Jennifer Dent (born February 10, 1981, as Jennifer Hopkins) is an American former professional tennis player.

Career

She won seven singles titles on the

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in her career and nearly cracked the top 50. In 2001, she reached her only

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singles final in

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(which she lost to Italian

Rita Grande Rita Grande (born 23 March 1975) is a former tennis player from Italy. During her career, Grande won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also won one singles title and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Cir ...

). In 2003, she played some ITF Circuit events, reaching the final in

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and the semifinals at Dothan. In 2002, she won her only WTA doubles title at

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, partnering with

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. However, she has never gone beyond the second round in any of the four major tournaments that make up the Grand Slam. She last played in an ITF tournament in October 2005 in

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Personal life

Jennifer married

Taylor Dent Taylor Phillip Dent (born April 24, 1981) is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21, winning 4 singles titles. Career Early career and back injury Dent won ATP titl ...

on December 8, 2006, in

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, Florida. On January 26, 2010, she gave birth to a baby boy named Declan James Phillip Dent. Hopkins and Dent currently reside in

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, where the two along with Taylor's father,

Phil Dent Philip Clive Dent (born 14 February 1950) is a former professional tennis player. Dent's high water mark as a pro singles player was reaching the Australian Open final in 1974, which he lost to Jimmy Connors in four sets. Dent was also the men ...

, are opening The Dent Tennis Academy located at The Birch Racquet and Lawn Club

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hopkins, Jennifer 1981 births Living people Tennis players from Kansas City, Missouri American female tennis players People from Leawood, Kansas Sportspeople from Johnson County, Kansas Tennis players from Kansas 21st-century American women