Tara Snyder (born May 26, 1977) is a former

tennis player 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 ...

from the United States, who started a professional career in May 1995. She reached her highest individual ranking in the

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on November 16, 1998, when she was ranked No. 33 in the world. Snyder won the silver medal at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games () or the 13th Pan American Games and commonly known as Winnipeg 1999, were a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Ma ...

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, Manitoba, Canada, after losing the final to

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's María Vento-Kabchi. Tara won the US Junior Open and was regarded as one of the top US youth tennis players of her time. Tara Snyder's father Darrel Snyder was a tennis teaching instructor and taught her the game. Tara's uncle Dave Snyder was the Texas Longhorns tennis coach for many years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Snyder, Tara 1977 births Living people American female tennis players Sportspeople from Wichita, Kansas Tennis players from Kansas US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Tennis players at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in tennis 20th-century American sportswomen