Sandy Collins (tennis)
Introduction '''Sandy Collins''' (born October 13, 1958) is a retired professional tennis player from the U.S. who played from the late 1970s until 1994.Collins is a native of San Bernardino, California. Sandy went to Odessa College, where she played tennis for Coach Virginia Brown and the Wranglers. After two seasons, she transferred to the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, where she completed her college career.During her professional career, she won four doubles tournaments on the WTA tour. Collins spent the next 17 years on the pro tennis tour, beating Billie Jean King in her second year as well as Tracy Austin (then ranked #2 in the world) in the quarterfinals of the German Open. At different times in her career, Collins was ranked as high as 17th in the world in singles and doubles. She became the first tennis player to be endorsed by Oakley Sunglasses. After retirement, Collins coached privately for a time, eventually taking a job at Texas Tech University (1999) as the women's tennis assistant coach and then named head coach in November 2002.She is currently the associate AD/event operations and sports administrator (women's volleyball/men's tennis) at Texas Tech University.
WTA Tour finals ===Singles 1==='''Legend''' Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0'''Result''''''No. ''''''Date''''''Tournament''''''Surface''''''Opponent''''''Score'''Loss 1.February 20, 1983 Hershey, Pennsylvania, US Hard  Carling Bassett 6–2, 0–6, 4–6===Doubles 18 (4–14) ==='''Legend''' Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0'''Titles by surface''' Hard 3 Clay 0 Grass 0 Carpet 1'''Result''' '''No.''' '''Date''' '''Tournament''' '''Surface''' '''Partner''' '''Opponents''' '''Score'''Win 1.September 25, 1983 Kansas City, Missouri, US Hard  Elizabeth Sayers  Chris O'Neil   Brenda Remilton 7–5, 7–6Loss 2.March 25, 1984 Dallas, Texas, US Carpet  Elizabeth Sayers  Leslie Allen   Anne White 4–6, 7–5, 2–6Loss 3.May 6, 1984 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard  Andrea Leand  Rosalyn Fairbank   Beverly Mould 1–6, 2–6Loss 4.October 13, 1985 Indianapolis, Indiana, US Hard  Penny Barg  Bonnie Gadusek   Mary-Lou Daniels 1–6, 0–6Loss 5.March 9, 1986 Hershey, Pennsylvania, US Hard  Kim Sands  Candy Reynolds   Anne Smith 6–7, 1–6Win 6.October 19, 1986 Tokyo, Japan Hard  Sharon Walsh-Pete  Susan Mascarin   Betsy Nagelsen 6–1, 6–2Loss 7.October 26, 1986 Singapore Hard  Sharon Walsh-Pete  Anna-Maria Fernandez   Julie Richardson 3–6, 2–6Loss 8.April 19, 1987 Tokyo, Japan Hard  Sharon Walsh-Pete  Kathy Jordan   Betsy Nagelsen 3–6, 5–7Loss 9.April 26, 1987 Taipei Carpet  Sharon Walsh-Pete  Cammy MacGregor   Cynthia MacGregor 6–7, 7–5, 4–6Loss 10.February 26, 1989 Wichita, Kansas, US Hard  Leila Meskhi  Manon Bollegraf   Lise Gregory 2–6, 6–7Loss 11.October 21, 1990 Scottsdale, Arizona, US Hard  Ronni Reis  Elise Burgin   Helen Kelesi 4–6, 2–6Loss 12.June 16, 1991 Birmingham, England Grass  Elna Reinach  Nicole Provis   Liz Smylie 3–6, 4–6Win 13.October 6, 1991 Milan, Italy Carpet  Lori McNeil  Sabine Appelmans   Raffaella Reggi 7–6, 6–3Loss 14.November 3, 1991 Scottsdale, Arizona, US Hard  Elna Reinach  Mareen Harper   Cammy MacGregor 5–7, 6–3, 3–6Win 15.November 10, 1991 Brentwood, Tennessee, US Hard  Elna Reinach  Yayuk Basuki   Caroline Vis 5–7, 6–4, 7–6Loss 16.February 9, 1992 Osaka, Japan Carpet  Rachel McQuillan  Rennae Stubbs   Helena Suková 6–3, 4–6, 5–7Loss 17.June 14, 1992 Birmingham, England Grass  Elna Reinach  Lori McNeil   Rennae Stubbs 7–5, 3–6, 6–8Loss 18.November 14, 1992 Indianapolis, Indiana, US Hard  Mary-Lou Daniels  Katrina Adams   Elna Reinach 7–5, 2–6, 4–6
References
External links * * *  Tennis Magazine 1982*  Profile at Texas Tech athletics