Diane Morrison Shropshire (born August 11, 1958) is an American former professional

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player from the United States.

Biography

Morrison, who attended

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, received an academic scholarship to

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. Despite not being recruited, she was accepted onto the tennis team and was twice the AIAW doubles champion, partnering

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in both 1976 and 1977. She earned All-American selection in 1976, 1977 and 1978. Graduating from Stanford with a degree majoring in mathematics, Morrison turned professional in 1979. She made the third round of the 1979 US Open. At the end of 1979 she toured Australia and had a win over reigning Australian Open champion Chris O'Neil in Kooyong, as well as making the quarter-finals of the New South Wales Open. She featured in the main draw at

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in three editions of the tournament. Her last season on tour was in 1981 and she then concentrated on studying, completing a Doctor of Medicine at

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. Since the early 1990s she has worked as an

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in Philadelphia. Morrison is

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. She is the wife of noted attorney, author and sports academic Kenneth Shropshire.

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