Sandy Stap

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Sandy Stap
Full nameSandra Stap Clifton
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1956-05-01) May 1, 1956 (age 68)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US Open 1R (1971, 1975)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open 2R (1971, 1975)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open 3R (1972)
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1975 Mexico City Women's doubles

Sandra Stap Clifton (born May 1, 1956) is an American former professional tennis coach and player.

Stap grew up in Deerfield, Illinois, and was coached by her father, Jake, an ex-baseball player who invented the tennis ball hopper. Her elder sister, Sue Stap, also played professional tennis.

An Orange Bowl (16s) winner in 1970, Stap spent the next decade on tour and also played varsity tennis for Trinity University, where she was a three-time All-American. She won a gold medal in women's doubles gold at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, partnering her Trinity teammate Stephanie Tolleson. [1]

From 1980 to 1989, she was the women's head coach for Northwestern University, which included four successive undefeated Big Ten seasons and fifth-place finishes in the NCAA Championships in 1986 and 1987. [2]

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References

  1. "U.S. Takes Four More Swim Titles". The New York Times . October 25, 1975.
  2. "Sandy Stap Clifton (2017) - Hall of Fame". Northwestern University Athletics.