Keirsten Alley (born September 17, 1973) is an American former professional tennis player.

Keirsten Alley
Country (sports) United States
Born (1973-09-17) September 17, 1973 (age 50)
Prize money$18,486
Singles
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 276 (July 14, 1997)
Doubles
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 168 (July 28, 1997)

Alley, who comes from Melrose, Massachusetts, played college tennis for UC Berkeley. A four-time All-American, she won two Pac-10 doubles championships partnering Pam Nelson and with the same player was an NCAA doubles semi-finalist in 1995.[1]

From 1995 to 1997, Alley competed on the professional tour and reached a best singles ranking of 276, winning ITF titles in Curaçao and Santo Domingo. As a doubles player she made a WTA Tour main draw appearance at the 1997 Stanford Classic with Laxmi Poruri.[2]

ITF finals edit

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (2–3) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. October 28, 1996 Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles Hard   Aneta Soukup 6–3, 6–4
Win 2. November 4, 1996 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Clay   Joanne Moore 6–4, 6–0
Loss 1. November 25, 1996 São Paulo, Brazil Hard   Katalin Marosi 7–6(2), 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2. December 2, 1996 São Paulo, Brazil Hard   Katalin Marosi 3–6, 1–6
Loss 3. April 21, 1997 Guimarães, Portugal Hard   Sofia Prazeres 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 9 (3–6) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. November 6, 1995 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Clay   Angela Bernal   Nóra Köves
  Rebecca Jensen
6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Loss 2. November 13, 1995 San Salvador, El Salvador Clay   Angela Bernal   Nina Nittinger
  Joanne Moore
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 1. April 1, 1996 Moulins, France Hard   Jackie Moe   Laurence Bois
  Emanuela Brusati
6–2, 7–5
Win 2. October 28, 1996 Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles Hard   Jackie Moe   Nóra Köves
  Joanne Moore
6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 3. December 9, 1996 São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Paige Yaroshuk   Katalin Marosi
  Florencia Cianfagna
4–6, 7–6(4), 3–6
Loss 4. January 20, 1997 San Antonio, United States Hard   Pam Nelson   Jane Chi
  Kelly Pace
4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 5. February 2, 1997 Mission, United States Hard   Pam Nelson   Keri Phebus
  Anne Mall
6–1, 1–6, 1–6
Win 3. June 16, 1997 Mount Pleasant, United States Hard   Liza Andriyani   Amanda Augustus
  Tina Samara
2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 6. June 23, 1997 Greenwood, United States Hard   Tina Samara   Melissa Beadman
  Amy Jensen
6–4, 2–6, 4–6

References edit

  1. ^ "Cal Women's Tennis Traditions". University of California Golden Bears Athletics. April 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Stanford - 21 July - 27 July 1997". itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

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