Country (sports) | Australia |
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Born | 24 April 1962 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1980) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (1981) |
US Open | Q1 (1981) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1980) |
Linda Cassell (born 24 April 1962) is an Australian former professional tennis player. [1]
Cassell was trained in Canberra at the Australian Institute of Sport but grew up in Brisbane, where she attended Lourdes Hill College. [2] She was a girls' doubles champion at the 1979 Australian Open (with Susan Leo).
In 1980 she had her best Australian Open performance, reaching the women's singles second round and doubles quarter-finals. The following year she won two singles qualifying matches at Wimbledon, before falling in the final round.
Cassell is now a Catholic nun, having joined the Sisters of the Good Samaritan in 2007. [2] [3]
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