Jennifer Goodling (born April 26, 1962) is a former professional

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player from the United States.

Biography

Early life

Goodling grew up in

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, the daughter of a US congressman. Her grandfather George Atlee Goodling had also been a US congressman from Pennsylvania, before being succeeded by his son, Jennifer's father

William F. Goodling William Franklin Goodling (December 5, 1927 – September 17, 2017) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. At the time of his death, he was the Chairman of the Board of the Goodling Institute for Res ...

, in 1975. She went to both Dallastown Area High School and

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Tennis career

Goodling began her career on the WTA Tour in 1980 as an amateur and in the early 1980s attended

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in Florida. In her All-American season at Rollins College in 1983, Goodling represented the United States at the University Games in Alberta. After graduating from Rollins College in 1985, Goodling began touring professionally. At the

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she featured in the singles main draw as a qualifier and made the round of 16 of the women's doubles. She was most successful in the doubles format, appearing in the women's doubles main draws of all four

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tournaments. She still lives in Pennsylvania and is working as a tennis instructor.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodling, Jenni 1962 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from Pennsylvania Sportspeople from York, Pennsylvania Rollins Tars women's tennis players 20th-century American sportswomen