Jaime Kaplan

Jaime Kaplan
Country (sports)	United States
Born	October 1, 1961 (age 60)
Prize money	$47,256
Singles
Career record	5–30
Highest ranking	No. 308 (March 14, 1988)
Doubles
Career record	37–70
Highest ranking	No. 91 (July 20, 1987)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1988)
French Open	1R (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Wimbledon	2R (1985, 1986)
US Open	2R (1987)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	2R (1987, 1988)
Wimbledon	3R (1987)

Jaime Kaplan (born October 1, 1961) is an American former professional tennis player.^[1]

Biography[]

Kaplan grew up in Macon, Georgia and remained unbeaten throughout her high school tennis career at Stratford Academy. She started her collegiate career at the University of Georgia, where she won the SEC doubles title in 1981, then played for Florida State University and was their first tennis player to qualify for the NCAA Championships. While at Florida State she was the Metro Conference singles champion in 1983 and also won two Metro doubles titles.^[2]

For the remainder of the 1980s, Kaplan competed on the professional tour and featured in the main draw of all four grand slam tournaments as a doubles player. Her best performance came at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, where she made the round of 16 in the mixed doubles.^[3] She had a best doubles ranking of 91 in the world.

ITF finals[]

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 12 (6–6)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	June 18, 1983	Flemington, United States	Hard	Lee McGuire	Gigi Fernández Jane Forman	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	August 22, 1983	Bronx, United States	Hard	Lee McGuire	Kathleen Cummings Robin White	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	October 9, 1983	Bendigo, Australia	Grass	Deeann Hansel	Lisa Dodson Lani Wilcox	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	January 9, 1984	San Antonio, United States	Hard	Carol Christian	Elena Eliseenko Svetlana Parkhomenko	1–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	January 16, 1984	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Svetlana Parkhomenko	Carol Christian Jamie Golder	6–3, 6–1
Winner	3.	October 28, 1984	Saga, Japan	Hard	Carol Watson	Kris Kinney Donna Rubin	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	November 4, 1984	Matsuyama, Japan	Hard	Carol Watson	Kris Kinney Donna Rubin	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	4.	November 12, 1984	Kuroshio, Japan	Hard	Carol Watson	Li Xinyi Zhong Ni	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	November 25, 1984	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Carol Watson	Kris Kinney Donna Rubin	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	January 14, 1985	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Diane Farrell	Elizabeth Ekblom Marianne van der Torre	3–6, 5–7
Winner	5.	July 15, 1985	Landskrona, Sweden	Clay	Jill Hetherington	Louise Field Janine Thompson	7–5, 6–2
Winner	6.	January 25, 1987	San Antonio, United States	Hard	Jennifer Goodling	Heather Crowe Kim Steinmetz	6–4, 6–4

References[]

^ "She was a tennis ace. Now she's a grand marshal". macon.com. February 21, 2017.
^ Allen, Montezz (January 17, 2020). "Jaime Kaplan to be inducted in Southern Tennis Hall of Fame". 41NBC News.
^ "Local tennis icon Jaime Kaplan now fighting new foe: leukemia". macon.com. May 3, 2010.

External links[]

Jaime Kaplan at the Women's Tennis Association
Jaime Kaplan at the International Tennis Federation

[1] "She was a tennis ace. Now she's a grand marshal". macon.com. February 21, 2017.

[2] Allen, Montezz (January 17, 2020). "Jaime Kaplan to be inducted in Southern Tennis Hall of Fame". 41NBC News.

[3] "Local tennis icon Jaime Kaplan now fighting new foe: leukemia". macon.com. May 3, 2010.

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