Sandy Collins (born October 13, 1958) is a retired American professional tennis player who played from the late 1970s until 1995.
Collins is a native of San Bernardino, California. Sandy went to Odessa College, where she played tennis for Coach Virginia Brown and the Wranglers. After two seasons, she transferred to the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, where she completed her college career.
During her professional career, she won four doubles tournaments on the WTA tour. Collins spent the next 17 years on the pro tennis tour, beating Billie Jean King in her second year as well as Tracy Austin (then ranked #2 in the world) in the quarterfinals of the German Open. At different times in her career, Collins was ranked as high as 17th in the world in singles and doubles. She became the first tennis player to be endorsed by Oakley Sunglasses. After retirement, Collins coached privately for a time, eventually taking a job at Texas Tech University (1999) as the women's tennis assistant coach and then named head coach in November 2002. She is currently the associate AD/event operations and sports administrator (women's volleyball/men's tennis) at Texas Tech University.
WTA Tour finals
Singles 1 Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0 Result W/L Date Tournament SurfaceOpponent ScoreLoss 0–1 Feb 1983 Hershey, US Hard Carling Bassett 6–2, 0–6, 4–6
Doubles 18 (4–14) Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0 Titles by surface Hard 3 Clay 0 Grass 0 Carpet 1 Result No. Date Tournament Surface PartnerOpponents ScoreWin 1. Sep 1983 Kansas City, Missouri, US Hard Elizabeth Sayers Chris O'Neil Brenda Remilton 7–5, 7–6Loss 2. Mar 1984 Dallas, Texas, US Carpet Elizabeth Sayers Leslie Allen Anne White 4–6, 7–5, 2–6Loss 3. May 1984 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Andrea Leand Rosalyn Fairbank Beverly Mould 1–6, 2–6Loss 4. Oct 1985 Indianapolis, Indiana, US Hard Penny Barg Bonnie Gadusek Mary-Lou Daniels 1–6, 0–6Loss 5. Mar 1986 Hershey, Pennsylvania, US Hard Kim Sands Candy Reynolds Anne Smith 6–7, 1–6Win 6. Oct 1986 Tokyo, Japan Hard Sharon Walsh-Pete Susan Mascarin Betsy Nagelsen 6–1, 6–2Loss 7. Oct 1986 Singapore Hard Sharon Walsh-Pete Anna-Maria Fernandez Julie Richardson 3–6, 2–6Loss 8. Apr 1987 Tokyo, Japan Hard Sharon Walsh-Pete Kathy Jordan Betsy Nagelsen 3–6, 5–7Loss 9. Apr 1987 Taipei Carpet Sharon Walsh-Pete Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor 6–7, 7–5, 4–6Loss 10. Feb 1989 Wichita, Kansas, US Hard Leila Meskhi Manon Bollegraf Lise Gregory 2–6, 6–7Loss 11. Oct 1990 Scottsdale, Arizona, US Hard Ronni Reis Elise Burgin Helen Kelesi 4–6, 2–6Loss 12. Jun 1991 Birmingham, England Grass Elna Reinach Nicole Provis Liz Smylie 3–6, 4–6Win 13. Oct 1991 Milan, Italy Carpet Lori McNeil Sabine Appelmans Raffaella Reggi 7–6, 6–3Loss 14. Nov 1991 Scottsdale, Arizona, US Hard Elna Reinach Mareen Harper Cammy MacGregor 5–7, 6–3, 3–6Win 15. Nov 1991 Brentwood, Tennessee, US Hard Elna Reinach Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis 5–7, 6–4, 7–6Loss 16. Feb 1992 Osaka, Japan Carpet Rachel McQuillan Rennae Stubbs Helena Suková 6–3, 4–6, 5–7Loss 17. Jun 1992 Birmingham, England Grass Elna Reinach Lori McNeil Rennae Stubbs 7–5, 3–6, 6–8Loss 18. Nov 1992 Indianapolis, Indiana, US Hard Mary-Lou Daniels Katrina Adams Elna Reinach 7–5, 2–6, 4–6
References
External links
Tennis Magazine 1982 Profile at Texas Tech athletics