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Chanda Rubin

Lafayette, La.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Tagged as America’s next great young champion at an early age, Rubin’s game didn't really matured until the 1995 season. After representing the United States at the 1995 Pan Am Games, Rubin reached the French Open quarterfinals, which at the time was her best result in a Grand Slam championship. En route, she performed one of the greatest comebacks in the history of tennis, saving nine match points and fighting back from a 0-5 third set deficit to defeat Jana Novotna in the third round. Rubin followed up her performance at the French by winning the longest women’s match in the history of Wimbledon, outlasting Patricia Hy-Boulais in 3:45, 7-6, 6-7, 17-15 in the second round. In 1996, Rubin’s reputation for long matches continued as she defeated Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-4, 2-6, 16-14 in 3:33, the longest women’s match in Australian Open history. Rubin’s win over Sanchez Vicario put her in her first career Grand Slam semifinal, where she lost to Monica Seles after leading 5-2 in the third set. Rubin did, however, win the doubles title in Australia with Sanchez Vicario.

Rubin, a junior girls’ singles champion at Wimbledon in 1992, was a member of the U.S. Fed Cup team in 1995.

OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE
Rubin has never competed in the Olympics, but she won a bronze medal in singles and a silver medal in doubles at the 1995 Pan Am Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Rubin was a member of the USTA’s U.S. National (Junior) Team in 1990 and 1991. In June of 1995, she was the first tennis player to win the USOC Athlete of the Month award.

PERSONAL
Born Feb. 18, 1976. Devotes a large amount of time to charities, including the American Heart Association. She is the official spokeswoman for wheelchair tennis for the USTA’s Southern Section, which is based in Atlanta.

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