Angela Haynes (born September 27, 1984) is a former professional
tennis
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player from the United States. Her top singles ranking by the
WTA is world No. 95 which she attained in August 2005.
Her brother Dontia Haynes, a former
San Diego State University
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tennis player, ranked among the top 100 ranked collegiate tennis players in the United States, died 23 September 2005.
Tennis career
In 2004, as a
wildcard entry, she reached the third round at
2004 US Open, where
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone (; born 23 June 1980) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had career-high rankings of world No. 4 in women's singles and No. 8 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Schiavone won eight W ...
beat her in two sets. In 2005 first doubles final, partnering
Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the
JPMorgan Chase Open, they lost against
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (, ; born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No. 3 in women's singles and world No. 5 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Dem ...
and
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis pla ...
2–6, 4–6. In 2008 in
Memphis, Haynes and
Mashona Washington were beaten by
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach (born June 8, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 98 weeks (including as the year-end No. 1 four ...
and
Lisa Raymond
Lisa Raymond (born August 10, 1973) is an American former professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. Raymond has eleven major titles to her name: six in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. On June 12, ...
, 6–3, 6–1.
Due to some injuries Angela Haynes retired from professional tennis in 2014.
Clothing
Angela's clothing is provided by
Adidas
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. Her racquets are provided by
Babolat. Angela's current racquet is believed to be the
Babolat Pure Storm. Angela likes to wear bandanas while playing.
Appearances
Angela appears in the 2006 video game
Top Spin 2
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Development
The game was showcased at ...
which is available on the
Xbox 360
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,
Game Boy Advance
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and
Nintendo DS
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.
WTA career finals
Doubles (0–2)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 8 (2–6)
Doubles: 20 (8–12)
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
African-American tennis players
American female tennis players
Delaware Smash
Sportspeople from Bellflower, California
Tennis players from California
21st-century American sportswomen
21st-century African-American sportswomen