- Leslie Allen (tennis)
Leslie Allen (b.
March 12 ,1957 , inCleveland, Ohio ,USA ) is a retired American professional tennis player. She was a member of theUniversity of Southern California national championship team and graduated magna cum laude with aBachelor of Arts in speech communications. She joined the WTA Tour in 1977 and went on to reach a career high ranking on #17 in the world. In 1981, she became the firstAfrican American woman to win a tennis tournamet sinceAlthea Gibson when she won the Avon Championships of Detroit. She also was a mixed doubles finalist at the1983 French Open . After retiring from professional tennis, she became a television broadcaster and was also elected to the WTA Board of Directors. She founded the Leslie Allen Foundation to help inner city children develop skills through tennis to become productive members of society. She is currently the varsity tennis coach at Riverdale Country School inRiverdale, New York .Grand Slam mixed doubles final (1)
Runner-up (1)
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* [http://www.leslieallen.net/ Leslie Allen Foundation]
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