Shaun Stafford
| Country (sports) |
 United States
|
|---|---|
| Residence | Greenville, South Carolina |
| Born |
December 13, 1968 Ocala, Florida |
| Height | 5 ft 11.5 in (1.816 m) |
| Turned pro | 1989 |
| Retired | 1997 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | University of Florida |
| Prize money | $786,504 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 192–152 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA |
| Highest ranking | No. 48 (January 22, 1990) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (1991) |
| French Open | 4R (1994) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1989, 1993, 1995) |
| US Open | 3R (1989, 1990, 1994) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 119–138 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA |
| Highest ranking | No. 33 (May 16, 1994) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1994) |
| French Open | 3R (1993) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1991) |
| US Open | 2R (1991, 1993) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (1990, 1992, 1995) |
| French Open | 2R (1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (1990) |
| US Open | 2R (1994) |
| Last updated on: March 13, 2012. | |
Shaun Stafford Beckish (born December 13, 1968), née Shaun Stafford, is an American former college and professional tennis player who played on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour from 1989 to 1997. As a collegiate tennis player, Stafford won the 1988 NCAA national singles championship while playing for the University of Florida. She won two WTA tournaments in her professional career, one in singles and the other in doubles.
Stafford was born in Ocala, Florida, but moved to Gainesville, Florida with her family when she was 11 years old. She graduated from Buchholz High School in Gainesville, where she played for the Buchholz Bobcats high school tennis team. As a junior in 1985, she was the high school state singles champion. As a senior in 1986, Stafford won the Florida Class 4A state singles championship again, and she and partner Kim Dunn reached the finals of the state doubles championship, too. Her older sister, Nicole, played college tennis for the Clemson Tigers women's tennis team.
Stafford accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition in 1987 and 1988. As a s freshman, she was an individual singles finalist in the 1987 NCAA tournament, losing to Patty Fendick of the Stanford Cardinal women's tennis team. As a sophomore, Stafford was the No. 1 singles player for the Lady Gators' NCAA national runner-up team in 1988. She won the individual NCAA singles championship by defeating her Gator teammate Halle Cioffi, 7–6, 6–4, by relying on her strong serve and forehand in the tournament final in 1988. She previously defeated top-seeded Ronni Reis of the Miami Hurricanes women's team, 6–1, 7–6, in the 1988 NCAA semifinal. She was a two-time All-American and a two-time first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection, and was also the recipient of the 1987–88 Honda Sports Award as the outstanding college women's tennis player in the country.
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