Shawn Foltz
Full name | Shawn Foltz-Emmons |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | December 21, 1967 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $70,042 |
Singles | |
Career record | 37–54 |
Highest ranking | No. 55[1] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1984) |
French Open | 1R (1985) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1985) |
US Open | 2R (1985) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 35–37 |
Highest ranking | No. 140 (November 6, 1989) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1984) |
French Open | 2R (1985) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1984, 1985) |
US Open | 1R (1984, 1985) |
Shawn Foltz-Emmons (born 21 December 1967) is an American former professional tennis player.[2]
Tennis career
[edit]A right-handed player from Indianapolis, Foltz was a rising star in junior tennis who was unable to fulfil her promise on the professional tour, in a career which was curtailed by serious wrist injuries. She reached a career high ranking of 55 while touring as an amateur and was runner-up at the 1984 Japan Open.
Following a series of wrist surgeries for a congenital bone disorder, she took up a scholarship to the University of Indiana and despite further injury complications made it to the top of the collegiate tennis rankings in 1988.[1]
From 1989 to 1991 she toured professionally and she is now a psychologist living in Arizona.
Acting
[edit]Foltz starred as tennis player Missy in the 1982 film Spring Fever, with Carling Bassett.[3]
WTA Tour finals
[edit]Singles (0-1)
[edit]Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | October 14, 1984 | Japan Open, Tokyo, Japan | $50,000 | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
ITF finals
[edit]Legend |
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$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 1 (0–1)
[edit]Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | August 6, 1989 | Roanoke, United States | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 5 (1–4)
[edit]Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | June 18, 1989 | Niceville, Florida, United States | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | July 2, 1989 | Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | July 9, 1989 | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–0, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | July 16, 1989 | Greensboro, North Carolina, United States | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | July 30, 1989 | Evansville, Illinois, United States | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–4 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Isaacson, Melissa (May 14, 1989). "Indiana Player Gets 2nd Chance At Tennis". Orlando Sentinel.
- ^ Gallagher, Maria (April 13, 1986). "Little Match Girl". The New York Times.
- ^ "Two Broken Wrists Can't Break Shawn Foltz Spirit". Sun-Sentinel. March 4, 1990.