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Born | (1966-05-10)May 10, 1966 (age 58) | ||||||||||||||
College | University of Miami | ||||||||||||||
Prize money | $157,628 | ||||||||||||||
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Career record | 73–62 | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 78 (February 27, 1989) | ||||||||||||||
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Career record | 77–61 | ||||||||||||||
Career titles | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 31 (August 1, 1988) | ||||||||||||||
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Ronni Reis (sometimes spelledRonnie Reis; alsoRonni Reis-Bernstein) (born May 10, 1966) is an American formertennis player. Reis won three gold medals at the1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel, the doubles bronze medal at the1986 Goodwill Games, and the doubles gold medal at the1987 Pan American Games.
Reis played for theMiami Hurricanes at theUniversity of Miami, where she won theNCAA doubles tournament in 1986 and was named the NCAA Senior Player of the Year in 1988.
She attendedMiami Sunset High School inMiami,Florida.[1] Reis won the 1984 Florida state singles championship while a senior in high school.[1]
Reis won the gold medal, defeating AmericanJamie Golder, in the women's singles tennis event at the1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel, when she was 19 years old.[2][3] She also won the women's doubles (withEileen Tell) and the mixed doubles at the 1985 Maccabiah Games.[2] She won the doubles bronze medal at the1986 Goodwill Games, and the doubles gold medal at the1987 Pan American Games.[1]
She played collegiate tennis at theUniversity of Miami, partnering withLise Gregory to win theNCAA tournament in 1986; they finished the season 29-0.[1] Reis was namedAll-American every year in which she played, in both singles and doubles, winning eight such honors in total.[1] She was named byTennis Magazine to its Collegiate All-Star team in 1986, 1987, and 1988 and was picked for the USTAFederation Cup team those years.[1] She was the NCAA Senior Player of the Year in 1988.[4]
Reis played two years on the pro circuit, and her highest ranking was 78th in singles (February 27, 1989) and 31st in doubles (August 1, 1988).[4] She played in four WTA doubles finals.
She was the head women's tennis coach atFlorida International University starting in 1997, and subsequently the head women's tennis coach at theUniversity of Michigan.[1]
In 2000, Reis was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame.[1]
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Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | Oct 1987 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 2. | Jul 1988 | Aptos, California, US | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
— | 3. | Oct 1989 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Rained out |
Loss | 4. | Oct 1990 | Scottsdale, Arizona, US | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
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