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Diane Farrell Wainio (born November 5, 1961) is an American former professional tennis player. She was raised in Binghamton, New York and played collegiate tennis for the University of San Diego.

Diane Farrell

Full name	Diane Farrell Wainio
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1961-11-05) November 5, 1961 (age 60)
Prize money	$24,285
Singles
Career record	19–25
Highest ranking	No. 220 (March 2, 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q1 (1986)
Wimbledon	1R (1986)
US Open	Q1 (1986)
Doubles
Career record	26–34
Highest ranking	No. 122 (December 21, 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	2R (1985)
Wimbledon	1R (1985, 1986)
US Open	2R (1986)

Farrell, who reached a career best singles ranking of 220, qualified for the main draw at Wimbledon in 1986. All three of her wins in qualifying went beyond 6–6 in the third set, against Cláudia Monteiro, Sabina Simmonds and Elisabeth Ekblom. She lost her first round match to Elizabeth Minter, in three sets.[1]

As a doubles player she was ranked as high as 122 in the world and in addition to Wimbledon also featured in the main draws of the French Open and US Open. She won two ITF doubles titles, including a $25,000 tournament in Hopewell.

She married her husband Fredrick Wainio, an accountant, in 1991.[2]

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	November 4, 1984	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Annette Gulley	Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	January 18, 1985	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Jaime Kaplan	Elizabeth Ekblom Marianne van der Torre	3–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	September 15, 1985	Hopewell, United States	Clay	Jenni Goodling	Louise Field Akemi Nishiya-Kinoshita	2–6, 7–5, 6–4

References

External links

• Diane Farrell at the Women's Tennis Association
• Diane Farrell at the International Tennis Federation

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