Debbie Graham

Debbie Graham
Country (sports) United States
Born (1970-08-25) August 25, 1970 (age 54)
Walnut Creek, California
PlaysRight-handed
CollegeStanford
Prize money$862,123
Singles
Career record175–60
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 35 (January 6, 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1993, 1994)
French Open3R (1991)
Wimbledon2R (1992)
US Open2R (1990, 1991, 1996)
Doubles
Career record206–163
Career titles5 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 24 (January 31, 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1994, 2000)
French Open3R (1993, 1998)
WimbledonSF (1998)
US Open3R (1993, 1998)

Debbie Graham or Debbie Graham Shaffer (born August 25, 1970) is a retired tennis player from the United States.

She was awarded the "Most Impressive Newcomer" by WTA in 1992.[1] She was a "High Performance Coach" for women with the USTA at the USTA Training Center in Carson, California.

She is the director of Little Aces Tennis, where she is teaching children to play tennis with low compression balls, smaller rackets, and smaller nets.[2]

Graham played college tennis for Stanford University.[3] She won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1990.[4][5] She was inducted into the Stanford Hall of Fame in 1997 for winning NCAAA singles her sophomore year and only losing one match on an undefeated team.

  1. ^ "WTA Awards".
  2. ^ "USTA Debbie Graham bio". Archived from the original on 2007-09-01.
  3. ^ Araton, Harvey (1 September 1991). "In Women's Tennis, She's Over the Hill at 21". New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Stanford University's Official Athletic Site - Women's Tennis". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  5. ^ "Tennis". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-03-25.