Stephanie DeFina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Stephanie DeFina

American tennis player

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1946

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Stephanie DeFina

  • Stephanie DeFina Johnson (born March 8, 1946) is an American former amateur tennis player who was active in the 1960s and early 1970s. DeFina was included in the year-end top ten rankings issued by the United States Lawn Tennis Association from 1966 through 1968, reaching a career high ranking of seventh in 1967.Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the fourth round of the 1967 Wimbledon Championships in which she lost to Ann Jones.In 1966, she reached the final of the U.S.
  • Women's Clay Court Championships before falling to Nancy Richey.
  • In 1969, she was a doubles runner-up at the New England Women's Invitational Indoor Tennis Championships (teaming with Kathy Pigeon) and was the singles runner-up at the U.S.
  • Indoor Championships. At the tournament in Cincinnati, DeFina won two singles titles: in 1963 (defeating Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz in the final) and 1965 (defeating Roberta Alison in the final).
  • She also paired with Alison to win the Cincinnati doubles title in 1965. In 1968 DeFina was a member of the U.S.
  • team that competed for the Wightman Cup, the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain.
  • She played the doubles match partnering Kathy Harter but lost to the sister team of Christine Truman Janes and Nell Truman.DeFina was a member of the 1974 World Team Tennis champion Denver Racquets.

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