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Kathy
Jordan

USA
5'8" (1.73 m)

Career Stats

Career High
5
Singles Titles
0
Won / Lost
75 / 54
Prize Money
$1,592,111

Stories

Biography

  • Nickname is 'KJ'...One of the founding members of the Eastbourne Cabaret, an annual player skit lampooning the tennis community...Contributed two scholarships for promising youngsters from her hometown to WTA Camp in 1985-87...Named to All-Conference basketball team while at Upper Merion High...Father, Bob, was instrumental in development of WTA deferred compensation plan; elder sister, Barbara, was a regular on the tour and completed Law School at UCLA...Received a B.A. in Political Science at Stanford in June 1991.

Plays

Right-Handed

Career High

5

Height

5'8" (1.73 m)

Birthday

Dec 3, 1959 December 3, 1959

Birthplace

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner: 1982 - Boston; 1979 - San Antonio, Avon Futures Championships (Orlando).

DOUBLES
Winner:1991 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Smylie); 1990 - Virginia Slims Championships (w/Smylie), US Hardcourts (W/Smylie), [Tokyo] Japan Open (w/Smylie), Nashville (w/Neiland); 1987 - Houston (w/Navratilova), Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Nagelsen), Aptos (w/R. White), Brighton (w/Sukova); 1986 - US Indoors (w/Smylie), Key Biscayne (w/Smylie), Wichita (w/Reynolds), Hilversum (w/Sukova); 1985 - Wimbledon (w/Smylie), Key Biscayne (w/Smylie), Marco Island (w/Smylie), Chicago (w/Smylie), Mahwah (w/Smylie), Bridgestone (w/Smylie); 1984 - Canadian Open (w/Smylie), Amelia Island (w/A. Smith); 1983 - Palm Springs (w/Kiyomura), Detroit (w/ML Daniels); 1982 - Washington, DC (w/A. Smith), Houston (w/Shriver), Los Angeles (w/A. Smith), Boston (w/A. Smith), San Diego (w/P. Smith), Atlanta (w/Nagelsen); 1981 - Australian Open (w/A. Smith), US Open (w/A. Smith), San Diego (w/Reynolds), Cincinnati (w/A. Smith), Amelia Island (w/A. Smith); 1980 - Roland Garros (w/A. Smith), Wimbledon (w/A. Smith), Hilton Head (w/A. Smith), Eastbourne (w/A. Smith), Brighton (w/A. Smith); 1979 - U.S. Clay Courts (w/A.Smith), San Antonio (w/W. White).

MIXED DOUBLES Winner: 1986 - Roland Garros (w/Flach), Wimbledon (w/Flach).

ADDITIONAL
United States Fed Cup Team 1980-81, 84-85. United States Wightman Cup Team 1979-80.