Tracy Yen Lin (born September 26, 1986) is an American former

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...

player.

Biography

Lin was born in

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and is of Taiwanese descent. Her elder brother Eric played college tennis at UCLA and appeared in the men's doubles main draw of the 1993 US Open. She attended Canyon High School and as a sophomore in 2001 won the

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singles title. From 2004 to 2008, Lin played for the

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and partnered with

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to win the NCAA doubles championship in her senior year. Lin and Zalameda received a wildcard to the doubles main draw of the

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, a WTA Tour tournament in Los Angeles. Most notably the pair also competed as wildcards at the 2008 US Open and made the second round, with a win over the Spanish pairing of

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and

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Tracy 1986 births Living people American female tennis players UCLA Bruins women's tennis players Tennis players from California Sportspeople from Anaheim, California American sportspeople of Taiwanese descent Taiwanese-American tennis players