Cindy Watson (born 24 March 1978) is a retired

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from Australia.Australian Open Biography for Cindy Watson
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Career statistics

Her highest singles ranking is world No. 131, (achieved on 28 October 2002) and her highest doubles ranking is No. 108 (reached on 8 August 2005). Watson won 13 titles on the ITF Circuit in her career: seven in singles and six in doubles. Watson has taken part in many

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events.

Biography

Her biggest career highlight is reaching the third round of the

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. She defeated

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and

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in the first and second rounds, respectively, before falling to fourth seed

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, 1–6, 2–6 in the third round. Watson played on two other Grand Slam tournaments- she fell in the first rounds of the

1999 Australian Open The 1999 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 87th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 18 through 31 January 1999. This was the first Grand Slam ...

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and of the

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (7–8)

Doubles: 14 (6–8)

References

External links

* * Living people 1978 births Australian female tennis players Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian women {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub