Jill Hetherington
Country (sports) | Canada |
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Born | Brampton, Ontario |
October 27, 1964
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Turned pro | 1983 |
Retired | 1997 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
College | University of Florida |
Prize money | US$798,040 |
Singles | |
Career record | 95–113 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 64 (February 29, 1988) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1989) |
French Open | Q1 (1984, 1985) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1988, 1989, 1991) |
US Open | 3R (1988) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (1984, 1988) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 351–223 |
Career titles | 14 WTA, 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 6 (March 27, 1989) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (1989) |
French Open | 3R (1984, 1992) |
Wimbledon | SF (1986) |
US Open | F (1988) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | QF (1988, 1996) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1993, 1996) |
French Open | F (1995) |
Wimbledon | QF (1991) |
US Open | SF (1992, 1994) |
Jill Hetherington Hultquist (born October 27, 1964) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Hultquist played college tennis for the University of Florida, and is the current women's tennis head coach at the University of Washington.
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Early years
Hultquist was born in Brampton, Ontario in 1964.
College career
She attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team from 1984 to 1987. While playing for the Gators, she won four straight Southeastern Conference (SEC) singles championships, three as the team's No. 2 singles player, and once as the No. 1 singles player. She also won three consecutive SEC doubles championships from 1985 to 1987. Hultquist was recognized as a four-time first-team All-SEC selection and received four All-American honors.[1] She was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1999.[2]
Professional career
After turning professional, she won one singles title and fourteen doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. Her best Grand Slam results were reaching the women's doubles final at the 1988 US Open and the 1989 Australian Open, and the mixed doubles final at the 1995 French Open.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1988 | US Open | Patty Fendick | Gigi Fernández Robin White |
6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 1989 | Australian Open | Patty Fendick | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1995 | French Open | John-Laffnie de Jager | Larisa Savchenko Neiland Todd Woodbridge |
7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–4) |
WTA Tour titles (15)
Singles (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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1. | February 7, 1988 | Wellington, New Zealand | Hard | Katrina Adams | 6–1, 6–1 |
Doubles (14)
Legend |
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Grand Slam (0) |
WTA Championships (0) |
Tier I (0) |
Tier II (2) |
Tier III (2) |
Tier IV & V (10) |
See also
- Florida Gators
- List of Florida Gators tennis players
- List of University of Florida alumni
- List of University of Florida Olympians
- Washington Huskies
References
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External links
- Jill Hetherington at the Women's Tennis Association
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- Jill Hetherington at the Fed Cup
- Profile at SLAM Sports
- GoHuskies.com Profile
- ↑ http://www.gatorzone.com/tennis/women/media/2005/pdf/45.pdf
- ↑ F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
- Pages with reference errors
- ITF template using numeric ID
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Canadian female tennis players
- Florida Gators women's tennis players
- Olympic tennis players of Canada
- People from Brampton
- Racket sportspeople from Ontario
- Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics