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Residence | Sea Island, Georgia, U.S. |
Born | Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. | October 21, 1950
Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
Turned pro | 1972 |
Retired | 1973 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
College | Tulane University [1] |
Singles | |
Career record | unknown value |
Career titles | 5 |
Highest ranking | No. 10 (1972) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | QF (1971) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1971) |
US Open | 3R (1968, 1971) |
Doubles | |
Career record | unknown value |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 3R (1969) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1972) |
US Open | QF (1969) |
Linda Tuero (born October 21, 1950) is an American tennis player and paleoanthropologist. 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.