Kelley Hyndman (born September 22, 1985) is an American former professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player. Hyndman was born in

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and is the daughter of Canadian

Mike Hyndman Michael Anthony Hyndman (born December 8, 1945, in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian former ice hockey right winger who played in the World Hockey Association for the New England Whalers and the Los Angeles Sharks. Hyndman spent two seasons in ...

, who played professional ice hockey in the

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. Her younger sister Yvette was also a world ranked tennis player. In 1999 at the age of 14, Hydnman was a singles finalist at the Eddie Herr International Championships for the 16s age group, while securing titles in both the girls' doubles and mixed doubles events. Hyndman competed in collegiate tennis for the

University of Georgia The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the oldest public university in th ...

, alongside her sister Yvette. She was named the team's MVP when they captured the SEC championship title in 2008, winning all of her matches. As a professional player she had a best singles world rankings of 570. She made a

WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ...

main draw appearance in doubles at the 2002 Challenge Bell and won a $25,000 ITF doubles title in

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in 2005.

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hyndman, Kelley 1985 births Living people American female tennis players Georgia Bulldogs women's tennis players Tennis players from Massachusetts American sportspeople of Canadian descent Sportspeople from Plymouth County, Massachusetts