Emily Jane Harman (born June 15, 1991) is an American former professional

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player. Harman has won two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On October 15, 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 966. On November 4, 2013, she peaked at No. 232 in the doubles rankings.

Early life and college career

Emily Harman is a native of

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, and attended Petersburg High School. Harman was recruited to

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to play tennis for the

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for four years from 2009 to 2012. At Syracuse, she was a Four-time

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All-Academic Team selection and was named Academic All-American (Third Team), by the

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(CoSIDA). Harmed joined the

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in 2019, and is a staff member at

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Career

Harman made her

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debut at the

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, partnering

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in doubles. The pair lost their first-round match against

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and

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. Later that year, Harman partnered Kalhorn again at the

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, losing to the second seeds

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and

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As coach

Harmen coached four seasons at the West Virginia University women’s tennis program as an assistant coach, from 2016 to 2019. She left the job in 2019 to join medical school.

ITF finals

Doubles (2–4)

References

External links

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