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Amy Jensen

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Amy Jensen
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1978-07-31) 31 July 1978 (age 46)
Brisbane, Australia
Prize money$34,867
Singles
Career record26–37
Highest rankingNo. 423 (29 January 2001)
Doubles
Career record72–46
Highest rankingNo. 199 (17 November 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2001)
US Open1R (1998, 1999, 2000)

Amy Jensen (born 31 July 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Biography

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Originally from Brisbane, Jensen had a successful career in American college tennis playing for UC Berkeley. From 1998 to 2000 she won three successive NCAA doubles titles, partnering Amanda Augustus in the first two, then Claire Curran for the third.[1]

As a professional player she had a top 200 ranking in doubles and won eight ITF titles. She featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at both the Australian Open and US Open during her career. At the 2000 US Open, she and partner Claire Curran won the first set of their opening round match against Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce.[2]

Jensen has held several coaches positions in college tennis. She is currently the head coach for UC Santa Cruz.[3]

ITF finals

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles (8–4)

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Outcome No. Date Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 21 July 1996 Frinton, United Kingdom Grass Hungary Anita Kurimay United Kingdom Lucie Ahl
United Kingdom Shirli-Ann Siddall
1–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 28 July 1996 Dublin, Ireland Grass Australia Sarah Stanley Australia Kylie Moulds
Australia Cindy Watson
6–4, 6–4
Winner 2. 8 June 1997 Little Rock, United States Hard United States Samantha Reeves United States Erica Adams
Norway Tina Samara
6–0, 6–4
Winner 3. 23 June 1997 Greenwood, United States Hard Australia Melissa Beadman United States Keirsten Alley
Norway Tina Samara
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 26 July 1997 Dublin, Ireland Carpet United States Amanda Augustus South Africa Surina De Beer
United Kingdom Lizzie Jelfs
3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 22 September 1997 Newport Beach, United States Hard United States Amanda Augustus United States Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen
Chinese Taipei Janet Lee
3–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 8 August 1999 Harrisonburg, United States Hard United States Amanda Augustus United States Julie Ditty
Chinese Taipei Wang I-ting
5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Winner 5. 25 June 2000 Montreal, Canada Hard United States Amanda Augustus United States Jennifer Embry
United States Kristina Kraszewski
3–6, 7–5, 6–0
Runner-up 4. 2 July 2000 Lachine, Canada Clay United States Amanda Augustus United States Jennifer Embry
United States Kristina Kraszewski
1–6, 5–7
Winner 6. 17 September 2000 Osaka, Japan Hard United States Amanda Augustus Japan Shiho Hisamatsu
South Korea Jeon Mi-ra
6–3, 6–2
Winner 7. 1 October 2000 Saga, Japan Grass United States Amanda Augustus South Africa Nannie de Villiers
Czech Republic Eva Krejčová
6–4, 6–3
Winner 8. 5 November 2000 Gold Coast, Australia Hard United States Amanda Augustus South Africa Natalie Grandin
South Africa Nicole Rencken
6–4, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ Frost, Marcia (2008). American Doubles-- the Trials, the Triumphs, the Domination. Mansion. p. 46. ISBN 978-1932421163.
  2. ^ "Dream come true at the US Open". BBC Online. 2 April 2003. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. ^ "UCSC women's tennis preview: New coach giving Slugs a start-up mentality". Santa Cruz Sentinel. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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