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 (age 66) San Bernardino , California , United StatesTurned pro 1978 Retired 1994 Prize money $ 610,261Career record 264–273 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 17 (Aug. 18, 1981) Australian Open 2R (1984 , 1988 ) French Open 3R (1981 , 1982 ) Wimbledon 3R (1981 ) US Open 2R (1982 , 1984 ) Career record 247–249 Career titles 3 WTA, 2 ITF Highest ranking No. 17 (May 11, 1992) 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.
Legend
Grand Slam
0
WTA Championships
0
Tier I
0
Tier II
0
Tier III
0
Tier IV & V
0
Result
W/L
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Feb 1983
Hershey, US
Hard
Carling Bassett
6–2, 0–6, 4–6
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.
Sep 1983
Kansas City, Missouri, US
Hard
Elizabeth Sayers
Chris O'Neil Brenda Remilton
7–5, 7–6
Loss
2.
Mar 1984
Dallas, Texas, US
Carpet
Leslie Allen Anne White
4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss
3.
May 1984
Johannesburg , South Africa
Hard
Andrea Leand
Rosalyn Fairbank Beverly Mould
1–6, 2–6
Loss
4.
Oct 1985
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Hard
Penny Barg
Bonnie Gadusek Mary-Lou Daniels
1–6, 0–6
Loss
5.
Mar 1986
Hershey, Pennsylvania, US
Hard
Kim Sands
Candy Reynolds Anne Smith
6–7, 1–6
Win
6.
Oct 1986
Tokyo, Japan
Hard
Sharon Walsh-Pete
Susan Mascarin Betsy Nagelsen
6–1, 6–2
Loss
7.
Oct 1986
Singapore
Hard
Anna-Maria Fernandez Julie Richardson
3–6, 2–6
Loss
8.
Apr 1987
Tokyo, Japan
Hard
Kathy Jordan 3–6, 5–7
Loss
9.
Apr 1987
Taipei
Carpet
Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor
6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Loss
10.
Feb 1989
Wichita , Kansas, US
Hard
Leila Meskhi
Manon Bollegraf Lise Gregory
2–6, 6–7
Loss
11.
Oct 1990
Scottsdale, Arizona, US
Hard
Ronni Reis
Elise Burgin Helen Kelesi
4–6, 2–6
Loss
12.
Jun 1991
Birmingham , England
Grass
Elna Reinach
Nicole Provis Liz Smylie
3–6, 4–6
Win
13.
Oct 1991
Milan , Italy
Carpet
Lori McNeil
Sabine Appelmans Raffaella Reggi
7–6, 6–3
Loss
14.
Nov 1991
Scottsdale, Arizona, US
Hard
Mareen Harper 5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win
15.
Nov 1991
Brentwood, Tennessee, US
Hard
Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss
16.
Feb 1992
Osaka , Japan
Carpet
Rachel McQuillan
Rennae Stubbs Helena Suková
6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss
17.
Jun 1992
Birmingham, England
Grass
Lori McNeil 7–5, 3–6, 6–8
Loss
18.
Nov 1992
Indianapolis , Indiana, US
Hard
Mary-Lou Daniels
Katrina Adams Elna Reinach
7–5, 2–6, 4–6
United States
Carling Bassett
Elizabeth Sayers
Leslie Allen 
Rosalyn Fairbank 
Julie Richardson
Leila Meskhi
Manon Bollegraf 
Sabine Appelmans 
Raffaella Reggi
Yayuk Basuki 
Helena Suková
