Barbara Jordan

Barbara Jordan is an American former professional tennis player, born on 2 April 1957, who won the 1979 Australian Open singles title. She also won the mixed doubles title at the 1983 French Open with Eliot Teltscher. At Stanford University she was a three-time All-American and finished her degree in economics in three years, and she won the 1978 AIAW College National doubles with her sister Kathy Jordan, as well as the USTA under 21 National Championship in singles and doubles in 1978. She first appeared on the WTA computer rankings in August 1977 at number 95, served five times on the WTA board of directors and chaired the tournament committee in 1980. She later earned a Juris Doctor from UCLA.