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{{short description|Indian tennis player}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2018}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Nirupama Sanjeev
|image=XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Nirupama Sanjeev and Rohan Bopanna of India, during a mixed-double match against Rodionova & Hanley of Australia, at R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium, in New Delhi on October 04, 2010.jpg
|caption = Sanjeev with [[Rohan Bopanna]] at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in New Delhi, October 2010.
|country = {{flagu|India}}
|residence = [[San Francisco Bay Area]], United States
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|12|08}}
|birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], India
|height = {{height|m=1.70}}
|website = {{URL|www.nirustennis.com}}
|turnedpro = 1992
|retired = 2010
|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney = US$182,057
|singlesrecord = 180–155
|singlestitles = 0 [[WTA Tour|WTA]], 2 [[ITF Women's Circuit|ITF]]
|highestsinglesranking = No. 147 (12 May 1997)
|AustralianOpenresult = 2R ([[1998 Australian Open – Women's singles|1998]])
|FrenchOpenresult = Q2 ([[2001 French Open – Women's singles qualifying|2001]])
|Wimbledonresult = Q3 ([[2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying|2001]])
|USOpenresult = Q3 ([[1999 US Open – Women's singles qualifying|1999]])
|doublestitles = 0 WTA, 10 ITF
|highestdoublesranking = No. 115 (23 July 2001)
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R ([[1998 Australian Open – Women's doubles|1998]], [[2001 Australian Open – Women's doubles|2001]])
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R ([[2001 French Open – Women's doubles|2001]])
|WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R ([[2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles|2001]])
|USOpenDoublesresult = Q1 ([[1997 US Open – Women's doubles qualifying|1997]], [[2001 US Open – Women's doubles qualifying|2001]])
|OthertournamentsDoubles = yes
|OlympicsDoublesresult = 1R ([[Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|2000]])
|medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Country|{{flagu|India}}}}
{{Medal|Sport|Women's tennis}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Tennis at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok]]|Mixed doubles}}
}}

'''Nirupama Sanjeev''' (''[[née]]'' '''Vaidyanathan'''; born 8 December 1976) is an Indian former professional [[tennis]] player. In the [[1998 Australian Open – Women's singles|1998 Australian Open]], Sanjeev became the second Indian woman (after [[Nirupama Mankad]]) in the [[Open era]] to feature in a [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments|major]] main draw, the first one in singles, and the first to win a major match, defeating [[Gloria Pizzichini]]. She also won the [[bronze medal]] at the [[Tennis at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok Asian Games]] in mixed doubles, partnering [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]. Sanjeev was the first Indian woman to enter the top 200 of the [[WTA rankings|rankings]] in singles.

==Early life and tennis career==
Nirupama was born in the Southern Indian town of [[Coimbatore]]. She started playing tennis at the age of 5 and was influenced very much by her brother. Her father K.S. Vaidyanathan was a cricketer who had played for [[Tamil Nadu]] in Ranji Cricket tournament; he coached her at the start of her career. Her first tennis tournament foray was the National Under 12 tournament, where she reached the semi-final and went on to win her 1st National title in Under 14 age group at the age of 13. One year later in 1991, she won the National Women's title at age 14 and also won the National Women's title in 1992–1996.<ref>https://fairgaze.com/fgnews/the-glorious-journey-of-nirupama-sanjeev_71993.html</ref>

In 1996, she moved to Luxembourg and she turned professional at the age of 18. She player her first [[WTA Tour|WTA]]-level tournament in late October 1996, at the [[1996 SEAT Open|SEAT Open]]. She won two matches in the qualifying stages, before losing to [[Jana Kandarr]]. On 17 November 1996, Sanjeev won her first [[ITF Women's Circuit]] title, defeating [[Raluca Sandu]] in the finals of the $25,000 tournament in [[Bad Gögging]], Germany. Sanjeev played her first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament at the [[1997 Australian Open]], where she lost in the second qualifying round to [[Yuka Yoshida]], having overcome [[Petra Mandula]] in the previous round.

Nirupama shifted her base to [[Sarasota, Florida]] in 1997 where she trained with David O Meara who was the former coach of [[Leander Paes]] for two years. At the [[1997 Lipton Championships]] in March, her third WTA-level event, she failed to win her first match, losing it to [[Elena Brioukhovets]]. A month later, she competed in the main draw of a WTA-level event for the first time (at the [[1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships|1997 Japan Open]]), with qualifying wins over [[Yi Jing-qian]], [[Keiko Nagatomi]], and [[Akiko Morigami]]. However, she fell in the first round to [[Jolene Watanabe]]. The following week, at the [[Danamon Open]] in [[Jakarta]], she played her second WTA-level main draw match, losing it also (to [[Yuka Yoshida]]). During the [[clay court]] season, she would fall in the first qualifying matches of both the [[Internationaux de Strasbourg]] (to [[Kristina Brandi]]), as well as [[1997 French Open|Roland Garros]] (to [[Park Sung-hee]]). Although she still didn't qualify, Sanjeev performed a little better at the [[grass court]] tournaments, winning her first qualifying matches at both the [[DFS Classic]] (against [[Haruka Inoue]]) and [[1997 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] (against [[Kate Warne-Holland]]). She also failed to qualify for the [[1997 US Open (tennis)|US Open]], winning only one match. During the course of the 1996–97, Sanjeev also won four ITF titles in doubles with different partners.

At the [[1998 Australian Open – Women's singles|1998 Australian Open]], Sanjeev was awarded a [[Glossary of tennis terms#Wild card|wildcard]] into the main draw (her first and ultimately the only appearance in a singles Grand Slam main draw). She became the first Indian female in the modern era to feature and win a round at a main draw [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]], beating Italy's [[Gloria Pizzichini]].

Later that year, in April, she couldn't qualify for the [[1998 Makarska International Championships|Makarska Championships]], being defeated by [[Virág Csurgó]]. Although she lost in the final qualifying round of the [[1998 Croatian Bol Ladies Open|Bol Open]], she received entry into the main draw as a [[lucky loser]]; however, she lost the encounter against [[Amélie Mauresmo]]. She also went on to lose in the qualifying stages of both the [[1998 Páginas Amarillas Open|Páginas Amarillas Open]] and the [[1998 French Open|French Open]], as well as [[1998 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], the [[1998 Bank of the West Classic|Bank of the West Classic]], the [[1998 Boston Cup|Boston Cup]], and the [[1998 US Open (tennis)|US Open]]. She then won the [[bronze medal]] at the [[Tennis at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok Asian Games]] in mixed doubles, partnering [[Mahesh Bhupathi]].

The [[1999 WTA Tour|1999 season]] saw her losing her qualifying matches at the [[1999 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts|Thalgo Open]] and the [[1999 Australian Open|Australian Open]] (falling to [[Brie Rippner]] and [[Sandra Kleinová]], respectively). She further failed to qualify for the clay court WTA events she played in April–May, losing to [[Eva Bes Ostariz]], [[Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez]], [[Janet Lee]], and [[Surina De Beer]], at the [[1999 Estoril Open|Portugal Open]], the [[1999 Flanders Women's Open|Belgian Open]], the [[1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg|Internationaux de Strasbourg]], and the [[1999 French Open|French Open]], respectively. She also had a disappointing result at [[1999 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]. However, at the [[1999 US Open (tennis)|US Open]], she did have two good wins in qualifying against [[Tathiana Garbin]] and [[Katalin Marosi]], followed by two further qualifying wins against [[Mireille Dittmann]] and [[Magdalena Maleeva]] at the [[1999 Wismilak International|Malaysian Open]], and another at the [[1999 Pattaya Women's Open|Thailand Open]] against [[Tatiana Kovalchuk]].

After promising wins against [[Jaslyn Hewitt]] and [[Kimberly Po]] at the [[2000 Australian Open]] qualifying, she fell to [[Kerry-Anne Guse]]. At [[2000 French Open|Roland Garros]], she lost to [[Desislava Topalova]]; and at [[2000 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], she lost to [[Vanessa Webb]]. She did manage to win a match at the [[2000 US Open (tennis)|US Open]], though, against [[Sybille Bammer]] in the qualifying. Sanjeev then went on to represent [[India at the 2000 Summer Olympics|India]] at the [[Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympics]], playing in the women's doubles event with [[Manisha Malhotra]]. The team suffered a defeat at the hands of [[Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Australian]]s [[Jelena Dokic]] and [[Rennae Stubbs]] in round one. Earlier in the 2000, she won her second (and ultimately the last) [[ITF Women's Circuit|ITF]] title in April, winning against [[Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram]] in the $10,000 tournament held on [[carpet court]]s in [[New Delhi]]. Nirupama won a total of four ITF doubles titles in 2000, and reached a further two finals, making it a career-best season in doubles.

At the [[2001 Australian Open]] qualifying, as well, she lost to [[Alexandra Fusai]] in the final round. During the Middle East swing at the [[Qatar Ladies Open]] and the [[Dubai Tennis Championships]], she lost to [[Lenka Němečková]] in the first qualifying round in the former; but, managed to make it to the final qualifying hurdle of the latter with wins over [[Martina Suchá]] and [[Liezel Huber]]. She couldn't perform well at the other Grand Slams of the [[2001 WTA Tour|season]]. However, she won her first (and eventually, the only) main draw doubles match of a Grand Slam at the [[2001 Wimbledon Championships]], partnering [[Rika Hiraki]]; the pair had defeated [[Silvia Farina Elia]] and [[Iroda Tulyaganova]]. She won the last two [[ITF Women's Circuit|ITF]] doubles titles of her career in April 2001; one in [[Ho Chi Minh City]] (with [[Manisha Malhotra]]) and one in [[Sarasota, Florida]] (with [[Melissa Middleton]]). The latter of these, being a $75,000 event, is the biggest title of her career.

[[2002 WTA Tour|2002]] saw Sanjeev play only a single tournament due to injury, losing in the [[2002 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] qualifying. In 2003, she played exclusively in [[ITF Women's Circuit]] tournaments. She went into her first retirement from the sport, losing in the second qualifying round of the [[ITF Women's Circuit|ITF]] $50,000 tournament in [[Louisville, Kentucky]] to [[Petra Rampre]], in late-July 2003.

Sanjeev briefly came back to professional tennis in 2009. Playing in her first match in six years, she beat [[Tamara Čurović]] before losing to [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]] in the second round of the [[ITF Women's Circuit|ITF]] $50,000 [[2009 NECC–ITF Women's Tennis Championships|NECC–ITF Women's Tennis Championships]] in November, at [[Pune]]. Between November 2009 and September 2010, she played in a total of seven ITF tournaments with mixed results. The ITF $25,000 tournament held in [[Redding, California]], would be her last professional tournament in both the disciplines. Her last singles win was against [[Brianna Morgan]] in the final qualifying round, and her final match was a loss in round one against [[Amanda McDowell]]. In doubles, playing with [[Ellen Tsay]], she won her first round match against [[Yawna Allen]] and [[Brittany Augustine]]. Her final doubles match would be a loss in the following round, to [[Megan Falcon]] and [[Macall Harkins]].

She represented India at the [[Tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Commonwealth Games]] (in October) in Delhi. After defeating [[Sarah Borwell]] and [[Anna Smith (tennis)|Anna Smith]] ([[England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|England]]) in the quarterfinals alongside [[Poojashree Venkatesha]], they lost to [[Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Australia]]'s [[Olivia Rogowska]] and [[Jessica Moore (tennis)|Jessica Moore]] in the semifinals, thereby sending them into the bronze-medal playoff. Playing against [[India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|compatriots]] [[Sania Mirza]] and [[Rushmi Chakravarthi]], they lost in straight sets. In the mixed doubles event, she partnered [[Rohan Bopanna]] but was defeated in the pre-quarterfinals by [[Anastasia Rodionova]] and [[Paul Hanley (tennis)|Paul Hanley]] (Australia).

Later that same month, Sanjeev went over to [[Guangzhou]] to take part in the [[Tennis at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Asian Games]], playing for India. Partnering [[Tara Iyer]] in women's doubles, she lost in round two to the [[China at the 2010 Asian Games|Chinese team]] of [[Sun Shengnan]] and [[Zhang Shuai]].

She finally retired during the later 2000s.

For the past five years, Nirupama has been on the expert commentary team along with Indian tennis legend [[Vijay Amritraj]] for ESPN-STAR sports. Nirupama ran a tennis coaching camp in the [[Bay Area, California]] until 2024. She launched her autobiography ''The Moonballer'' in October 2013. Now, She is coaching young players in Florida such as her daughter.<ref name="outlook1">{{cite news | last= Jahagirdar | first= Archana  | title=Nirupama Vaidyanathan – Interview | date=16 March 1998 | url =http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?205227| work =[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]| access-date = 18 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="sportsref">{{cite web| title=Nirupama Vaidyanathan  | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/nirupama-vaidyanathan-1.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/nirupama-vaidyanathan-1.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=18 April 2020| work =sports-reference.com| access-date = 18 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="bbcsports">{{cite news | title=Serena ends Sania Mirza's dream | date=21 January 2005 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4193973.stm| publisher =[[BBC]]| access-date = 18 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="hindu1">{{cite news | title= Paes, Nirupama win first round matches  | date= 14 January 2000 | url = http://www.hindu.com/2000/01/14/stories/07141027.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110604105754/http://www.hindu.com/2000/01/14/stories/07141027.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 4 June 2011| work =[[The Hindu]]| access-date = 21 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="hindu2">{{cite news | last=Keerthivasan | first= K| title=  Basking in the aura of success | date= 9 May 2002 | url = http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/09/stories/2002050900240400.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030701045250/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/09/stories/2002050900240400.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 1 July 2003| work =[[The Hindu]]| access-date = 21 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="hindu3">{{cite news | title=  Indian eves falter  | date= 13 April 2001 | url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/04/13/stories/07131027.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606102702/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/04/13/stories/07131027.htm| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 6 June 2011| work =[[The Hindu]]| access-date = 21 January 2010}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On 23 May 2002, she married Sanjeev Balakrishnan, a software engineer from [[Bay Area, California]]; the brother of the Indian sprinter Rajeev Balakrishnan.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

==Career statistics==

=== Singles finals: 4 (2–2) ===

{| class="wikitable"  style="font-size:85%; width:14%;"
|- style="background:#f88379;"
| $100,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
| $75,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| $50,000 tournaments
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| $25,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| $10,000 tournaments
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
|-
|Outcome
|No.
|Date
|Tournament
|Surface
|Opponent in the final
|Score
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 15 July 1996
| [[Bilbao]], Spain
| Clay
| {{flag icon|ESP}} [[Laura Pena]]
| 6–1, 4–6, 5–7
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 2.
| 2 September 1996
| [[Spoleto]], Italy
| Clay
| {{flag icon|FRA}} [[Catherine Mothes-Jobkel]]
| 5–7, 2–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1.
| 17 November 1996
| [[Neustadt an der Donau|Bad Gögging]], Germany
| Carpet (i)
| {{flag icon|ROU}} [[Raluca Sandu]]
| 6–4, 6–1
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 2.
| 17 April 2000
| [[New Delhi]], India
| Carpet 
| {{flag icon|IND}} [[Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram]]
| 6–3, 6–2
|}

=== Doubles (10–6) ===
{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97%
|-
!Outcome
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!Score
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 21 August 1995
| [[Mol, Belgium|Wezel]], Belgium
| Clay
| {{flag icon|CZE}} [[Olga Hostáková]]
| {{flag icon|Czech Republic}} [[Ivana Havrlíková]] <br/> {{flag icon|Czech Republic}} [[Monika Kratochvílová]]
| 2–6, 3–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1.
| 15 April 1996
| [[Gelos]], France
| Clay
| {{flag icon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]]
| {{flag icon|FRA}} [[Amélie Mauresmo]] <br/> {{flag icon|FRA}} Isabelle Taesch
| 7–6<sup>(4)</sup>, 6–3
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 2.
| 28 October 1996
| [[Poitiers]], France
| Hard (i)
| {{flag icon|BLR}} [[Olga Barabanschikova]]
| {{flag icon|NED}} [[Anique Snijders]] <br/> {{flag icon|FRA}} [[Noëlle van Lottum]]
| 6–2, 6–3
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 3.
| 17 November 1996
| [[Neustadt an der Donau|Bad Gögging]], Germany
| Carpet (i)
| {{flag icon|AUT}} [[Barbara Schwartz (tennis)|Barbara Schwartz]]
| {{flag icon|NED}} [[Kirstin Freye]] <br/> {{flag icon|GER}} [[Silke Meier]]
| 6–4, 6–1
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 4.
| 30 June 1997
| [[Stuttgart-Vaihingen|Vaihingen]], Germany
| Clay
| {{flag icon|NED}} [[Seda Noorlander]]
| {{flag icon|ARG}} [[María Fernanda Landa]] <br/> {{flag icon|GER}} [[Marlene Weingärtner]]
| 6–3, 6–1
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 2.
| 3 August 1998
| [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], United States
| Hard
| {{flag icon|CHN}} [[Yi Jing-Qian]]
| {{flag icon|AUS}} [[Amanda Grahame]] <br/> {{flag icon|AUS}} [[Bryanne Stewart]]
| 4–6, 6–1, 3–6
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 3.
| 4 October 1999
| [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]], United States
| Hard
| {{flag icon|AUT}} [[Marion Maruska]]
| {{flag icon|USA}} [[Debbie Graham]] <br/> {{flag icon|JPN}} [[Nana Smith]]
| 4–6, 5–7
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 4.
| 13 December 1998
| [[New Delhi]], India
| Hard
| {{flag icon|ITA}} [[Tathiana Garbin]]
| {{flag icon|JPN}} [[Rika Hiraki]]  <br/> {{flag icon|GBR}} [[Lorna Woodroffe]]
| 2–5 ret.
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 5.
| 17 April 2000
| [[New Delhi]], India
| Carpet 
| {{flag icon|IND}} [[Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram]]
| {{flag icon|IND}} [[Rushmi Chakravarthi]]  <br/> {{flag icon|IND}} [[Radhika Tulpule]]
| 6–4, 6–2
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 6.
| 17 July 2000
| [[Mahwah, New Jersey|Mahwah]], United States
| Hard
| {{flag icon|AUS}} [[Evie Dominikovic]]
| {{flag icon|AUS}} [[Lisa McShea]]  <br/> {{flag icon|KAZ}} [[Irina Selyutina]]
| 6–4, 6–4
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 5.
| 2 October 2000
| [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]], United States
| Hard
| {{flag icon|AUS}} [[Lisa McShea]]
| {{flag icon|USA}} [[Brie Rippner]] <br/> {{flag icon|UKR}} [[Elena Tatarkova]]
| 4–6, 4–6
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 6.
| 23 October 2000
| [[Dallas]], United States
| Hard
| {{flag icon|JPN}} [[Nana Smith]]
| {{flag icon|USA}} [[Brie Rippner]] <br/> {{flag icon|UKR}} [[Elena Tatarkova]]
| 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 7.
| 30 October 2000
| [[Hayward, California|Hayward]], United States
| Hard
| {{flag icon|JPN}} [[Nana Smith]]
| {{flag icon|IRL}} [[Kelly Liggan]] <br/> {{flag icon|VEN}} [[Milagros Sequera]]
| 4–2 4–2
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 8.
| 6 November 2000
| [[Pittsburgh]], United States
| Hard (i)
| {{flag icon|JPN}} [[Nana Smith]]
| {{flag icon|NED}} [[Seda Noorlander]] <br/> {{flag icon|GER}} [[Kirstin Freye]]
| 5–7, 6–4, 6–0
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 9.
| 22 April 2001
| [[Ho Chi Minh City]], [[Vietnam]]
| Hard
| {{flag icon|IND}} [[Manisha Malhotra]]
| {{flag icon|NZL}} [[Leanne Baker]]<br>{{flag icon|NZL}} [[Shelley Stephens]]
| 6–3, 7–5
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 10.
| 29 April 2001
| [[Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota]], United States
| Clay
| {{flag icon|USA}} [[Melissa Middleton]]
| {{flag icon|TPE}} [[Janet Lee]]<br>{{flag icon|USA}} [[Samantha Reeves]]
| 6–4, 6–2
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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