American tennis player

Lea Antonoplis (born January 20, 1959) is a former professional tennis player from the U.S. who won the Wimbledon Girls' Singles in 1977 and four WTA doubles *les.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Tennis career
• 3 WTA Tour finals
  • 3.1 Doubles 10 (3–7)
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Early life

Antonoplis attended Glendora High School from 1974 to 1977 and graduated from the University of Southern California.

Tennis career

In 1974, Lea played an exhibition match arranged by Dale Jensen in Claremont, Ca with Tracy Austin, Lawrence McCutcheon, and Elgin Baylor.

Also in 1974, Antonoplis played in her first Grand Slam match at the US Open, losing to Sue Mappin in three sets. In the 1977 Wimbledon Championships, Antonoplis won the junior singles, beating compatriot Peanut Louie-Harper in the final in straight sets.In 1979, she won her first WTA doubles *le in the Player's Canadian Open with Diane Evers, defeating Chris O'Neil and Mimmi Wikstedt 2–6, 6–1, 6–3. In 1983, she won two doubles *les with Barbara Jordan. In Indianapolis, they beat Rosalyn Fairbank and Candy Reynolds 5–7, 6–4, 7–5 in the final, and in Hershey, they beat Sherry Acker and Ann Henricksson 6–3, 6–4. In 1986, she won her fourth and last WTA doubles *le with Barbara Gerken, beating Gigi Fernández and Susan Leo 6–1, 6–2 in the final.

Antonoplis also acquired some notability at a 1976 satellite tournament in South Orange, New Jersey when she won a three-set semifinal match against Renée Richards. This was the first tournament in which Richards competed after it was revealed that she had undergone a sex-change procedure.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 10 (3–7)

References

External links

• Lea Antonoplis at the Women's Tennis *ociation
• Lea Antonoplis at the International Tennis Federation