Lucy Gordon is an American former professional

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player. A native of

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, Gordon played collegiate tennis for the

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. She won the doubles title at the U.S. national amateur clay court championships in 1979 (with

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). Gordon made the 1981 US Open singles main draw as a lucky loser from qualifying and was beaten in the first round by

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. The following year she and partner

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reached the US Open round of 16 in doubles.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Lucy Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American female tennis players UCLA Bruins women's tennis players Tennis players from San Diego People from Coronado, California