Emily Harman

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Emily Harman
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Harman in October 2011
Full nameEmily Jane Harman
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1991-06-15) June 15, 1991 (age 33)
Winchester, Virginia
Retired2019
College Syracuse University
Coach Luke Jensen
Prize money$20,159
Singles
Career record28–62
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 966 (October 15, 2012)
Doubles
Career record70–77
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 232 (November 4, 2013)

Emily Jane Harman (born June 15, 1991) is an American former professional tennis player.

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Harman has won two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On October 15, 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 966. On November 4, 2013, she peaked at No. 232 in the doubles rankings.

Early life and college career

Emily Harman is a native of Petersburg, West Virginia, and attended Petersburg High School. [1] [2]

Harman was recruited to Syracuse University by Luke Jensen to play tennis for the Syracuse Orange for four years from 2009 to 2012. [1] [3] At Syracuse, she was a Four-time Big East All-Academic Team selection and was named Academic All-American (Third Team), by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). [4] [5]

Harmed joined the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in 2019, and is a staff member at Duke University School of Medicine. [3] [6]

Career

Harman made her WTA Tour debut at the 2012 Family Circle Cup, partnering Simone Kalhorn in doubles. [7] The pair lost their first-round match against Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Alla Kudryavtseva. [7] Later that year, Harman partnered Kalhorn again at the Texas Open, losing to the second seeds Irina-Camelia Begu and Alizé Cornet. [8]

As coach

Harmen coached four seasons at the West Virginia University women’s tennis program as an assistant coach, from 2016 to 2019. [2] She left the job in 2019 to join medical school. [3]

ITF finals

Doubles (2–4)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (1–2)
ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
LossJun 2010 Cleveland,
United States		Clay Flag of the United States.svg Eleanor Peters Flag of the United States.svg Sanaz Marand
Flag of the United States.svg Caitlin Whoriskey 		4–6, 0–6
LossFeb 2013 Surprise,
United States		Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan Flag of the United States.svg Samantha Crawford
Flag of the United States.svg Sachia Vickery 		3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
WinJun 2013 Buffalo,
United States		Clay Flag of the United States.svg Alexandra Mueller Flag of Japan.svg Sachie Ishizu
Flag of the United States.svg Denise Starr		4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
LossOct 2013 Macon,
United States		Hard Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Lumpkin Flag of the United States.svg Kristi Boxx
Flag of New Zealand.svg Abigail Guthrie 		6–3, 6–7(4), [4–10]
LossSep 2014 Hilton Head,
United States		Clay Flag of the United States.svg Madeleine Kobelt Flag of Brazil.svg Maria Fernanda Alves
Flag of the United States.svg Keri Wong 		1–6, 6–7(5)
WinJun 2015 Baton Rouge,
United States		Hard Flag of the United States.svg Samantha Crawford Flag of Australia (converted).svg Storm Sanders
Flag of South Africa.svg Chanel Simmonds 		7–6(4), 6–1

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References

  1. 1 2 Luse, Steve (24 April 2008). "Petersburg's Harman going to Syracuse". The Cumberland Times-News . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Emily Harman - Tennis Coach". West Virginia University Athletics . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Crane, Andrew (29 April 2019). "Former SU star Emily Harman plans to choose medical school over tennis". The Daily Orange . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Harman Garners All-BIG EAST Laurels". Syracuse University Athletics . April 23, 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Emily Harman - Tennis". Syracuse University Athletics . Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Emily J. Harman, MD, MS | Duke Department of Orthopaedic Surgery". ortho.duke.edu. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  7. 1 2 "2012 Family Circle Cup" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association . Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "2012 Texas Tennis Open" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association . Retrieved 22 February 2014.


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