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Karin Miller (born December 10, 1977) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Karin Miller

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1977-12-10) December 10, 1977 (age 44) Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$175,843
Singles
Career record	205–177
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 100 (July 6, 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1999)
Wimbledon	1R (1998)
US Open	1R (1998)
Doubles
Career record	117–110
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 144 (October 18, 1999)

Biography

Early life

Born in Trenton, New Jersey,[1] Miller grew up in the Hamilton Square section of Hamilton Township, Mercer County. She was coached by her father Russell growing up. The family moved to Florida in 1985, so Miller could attend the Bollettieri Academy.[2] Small in stature, she stood at five foot one.[3]

Tennis career

Miller, a right-handed baseliner, attended Duke University as a freshman, before turning professional in 1997.

She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser from qualifying, losing her first-round match to Naoko Kijimuta in three sets.[4] Having reached her career best ranking of world No. 100 following Wimbledon, she made it directly into the main draws of the 1998 US Open and 1999 Australian Open.

At an ITF tournament in Bradenton in 2001, she had a win over a young Maria Sharapova.[5]

She won nine ITF singles titles during her career, which ended in 2002.

Settling in Florida, she is the head tennis pro at the Boca Grande Club.[6]

ITF finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (7–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	28 January 1996	Mission, United States	Hard	Elena Savoldi	6–3, 7–5
Winner	2.	4 August 1996	Roanoke, United States	Hard	María José Gaidano	1–6, 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	13 July 1997	Easton, United States	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	3–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	20 July 1997	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Maureen Drake	6–3, 7–6
Winner	4.	3 August 1997	Lexington, United States	Hard	Liezel Horn	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	5.	23 November 1997	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Jean Okada	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
Winner	6.	22 November 1998	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Vanessa Webb	6–2, 7–6
Winner	7.	29 November 1998	Nurioopta, Australia	Hard	Amanda Grahame	6–2, 6–2

Doubles (2–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 July 1997	Easton, United States	Hard	Marissa Catlin	Nannie de Villiers Lisa McShea	0–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	31 January 1998	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Kristina Brandi	Maureen Drake Renata Kolbovic	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	30 January 1999	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Jean Okada	Katarina Srebotnik Zuzana Váleková	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	18 July 1999	Mahwah, United States	Hard	Sandra Cacic	Dawn Buth Vanessa Webb	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	20 May 2000	Jackson, United States	Clay	Jessica Steck	Joana Cortez Miriam D'Agostini	4–6, 7–5, 1–6
Winner	1.	10 June 2001	Hilton Head, United States	Hard	Kirsty Blumberg	Choi Young-ja Jeon Mi-ra	6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up	6.	24 June 2001	Easton, United States	Hard	Kirsty Blumberg	Choi Young-ja Jeon Mi-ra	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	10 November 2001	Pittsburgh, United States	Hard (i)	Mashona Washington	Lilia Osterloh Katie Schlukebir	1–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	26 January 2002	Miami, United States	Hard	Stephanie Mabry	Melinda Czink Neyssa Etienne	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–2

References

External links

• Karin Miller at the Women's Tennis Association
• Karin Miller at the International Tennis Federation

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