Adria Engel Raines (born December 21, 1979) is an American former professional tennis player.
Born in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, Engel is of Czech heritage through both of her parents, who were noted sportspeople in their native Czechoslovakia. Her mother played tennis and trained with
Věra Suková
Věra Suková (née Pužejová) (13 June 1931 – 13 May 1982) was a tennis player from Czechoslovakia. She was the women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1962, losing to Karen Hantze Susman 6–4, 6–4.
Suková was a women's singles semif ...
, while her father was a professional soccer player. She also has an elder brother, Marty, who played some professional tennis.
Engel was a member of the
Arizona State Sun Devils
The Arizona State Sun Devils are the athletic teams that represent Arizona State University. ASU has nine men's and eleven women's varsity teams competing at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member o ...
(ASU) varsity tennis team and amassed an ASU record 132 career-singles wins. In 2001, as a sophomore, she became the first player from ASU to claim a
Pac-10
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA D ...
singles title.
ITF finals
Singles: 6 (2–4)
Doubles: 9 (3–6)
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1979 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Arizona State Sun Devils women's tennis players
Tennis players from Chicago
American people of Czech descent
21st-century American women