Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Tarzana, California | December 4, 1986
Retired | 2013 |
Prize money | $56,351 |
Singles | |
Career record | 114–92 |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 260 (November 21, 2011) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 58–62 |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 228 (September 27, 2010) |
Amanda Michelle Fink (born December 4, 1986) is a retired American tennis player. She ranked No. 1 in the US in Under-16s. In 2006, she was the number-one ranked college freshman, and in 2008 she finished the season as the U.S. No. 5 ranked collegiate player. On November 21, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 260, while her best doubles ranking was 228 on September 27, 2010.
Early life
Fink was born in Tarzana, California, the daughter of Howard and Laurie Fink, and is Jewish.[1][2] She has one sister, Jamie.[1]
Tennis career
Fink attended Calabasas High School (class of 2005).[1] She was named California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) MVP in doubles in 2002 and singles MVP in 2003, 2004, and 2005, named Ventura County Star All-Area Player of the Year in 2003, and an All-American in 2004 and 2005.[1] She placed third in the 2002 Clay Court Nationals, and won the 2005 Hawaii National Open.[1] She ranked No. 1 in the US in under-16s, and No. 2 in the under-18s.[1]
In college at the University of Southern California, where Fink majored in psychology, she was a four-time college All-American and four-time Pac-10 selection in both tennis singles and doubles.[3]
Fink was the No. 1 ranked college freshman, and the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year.[3][4] In her freshman year in 2006 Fink was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Rookie of the Year and ended the year ranked No. 8.[3] She won the ITA Western Regional Championship.[3]
In 2008, she was named an ITA All-American for singles and doubles, All-Pac-10 First Team, and Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention.[3] Fink finished the season as the U.S. No. 5 ranked collegiate player.[3] Fink won the Freeman Memorial Singles Championship.[3] In doubles, teamed up with Gabriela Niculescu, she won the 2008 Pac-10 Doubles Championship, won the ITA West Regional doubles title, and finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation.[3]
In 2015, she was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Jul 2008 | ITF Allentown, United States | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 0–6 |
Win | 2. | Jul 2008 | ITF Atlanta, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 3. | Mar 2011 | ITF Metepec, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 4. | Jul 2011 | ITF Lexington, United States | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 7 (3 title, 4 runner-ups)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1 | 19 July 2009 | Atlanta, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–7(2) |
Winner | 2 | 23 November 2009 | Puebla, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–7(6), [10–8] |
Winner | 3 | 12 December 2009 | Xalapa, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–2, [15–13] |
Runner-up | 4 | 14 February 2010 | Laguna Niguel, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 5 | 8 March 2010 | Metepec, Mexico | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, [10–8] |
Runner-up | 6 | 7 August 2010 | Vancouver, Canada | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, [4–10] |
Runner-up | 7 | 6 June 2011 | El Paso, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–4, [8–10] |
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Amanda Fink - Women's Tennis". USC Athletics.
- ^ Marvin Glassman (August 20, 2010). "Israel's pro tennis hero - Dudi Sela". Jewish Independent.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "AMANDA FINK; Tennis - 2015". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Female Tennis Pro of the Month - Amanda Fink - San Diego - California". TENNIS CLUB BUSINESS. April 2019.
External links
- Amanda Fink at the Women's Tennis Association
- Amanda Fink at the International Tennis Federation
- Amanda Fink at ESPN.com