Barbara Jordan is a former professional female tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player from the United States

United States

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 who won the 1979 Australian Open

Australian Open

The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...

 singles title.

Jordan also won the mixed doubles title at the 1983 French Open with Eliot Teltscher

Eliot Teltscher

Eliot Teltscher is a retired professional American tennis player.-Early years:Teltscher's mother was born in Israel; his father emigrated there during the Holocaust, and joined the British army...

. Jordan was a three time All-American at Stanford University

Stanford University

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 where she obtained her degree in economics in three years. She went on to earn her Juris Doctorate from UCLA. She is the sister of tennis player Kathy Jordan

Kathy Jordan

Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won 7 Grand Slam titles, 5 of them in women's doubles and 2 of them in mixed doubles...

.

Singles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1979 1979 Australian Open - Women's Singles Barbara Jordan defeated Sharon Walsh 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1979 Australian Open.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...	Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...	Grass	Sharon Walsh Sharon Walsh Sharon Walsh-Arnold is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Walsh enjoyed a long career by modern standards, playing her first Grand Slam singles event in 1969 and her last Grand Slam doubles match in 1990. She was a finalist at the 1979 Australian Open where she lost to...	6–3, 6–3

Mixed doubles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1983	French Open	Clay	Eliot Teltscher Eliot Teltscher Eliot Teltscher is a retired professional American tennis player.-Early years:Teltscher's mother was born in Israel; his father emigrated there during the Holocaust, and joined the British army...	Leslie Allen Leslie Allen (tennis) Leslie Allen is a retired American professional tennis player.Allen was a member of the University of Southern California national championship team and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in speech communications...   Charles Stro	6–2, 6–3

External links

• tenniscorner.net profile of Barbara Jordan