Gretchen Anne Rush (born February 7, 1964), also known by her married name Gretchen Magers, is a former professional
tennis
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player from the United States who was active in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Rush played tennis at
Trinity University in
San Antonio
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,
Texas
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from 1983 to 1986, where she was a four-time
All-American. While at
Trinity, she won the Broderick Award (now the
Honda Sports Award) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1986.
During her career, Rush reached the singles quarter-finals at
Wimbledon, the
US Open and the
French Open
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. She won three top-level singles titles: Auckland in 1987, Schenectady in 1988, and
Moscow in 1989, and she reached a career-high singles ranking of no. 22 on March 12, 1990.
[ She was runner-up in the 1988 mixed doubles at Wimbledon, partnering Kelly Jones.
Rush retired from the professional tour in 1992, but has continued to play in seniors events.
In 2016, she was inducted into the Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame.]
WTA Tour finals
Singles 4 (3–1)
Doubles 14 (4–10)
Mixed doubles 1 (0–1)
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American female tennis players
Olympic tennis players for the United States
Tennis players from Pittsburgh
Tennis players at the 1983 Pan American Games
Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Trinity Tigers women's tennis players
1964 births
Living people
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in tennis
Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States
Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
20th-century American sportswomen