Full name | Adria Engel Raines |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | December 21, 1979
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
Prize money | $35,575 |
Singles | |
Career record | 119–101 |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 296 (October 12, 1998) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 64–67 |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 218 (October 12, 1998) |
Adria Engel Raines (born December 21, 1979) is an American former professional tennis player.
Born in Chicago, Engel is of Czech heritage through both of her parents, who were noted sportspeople in their native Czechoslovakia.[1] Her mother played tennis and trained with Věra Suková, while her father was a professional soccer player. She also has an elder brother, Marty, who played some professional tennis.[2]
Engel was a member of the Arizona State Sun Devils (ASU) varsity tennis team and amassed an ASU record 132 career-singles wins. In 2001, as a sophomore, she became the first player from ASU to claim a Pac-10 singles title.[3]