Patty Fendick (born March 31, 1965) is a former professional

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and the former women's tennis program

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. Born in Sacramento, California, she played at the collegiate level at

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, where the team won the

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team title three times. In 1987, she was named

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Player of the Year, when on the Stanford tennis team she had a 57-match winning streak. She won two NCAA singles titles in 1986 and 1987. She won the Broderick Award (now the

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) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1987. Her playing accomplishments, as a collegiate and professional player, has elevated her being inducted into the Stanford Hall of Fame and also recognized as the Most Outstanding Student-Athlete of the first 25 years of NCAA women's tennis. Fendick remains active in the sport of tennis as a coach and by serving on numerous committees with ITA and USTA. She was previously a tennis coach with the

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Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

WTA career finals

Doubles: 36 (20–16)

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