Sarah Elizabeth Riske McGlamery (born June 27, 1981) is an American former professional
tennis
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player.
Growing up in Pennsylvania, Riske attended
Peters Township High School
Peters Township High School is a public high school that is located in McMurray, Pennsylvania, United States. The current building was built in 2021. This new building was constructed just up the road from the old school, and was constructed at a c ...
and won two PIAA state singles championships. She won a national U-18 grass court championship and was a four-time All-American for
Vanderbilt University
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. On the professional tour she attained best rankings of 372 in singles and 213 in doubles.
Riske now lives in
Nashville
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and is married to Todd McGlamery.
She is the elder sister of WTA Tour player
Alison Riske
Alison Riske-Amritraj (née Riske; born July 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 2019 and won her first WTA Tour title in October 2014 at the Tianjin Open.
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, who she both mentored and coached. Her brother-in-law,
Stephen Amritraj
Stephen Amritraj (born March 28, 1984) is an American former professional tennis player, who represented India in international tournaments. He is the nephew of Vijay Amritraj, and son of Anand Amritraj.
Amritraj is the son of former world tour ...
, was also a tennis player.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 3 (1–2)
Doubles: 10 (4–6)
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1981 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Tennis people from Pennsylvania
Sportspeople from Washington County, Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt Commodores women's tennis players