Megan Christine Bradley-Rose (born March 26, 1983) is a former American professional

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player. She played collegiate tennis at the

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Biography

Bradley was born in

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in 1983. Her father

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had been a college football player at the local

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, the first African-American quarter-back to represent the team. He later played

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, including five seasons with the

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. As a junior tennis player she had the distinction of finishing 1999 as the top ranked 16s player in the country and represented the United States that year at the

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. After attending

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, Bradley started her collegiate tennis career at

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, playing one season as a freshman in 2001-02 and reaching an NCAA doubles final. Returning to Florida, she then played three seasons at the

. While at Miami she was an NCAA singles semi-finalist in 2003–04. Bradley featured in the main draw of two editions of the

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. At the 2001 US Open, she and partner Erin Burdette had a win over veteran Dutch pair

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and

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. She also competed in the mixed doubles draw with

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. Four years later she returned to the main draw in the women's doubles partnering Kristi Miller and again made it to the second round. She won her only professional ITF title in 2005, at an event in South Lake, Texas, beating

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in the final. Later completing a master's degree at the

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, Bradley worked in sports media for several years and was briefly an assistant coach at the University of Miami. From 2009 to 2012 she served as the head coach for Princeton.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradley, Megan 1983 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from Missouri Sportspeople from Columbia, Missouri African-American tennis players UCLA Bruins women's tennis players Miami Hurricanes women's tennis players Princeton Tigers women's tennis coaches University of South Florida alumni 21st-century African-American sportswomen 21st-century American sportswomen 20th-century African-American sportswomen 20th-century American sportswomen American tennis coaches