Elise Burgin (born March 5, 1962) is a retired American tennis player. She achieved WTA rankings of 22 in singles and 7 in doubles.

Personal life

Burgin, who is Jewish, was born in

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and grew up in Maryland.

Tennis career

Before playing professionally, Burgin was an outstanding singles and doubles player at

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, from which she graduated. A four-time All-American from 1981 to 1984, she teamed with

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in 1984 to win the NCAA doubles championship. She competed professionally from 1980 to 1993. In 1982, she reached the fourth round of the US Open (where she was beaten by

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), her best performance in singles in a Grand Slam tournament. In 1986, she won her only career singles title at

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. Burgin was a member of the U.S. Federation Cup team in 1985 and 1987. In 1986, Burgin was captain of the U.S. Wightman Cup team. During her career, she won eleven tournaments on the WTA Tour, including ten in doubles. She reached No. 7 in the world in doubles. After retiring in 1993, Burgin has become a tennis commentator. In 2003, she was inducted into the USTA Mid–Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame.

WTA career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 29 (10 titles, 19 runner-ups)

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