Gigi Fernández
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Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player. Fernández won 17 major doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States, and reached the world No. 1 ranking in doubles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 17 in 1991.
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Doris HartAlso won Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame
Lisa RaymondAlso won Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame
Margaret Osborne duPontAlso won Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame
Helen WillsAlso won Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame
Louise BroughAlso won Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of FameAbout this person
Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player. Fernández won 17 major doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States, and reached the world No. 1 ranking in doubles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 17 in 1991. Since retiring from the professional tour in 1997 at the age of 33, Fernández has been a tennis coach, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She combines her two passions, tennis and travel and offers unique tennis experiences to tennis aficionados. Her doubles program, The Gigi Method, teaches players of all levels the art and science of doubles. She founded Tennis for Hope after her house flooded during Hurricane Helene to help people in the tennis community affected by Natural Disasters. Fernández is the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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