Patty Fendick

Patty Fendick
Country (sports)	United States
Born	March 31, 1965 (age 61); Sacramento, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Turned pro	1982
Retired	1995
Plays	Right-handed
College	Stanford University
Prize money	$1,574,956
Singles
Career record	249–183
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 19 (March 27, 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1990)
French Open	2R (1991, 1995)
Wimbledon	4R (1989, 1990, 1992)
US Open	4R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	347–153
Career titles	25
Highest ranking	No. 4 (July 3, 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1991)
French Open	SF (1995)
Wimbledon	SF (1986, 1990)
US Open	F (1988)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–1

Patty Fendick (born March 31, 1965) is an American former professional tennis player and the former women's tennis program head coach at University of Texas and head coach at University of Washington.

Born in Sacramento, California, she played at the collegiate level at Stanford University, where the team won the NCAA team title three times. In 1987, she was named ITA Player of the Year, when on the Stanford tennis team she had a 57-match winning streak. She won two NCAA singles titles in 1986 and 1987. She won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1987.^[1]^[2] Her playing accomplishments, as a collegiate and professional player, has elevated her being inducted into the Stanford Hall of Fame and also recognized as the Most Outstanding Student-Athlete of the first 25 years of NCAA women's tennis.

Fendick remains active in the sport of tennis as a coach and by serving on numerous committees with ITA and USTA. She was previously a tennis coach with the Washington Huskies.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1988	US Open	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Robin White	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1989	Australian Open	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	1990	Australian Open	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(6–8)
Win	1991	Australian Open	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
Loss	1994	Australian Open	Hard	Meredith McGrath	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	3–6, 6–4, 4–6

WTA career finals

Doubles: 40 (24–16)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1988	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor	6–2, 6–1
Win	2–0	Feb 1988	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–0	Apr 1988	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Ann Henricksson	Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Jul 1988	Berkeley, U.S.	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Ronni Reis Lise Gregory	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Aug 1988	San Diego, U.S.	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Betsy Nagelsen Dinky Van Rensburg	7–6⁽¹⁰⁾, 6–4
Win	4–1	Aug 1988	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Robin White	7–6⁽²⁾, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	4–2	Aug 1988	US Open	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Robin White	4–6, 1–6
Win	5–2	Oct 1988	Puerto Rico, U.S.	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Robin White	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Jan 1989	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	5–4	Jan 1989	Australian Open	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	6–4	Feb 1989	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Elizabeth Smylie Janine Thompson	6–4, 6–4
Win	7–4	Feb 1989	Connecticut, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Jill Hetherington	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	7–5	Feb 1989	New Haven, U.S.	Hard

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