Carole Ann Loop Herrick (born December 25, 1940) is an American former professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player. Herrick grew up in Arcadia, California and played on the varsity team at Los Angeles State College as a teammate of

Billie Jean King Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943), also known as BJK, is an American former World number 1 ranked female tennis players, world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in w ...

. She played twice in the singles main draw at Wimbledon (under her maiden name Loop). In 1967, she married her husband Philip Herrick. She is a member of the ITA Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame. In her life after tennis, Herrick is the author of several books about the history of the Washington, D.C. area, and she has been an unsuccessful political candidate for

Virginia's 34th House of Delegates district Virginia's 34th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 34 currently represents the city of Harrisonburg, Virginia, Harrisonburg and pa ...

(as a Democrat).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Herrick, Carole 1940 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from California Sportspeople from Arcadia, California Los Angeles State College alumni 20th-century American sportswomen