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Kaye Marfani-Hand (born 4 October 1968) is a British former professional
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Biography

Born in
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, she is the younger sister of sports broadcaster and former player
Paul Hand Paul Hand (born 3 July 1965) is a British sports broadcaster and former professional tennis player. He was born in Berkshire, England. Tennis career Hand played on the professional tour primarily as a doubles specialist, with a best ranking of 1 ...
. Hand reached a highest singles ranking of 201, with her best performance coming at the 1990
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, where she defeated world number 46
Brenda Schultz Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy (born 28 December 1970) is a former Dutch tennis player. Primarily known by her maiden name Brenda Schultz, she married Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati, on 8 April 1 ...
in the first round. At the 1991 Wimbledon Championships, Hand received a wildcard to compete in both the women's singles and doubles draws. In the doubles she and partner
Julie Salmon Julie Salmon (born 8 July 1965) is a British former international tennis player. She competed in the Fed Cup a number of times, from 1988 to 1993.Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova (, ; ; born October18, 1956) is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, singles for 332 weeks (List of WTA number ...
and
Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster, pundit, and coach. She was ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and List of W ...
.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hand, Kaye 1968 births Living people English female tennis players British female tennis players Tennis players from Berkshire 20th-century English sportswomen