual player Renée Richards. This was the first tournament in which Richards competed after she was publicized as having undergone a sex change procedure.
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