Zina Garrison
Zina Garrison
Zina Lynna Garrisonis a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games. She is currently coaching Taylor Townsend...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth16 November 1963
CityHouston, TX
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I am looking forward to a good fight. Jill has been a great team leader and for the others, it's a good match to take something for their game in the future.
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Leading the effort in representing our country in Fed Cup is a great responsibility and an opportunity for which I am very grateful. Being a part of the U.S. Fed Cup team as a player and coach provides a perspective on what it takes to build a championship caliber team and I am looking forward to the challenge.
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I am extremely proud of my team. Everybody could see that there is teamwork on and off the court. We hit together, fight together, have dinner together. I couldn't wish for a better spirit.
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Hopefully the young players will take something from here, my take was to give them some experience to become top players.
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I call it a dream team for more than one reason.
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It is a great honor for me to continue as captain of the U.S. Fed Cup team. I am committed to working with our country's top players to field the best team possible and with one singular purpose winning the Fed Cup in 2006.
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It's a great honor for me to continue as captain of the US Fed Cup team.
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I can trust my team that they can play on any surface,
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Ranking will be a big part of it. There is a lot more that will play into it. Right now I'm just relying on what I need for the Fed Cup and I'll look at the Olympics after that.
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I've been following her since she was 11 or 12, I knew she could play well.
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Martina Navratilova is an incredible person who has done so much for our sport. Venus and Serena are incredible. And Lisa is a good team player who plays singles and doubles well.
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It was a tough situation. We knew it was going to be tough when we came in. And we tried to repair as much as we could, but we came up short.
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Lindsay and Serena are my singles players, ... Venus agreed to come, but knows she might not be playing. She's a team player.
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So much is owed to this legend. Althea helped me and other women to understand you can be all you can dream and more. The benefits of her contributions to tennis are still being realized and enjoyed by modern-day players.