Marilda Julia Sanchez (born February 22, 1965) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player.
| Full name | Marilda Julia Sanchez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 22, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 492 (Dec 21, 1986) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 451 (Jan 19, 1987) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Julia, who comes from San Juan originally, combined her tennis career with studies at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and made two WTA Tour main draw appearances, at the Puerto Rico Open in 1986 and 1987.
Throughout the 1980s she represented Puerto Rico in many multi-sport events. She partnered with Gigi Fernández to win the doubles gold medal at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games and four years later in Santiago de los Caballeros was runner-up to Crissy González in the singles. She won two Pan American Games medals for Puerto Rico in doubles and was a singles bronze medalist at the 1985 Summer Universiade in Kobe.[1]
A member of the Puerto Rican Sports Pavilion of Fame, Julia now lives in South Carolina and is the head tennis professional at the Rawls Creek Tennis and Swim Club.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Soviet defeats Rush in University Games". Del Rio News Herald. September 1, 1985.
- ^ Order on the Court-Local Tennis Clubs. Irmo Chapin Life Magazine. July 20, 2020.