Jane Young (tennis)

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Jane Young
Full nameJane Young Cooper
Country (sports)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1965-05-31) May 31, 1965 (age 59)
Waterloo, Canada
Prize money$29,727
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 181 (2 February 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open 2R (1985)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 238 (12 December 1986)

Jane Young Cooper (born 31 May 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Canada.

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Biography

Young grew up in Waterloo, Ontario and attended the University of Mississippi on a tennis scholarship. [1]

She featured in the main draw of the 1985 US Open as a qualifier, defeating local player JoAnne Russell in the first round, before losing in the second round to Kate Gompert. [2]

From 1985 to 1986 she represented the Canada Fed Cup team in a total of three ties. On debut in 1985 she beat Carina Karlsson to help Canada win a tie against Sweden, but couldn't defeat Csilla Bartos as Canada went down to Hungary in the second round of the competition. [3] In 1986 she was used as a doubles player in Canada's second round loss to Austria. She and partner Jill Hetherington were beaten in a dead rubber by the Austrian pairing of Petra Huber and Judith Polz.

She later studied law at the University of Ottawa, graduating in 1995. Two years later she married husband Mark Cooper and now works as a Crown Attorney in the Waterloo region. [4]

ITF finals

Singles (1–1)

OutcomeDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner20 July 1985Midland, United StatesClay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Karen Dewis 6–0, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up16 July 1989Greensboro, United StatesClay Flag of the United States.svg Tami Whitlinger 2–6, 5–7

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References

  1. "Jane Young Cooper" (PDF). Waterloo Public Library . Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. "The Scoreboard". Detroit Free Press . August 31, 1985. p. 35. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. "Untitled". United Press International . October 7, 1985. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. "On the Job - Sports Personalities". famouscanadianwomen.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.