Linda Gates

Country (sports)	United States
Born	1963 (age 61–62)
College	Stanford
Prize money	$36,222
Singles
Career record	18–15
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1985)
US Open	3R (1985)
Doubles
Career record	23–14
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1985)
US Open	2R (1984)
Medal record Pan American Games 1983 Caracas Mixed Doubles

Linda Gates (born 1963) is an American former professionaltennis player.

A native ofBurlingame, California, Gates played college tennis forStanford University in the early 1980s. She made history at the1985 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships when she became the first woman to win consecutive doubles championships, as well as the first woman to win the singles and doubles championship in the same year.^[1] She won the Broderick Award (now theHonda Sports Award) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1985.^[2][3][4]

Gates had her best performance in a grand slam tournament at the1985 Australian Open, where she was a quarter-finalist in the women's doubles, partneringAlycia Moulton. Their run included a win over the eighth seeded Maleeva sisters (Katerina andManuela).

Following her graduation from Stanford in 1985 she competed briefly on the professional tour.^[5] At the1985 US Open, she won through to the third round, playing as a wildcard. She was runner-up toGabriela Sabatini at the1985 Japan Open, which was the Argentine's first WTA Tour title.^[6]

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	October 14, 1985	Tokyo	Hard	Gabriela Sabatini	3–6, 4–6

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	March 24, 1986	Phoenix	Hard	Alycia Moulton	Susan Mascarin Betsy Nagelsen	3–6, 7–5, 4–6

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	July 7, 1985	Schenectady, United States	Hard	Jenni Goodling	6–1, 6–1

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	July 23, 1983	Birmingham, United States	Hard	Caryn Copeland	Cynthia MacGregor Gretchen Magers	5–7, 6–7
Win	1.	June 17, 1984	Freehold, United States	Hard	Linda Howell	Louise Field Michelle Turk	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win	2.	July 22, 1984	Fayetteville, United States	Hard	Cynthia MacGregor	Rebecca Bryant Natalia Leipus	6–1, 7–6
Loss	2.	July 30, 1984	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Cynthia MacGregor	Julie Richardson Belinda Cordwell	5–7, 0–6
Win	3.	August 18, 1984	Miramar, United States	Hard	Cynthia MacGregor	Patty Fendick Linda Howell	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win	4.	June 23, 1985	Fayetteville, United States	Hard	Sonia Hahn	Caroline Kuhlman Wendy Wood	6–4, 6–3
Win	5.	July 1, 1985	Schenectady, United States	Hard	Lynn Lewis	Helena Manset Cecilia Fernandez-Parker	7–6, 6–4
Loss	3.	August 18, 1985	Roanoke, United States	Hard	Leigh-Anne Eldredge	Louise Allen Ronni Reis	4–6, 4–6

• Linda Gates at theWomen's Tennis Association
• Linda Gates at theInternational Tennis Federation

• 1963 births
• Living people
• American female tennis players
• Stanford Cardinal women's tennis players
• Tennis players from San Mateo County, California
• Sportspeople from Burlingame, California
• Tennis players at the 1983 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in tennis
• 20th-century American sportswomen

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