Barbara Downs (born March 4, 1954) is an American former professional

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player. Downs grew up in

Alamo, California Alamo ( Spanish: ''Álamo''; meaning " Poplar tree") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, California, in the United States. It is a suburb located in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay r ...

and competed on the professional tour in the 1970s. She made the round of 16 at the 1972 US Open (beaten by

Virginia Wade Sarah Virginia Wade (born 10 July 1945) is a British former professional tennis player. She won three major tennis singles championships and four major doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all fo ...

) and also made main draw appearances at Wimbledon. In 1973 she was picked for the season-ending

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. She took part in the inaugural

World TeamTennis World TeamTennis (WTT) was a mixed-gender professional tennis league played with a team format in the United States, which was founded in 1973. The league's season normally took place in the summer months. Players from the ATP and WTA would ...

season in 1974, playing for the

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and

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Downs, Barbara 1954 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from California Sportspeople from Alamo, California 20th-century American sportswomen