Jeanne DuVall | |
Birth Date: | 7 December 1959 |
College: | UCLA |
Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1979, 1980, 1981) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1978) |
Usopenresult: | 4R (1979) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (1980) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 2R (1980) |
Usopendoublesresult: | 2R (1978, 1979) |
Jeanne DuVall (born December 7, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player.
A right-handed player from Dallas, DuVall was a Texas 18 and under state champion.[1] She played college tennis for the UCLA Bruins and in 1978 won the AIAW singles championship (over Kathy Jordan), which earned her a Honda Award.[2] [3] [4]
DuVall had her breakthrough performance on the WTA at Hilton Head in 1978 when she upset Wendy Turnbull en route to the quarterfinals.[5] At the 1979 US Open she beat Bettina Bunge, Nancy Yeargin and Julie Harrington to make the fourth round, where she lost in three sets to Evonne Goolagong. She won a Fort Myers Avon Futures tournament in 1980 and was a two-time quarterfinalist at the U.S. Clay Court Championships.