Jaime Kaplan

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Jaime Kaplan
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (1961-10-01) October 1, 1961 (age 61)
Prize money$47,256
Singles
Career record5–30
Highest rankingNo. 308 (March 14, 1988)
Doubles
Career record37–70
Highest rankingNo. 91 (July 20, 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1988)
French Open 1R (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Wimbledon 2R (1985, 1986)
US Open 2R (1987)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 2R (1987, 1988)
Wimbledon 3R (1987)

Jaime Kaplan (born October 1, 1961) is an American former professional tennis player. [1]

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Biography

Kaplan grew up in Macon, Georgia and remained unbeaten throughout her high school tennis career at Stratford Academy. She started her collegiate career at the University of Georgia, where she won the SEC doubles title in 1981, then played for Florida State University and was their first tennis player to qualify for the NCAA Championships. While at Florida State she was the Metro Conference singles champion in 1983 and also won two Metro doubles titles. [2]

For the remainder of the 1980s, Kaplan competed on the professional tour and featured in the main draw of all four grand slam tournaments as a doubles player. Her best performance came at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, where she made the round of 16 in the mixed doubles. [3] She had a best doubles ranking of 91 in the world.

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 12 (6–6)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.June 18, 1983 Flemington, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Lee McGuire Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of the United States.svg Jane Forman
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up1.August 22, 1983 Bronx, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Lee McGuire Flag of the United States.svg Kathleen Cummings
Flag of the United States.svg Robin White
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up2.October 9, 1983 Bendigo, AustraliaGrass Flag of the United States.svg Deeann Hansel Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Dodson
Flag of the United States.svg Lani Wilcox
7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up3.January 9, 1984 San Antonio, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Carol Christian Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Elena Eliseenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Svetlana Parkhomenko
1–6, 1–6
Winner2.January 16, 1984 Delray Beach, United StatesHard Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Svetlana Parkhomenko Flag of the United States.svg Carol Christian
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Golder
6–3, 6–1
Winner3.October 28, 1984 Saga, JapanHard Flag of the United States.svg Carol Watson Flag of the United States.svg Kris Kinney
Flag of the United States.svg Donna Rubin
6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up4.November 4, 1984 Matsuyama, JapanHard Flag of the United States.svg Carol Watson Flag of the United States.svg Kris Kinney
Flag of the United States.svg Donna Rubin
4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner4.November 12, 1984 Kuroshio, JapanHard Flag of the United States.svg Carol Watson Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xinyi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhong Ni
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up5.November 25, 1984 Kōfu, JapanHard Flag of the United States.svg Carol Watson Flag of the United States.svg Kris Kinney
Flag of the United States.svg Donna Rubin
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up6.January 14, 1985 Delray Beach, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Diane Farrell Flag of Sweden.svg Elizabeth Ekblom
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marianne van der Torre
3–6, 5–7
Winner5.July 15, 1985 Landskrona, SwedenClay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jill Hetherington Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louise Field
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Janine Thompson
7–5, 6–2
Winner6.January 25, 1987 San Antonio, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Goodling Flag of the United States.svg Heather Crowe
Flag of the United States.svg Kim Steinmetz
6–4, 6–4

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References

  1. "She was a tennis ace. Now she's a grand marshal". macon.com. February 21, 2017.
  2. Allen, Montezz (January 17, 2020). "Jaime Kaplan to be inducted in Southern Tennis Hall of Fame". 41NBC News.
  3. "Local tennis icon Jaime Kaplan now fighting new foe: leukemia". macon.com. May 3, 2010.