Jean Okada (born June 7, 1974) is a former professional

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player from the United States.

Biography

Okada grew up in

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, on the Hawaiian island of Maui. From 1992 to 1996 she played collegiate tennis at the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an ...

(UCSB). She has the distinction of being the first women's UCSB player to earn All-American honors, which she achieved in 1996 after reaching the round of 16 at the NCAA championships. As a professional player her most notable performance was qualifying for the singles main draw of the 1998 US Open. One of her wins in qualifying was over former top 50 player

Elena Makarova Elena Alekseyevna Makarova (, , born 1 February 1973), is a former Russian professional tennis player. Makarova played in the WTA Tour from 1991 to 1999. Her peak performances were in 1995, when she was ranked world No. 36 in doubles, and in 1 ...

. In the main draw she was beaten in the first round by the Czech Republic's

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. She retired from the tour in 2001.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Okada, Jean 1974 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from Hawaii People from Lahaina, Hawaii Sportspeople from Maui County, Hawaii UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's tennis players