Linda Tuero
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| Country (sports) | United States |
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| Residence | Sea Island, Georgia |
| Born |
October 21, 1950 Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Turned pro | 1972 |
| Retired | 1973 retired from WTA Pro tour |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Singles | |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 10 in the World (1972) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| French Open | QF (1971) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1971) |
| US Open | 3R (1968, 1971) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| French Open | 3R (1969) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (1972) |
| US Open | QF (1969) |
Linda Tuero (born October 21, 1950) is an American former amateur and professional tennis player. She won six U.S Junior Titles and three U.S. Women's Titles. She reached the quarter-finals of the French Open in 1971, and won the singles titles at the Italian Open in 1972. She represented the United States in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup teams in 1972 and 1973 and served as the Federation Cup Captain in 1973. Tuero was ranked in the U.S. Top Ten Women Singles for four years and in 1972 was ranked No. 10 in the World.
Linda Tuero was born in Metairie, Louisiana. She started playing tennis at the age of 11 and was taught by the legendary tennis coach Emmett Pare from the very start and throughout her career. At age 13, she won the US National Girl's 14 Singles Championship and by the time she had graduated from high school, she had won six national titles: the 1964 US National Girl's 14 Singles Championship, the 1966 US National Girl's 16 Singles Championship, the 1966 US National Girl's 16 Doubles Championship, the 1967 US National Girl's 18 Clay Court Singles Championship, the 1968 US National Girl's 18 Clay Court Singles Championship, and the 1968 National Interscholastic Championship.
Tuero was the first woman to be awarded an athletic scholarship to Tulane University, the first woman to play on a Tulane varsity team, and the first woman to win a varsity Green Wave letter.
While a member of the Tulane tennis team, she played on the women's professional tennis circuit but kept her amateur status. During this time she won three more national titles: the 1969 US Amateur Championship, 1970 US Amateur Championship and the 1970 US Open Clay Court Championship. In 1971 she was runner-up in the US Open Clay Courts, losing to Billie Jean King in the finals. During 1971 she also reached the quarterfinals of the French Open.
In 1971, while pursuing an active tennis career, she graduated Cum Laude from Tulane with a major in psychology.
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