Sandy Collins (tennis)

Sandy Collins (born October 13, 1958) is a retired professional tennis player from the U.S. who played from the late 1970s until 1994.

Sandy Collins

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1958-10-13) October 13, 1958 San Bernardino, California, United States
Turned pro	1978
Retired	1994
Prize money	$610,261
Singles
Career record	264–273
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 17 (Aug. 18, 1981)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1984, 1988)
French Open	3R (1981, 1982)
Wimbledon	3R (1981)
US Open	2R (1982, 1984)
Doubles
Career record	247–249
Career titles	3 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 17 (May 11, 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1987, 1988)
French Open	QF (1991)
Wimbledon	3R (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992)
US Open	QF (1991, 1993)

Collins is a native of San Bernardino, California. Sandy went to Odessa College, where she played tennis for Coach Virginia Brown and the Wranglers. After two seasons, she transferred to the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, where she completed her college career.

During her professional career, she won four doubles tournaments on the WTA tour. Collins spent the next 17 years on the pro tennis tour, beating Billie Jean King in her second year as well as Tracy Austin (then ranked #2 in the world) in the quarterfinals of the German Open. At different times in her career, Collins was ranked as high as 17th in the world in singles and doubles. She became the first tennis player to be endorsed by Oakley Sunglasses. After retirement, Collins coached privately for a time, eventually taking a job at Texas Tech University (1999) as the women's tennis assistant coach and then named head coach in November 2002. She is currently the associate AD/event operations and sports administrator (women's volleyball/men's tennis) at Texas Tech University.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 1

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	February 20, 1983	Hershey, Pennsylvania, US	Hard	Carling Bassett	6–2, 0–6, 4–6

Doubles 18 (4–14)

Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0

Titles by surface Hard 3 Clay 0 Grass 0 Carpet 1

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	September 25, 1983	Kansas City, Missouri, US	Hard	Elizabeth Sayers	Chris O'Neil Brenda Remilton	7–5, 7–6
Loss	2.	March 25, 1984	Dallas, Texas, US	Carpet	Elizabeth Sayers	Leslie Allen Anne White	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	3.	May 6, 1984	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Andrea Leand	Rosalyn Fairbank Beverly Mould	1–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	October 13, 1985	Indianapolis, Indiana, US	Hard	Penny Barg	Bonnie Gadusek Mary-Lou Daniels	1–6, 0–6
Loss	5.	March 9, 1986	Hershey, Pennsylvania, US	Hard	Kim Sands	Candy Reynolds Anne Smith	6–7, 1–6
Win	6.	October 19, 1986	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Sharon Walsh-Pete	Susan Mascarin Betsy Nagelsen	6–1, 6–2
Loss	7.	October 26, 1986	Singapore	Hard	Sharon Walsh-Pete	Anna-Maria Fernandez Julie Richardson	3–6, 2–6
Loss	8.	April 19, 1987	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Sharon Walsh-Pete	Kathy Jordan Betsy Nagelsen	3–6, 5–7
Loss	9.	April 26, 1987	Taipei	Carpet	Sharon Walsh-Pete	Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor	6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	10.	February 26, 1989	Wichita, Kansas, US	Hard	Leila Meskhi	Manon Bollegraf Lise Gregory	2–6, 6–7
Loss	11.	October 21, 1990	Scottsdale, Arizona, US	Hard	Ronni Reis	Elise Burgin Helen Kelesi	4–6, 2–6
Loss	12.	June 16, 1991	Birmingham, England	Grass	Elna Reinach	Nicole Provis Liz Smylie	3–6, 4–6
Win	13.	October 6, 1991	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Lori McNeil	Sabine Appelmans Raffaella Reggi	7–6, 6–3
Loss	14.	November 3, 1991	Scottsdale, Arizona, US	Hard	Elna Reinach	Mareen Harper Cammy MacGregor	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	15.	November 10, 1991	Brentwood, Tennessee, US	Hard	Elna Reinach	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	16.	February 9, 1992	Osaka, Japan	Carpet	Rachel McQuillan	Rennae Stubbs Helena Suková	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	17.	June 14, 1992	Birmingham, England	Grass	Elna Reinach	Lori McNeil Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 3–6, 6–8
Loss	18.	November 14, 1992	Indianapolis, Indiana, US	Hard	Mary-Lou Daniels	Katrina Adams Elna Reinach	7–5, 2–6, 4–6

External links

• Sandy Collins at the Women's Tennis Association
• Sandy Collins at the International Tennis Federation
• Tennis Magazine 1982
• Profile at Texas Tech athletics