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Barbara
Potter

USA
5'9" (1.75 m)

Career Stats

Career High
7
Singles Titles
1
Won / Lost
320 / 191
Prize Money
$1,376,580
  • Attending Yale University...Has won medals in ski competition...Father, Mark, is a professional artist and has entered oil and water-color works in several New York City art shows; mother, Bobbie, manages BarbaraUs business affairs; grandfather, Hanson Baldwin, was military editor of the New York Times and won the Pulitzer Prize for international correspondence in 1943...Enjoys all music, big family gatherings, art, reading and cooking...Also likes European cuisine, psychology and study of history...Plans to write a book about her 10 years on the tour.

Plays

Left-Handed

Career High

7

Height

5'9" (1.75 m)

Birthday

Oct 22, 1961 October 22, 1961

Birthplace

Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (6): 1988 - Cincinnati; 1987 - Wichita; 1985 - Monticello; 1982 - US Indoors, Cincinnati; 1981 - Toronto.

DOUBLES
Winner (8): 1988 - Newport (w/Fairbank); 1986 - Bridgestone (w/Shriver); 1985 - Dallas (w/Walsh-Pete); 1984 - Washington, DC (w/Walsh-Pete), Boston (w/Walsh-Pete); 1982 - Oakland (w/Walsh-Pete), Tampa (w/Walsh-Pete); 1981 - Boston (w/Walsh-Pete).

ADDITIONAL
United States Wightman Cup Team 1982, 84. United States Fed Cup Team 1988.