Roberta McCallum Russo (born November 3, 1958) is a former professional

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player from the United States.

Biography

Tennis career

McCallum went to high school in

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, then attended

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, playing collegiate tennis with the

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in 1977 and 1978. She spent two years playing on the professional tour, with her breakthrough performance a semi-final appearance at the Greater Pittsburgh Open in 1979, before making her first overseas tour in Australia at the end of the year. At the 1980 Avon Championships of Los Angeles she had wins over

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and

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to make the quarter-finals and was also a quarter-finalist that year at the

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. As a doubles player she made a WTA Tour final in 1981, at the Japan Open, where she and partner

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finished runners-up. During her career she featured in the main draw of the

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and

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Personal life

McCallum was married to former

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football captain Vince Russo, before his death in 1995, at the age of 45. With Vince she has a daughter named Alexandra.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (0–1)

References

External links

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