Elizabeth Ann Schmidt (born August 23, 1977) is an American former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...
player.
Schmidt, who was raised in
Austin, played collegiate tennis for the
UCLA Bruins
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from 1996–97 to 1999–00, earning
All-America
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n honors for doubles as a freshman.
Graduating in 2000, Schmidt spent the next four years on the professional tour and reached a best singles ranking of 380 in the world. As a doubles player she was ranked as high as 137, with her doubles highlights including a
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tou ...
semi-final appearance at
Québec City
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in 2002 and participation in
Wimbledon qualifying in 2003.
Since 2008 she has served as the head coach of women's tennis at
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranked among the top universit ...
.
ITF finals
Doubles: 7 (1–6)
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1977 births
Living people
American female tennis players
UCLA Bruins women's tennis players
Rice Owls coaches
College tennis coaches in the United States
American tennis coaches
Tennis players from Austin, Texas
Sportspeople from Kansas City, Missouri