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|name = Linda Tuero |image = Linda tuero action photo.jpg |country = United States |residence = Sea Island, Georgia |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|10|21}} |birth_place = Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. |height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}} |turnedpro = 1972 |retired = 1973 retired from WTA Pro tour |plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |careerprizemoney = |tennishofid = |singlesrecord = |singlestitles = 4 |highestsinglesranking = No. 10 in the World (1972) |AustralianOpenresult = |FrenchOpenresult = QF (1971) |Wimbledonresult = 3R (1971) |USOpenresult = 3R (1968, 1971) |doublesrecord = |doublestitles = |highestdoublesranking = |AustralianOpenDoublesresult = |FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1969) |WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (1972) |USOpenDoublesresult = QF (1969) }} Linda Tuero (born October 21, 1950) is an American former amateur and professional tennis player. She won six U.S Junior Titles and three U.S. Women's Titles. She reached the quarter-finals of the French Open in 1971, and won the singles titles at the Italian Open in 1972. She represented the United States in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup teams in 1972 and 1973 and served as the Federation Cup Captain in 1973. Tuero was ranked in the U.S. Top Ten Women Singles for four years and in 1972 was ranked No. 10 in the World. BiographyLinda Tuero was born in Metairie, Louisiana. She started playing tennis at the age of 11 and was taught by the legendary tennis coach Emmett Pare from the very start and throughout her career. At age 13, she won the US National Girl's 14 Singles Championship and by the time she had graduated from high school, she had won six national titles: the 1964 US National Girl's 14 Singles Championship, the 1966 US National Girl's 16 Singles Championship, the 1966 US National Girl's 16 Doubles Championship, the 1967 US National Girl's 18 Clay Court Singles Championship, the 1968 US National Girl's 18 Clay Court Singles Championship, and the 1968 National Interscholastic Championship.[1][2][3] Tuero was the first woman to be awarded an athletic scholarship to Tulane University, the first woman to play on a Tulane varsity team, and the first woman to win a varsity Green Wave letter.[4][5] While a member of the Tulane tennis team, she played on the women's professional tennis circuit but kept her amateur status. During this time she won three more national titles: the 1969 US Amateur Championship,[6] 1970 US Amateur Championship[6] and the 1970 US Open Clay Court Championship. In 1971 she was runner-up in the US Open Clay Courts, losing to Billie Jean King in the finals. During 1971 she also reached the quarterfinals of the French Open.[8] In 1971, while pursuing an active tennis career, she graduated Cum Laude from Tulane with a major in psychology. In 1972, playing her first year as a professional, Linda won the Italian Open.[1] She also won the first International Tournament of Madrid (Madrid Open) and was a semifinalist in the US Open Clay Courts, Canadian Open, WTA German Open, and Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati Masters),[10] with losses to Chris Evert, Evonne Goolagong, and Margaret Smith Court. In 1973 she had a win over Martina Navratilova in the Fort Lauderdale Classic. Tuero represented the US in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup teams in 1972 and 1973, serving as the Federation Cup Captain in 1973[2] Her top career world rankings included No 1 in Women-Under-21 and No 10 in World (Women). She has been inducted into the Halls of Fame of Tulane University,[12] Louisiana Tennis Tennis Hall of Fame,[13] and USTA Southern Tennis Hall of Fame.[14] Personal lifeIn 1968 she graduated from St. Martin's Episcopal School in Metairie, Louisiana. In 1971, she graduated Cum Laude from Tulane with a major in psychology.[3] In 1973, as an extra in The Exorcist, she met and in July 1975 married the author, William Peter Blatty, with whom she had two children.[4] She also appeared in another film, The Ninth Configuration, which he wrote. The marriage resulted in the birth of two children before their divorce. A second marriage gave Linda another child. In 2000, Tuero enrolled in the Tulane Graduate School and in 2004 graduated with a master's degree in Anthropology, specializing in the field of paleoanthropology. In 2005, she was part of a Rutgers excavation in the Lake Turkana region of northern Kenya.[3] Her passions include golf, paleontology, and world travel. She makes frequent trips collecting fossils and enjoys identifying and scientifically cataloging her extensive collection.[3] Tuero's second marriage was to William Paul.[3] She had another son during this marriage. She is now married to Dr. William Lindsley who is a former business consultant and former dean and professor at Boston College, Vanderbilt's Owen School of Management, and Belmont University's Graduate School of Business.[3] Career finalsSingles (5 titles, 6 runners-up)
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References1. ^{{cite web|author1=Douglas Perry|title=Rome Masters: Meet the woman who shocked the Italian Open, then faced Hollywood shocks|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/the-spin-of-the-ball/index.ssf/2015/05/rome_masters_how_a_pixie_from.html|publisher=OregonLive.com|date=May 12, 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/Yearbook/Fed_Cup_3/| title = USTA Yearbook - Fed Cup| accessdate = 25 March 2013}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|author1=Billy Crawford|title=Linda Tuero|url=http://greaterneworleanstennis.com/2011/09/11/linda-tuero/|publisher=Greater New Orleans Tennis|date=September 11, 2011}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=An Angel Made Blatty Marry|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031170/1975-07-22/ed-1/seq-16/|work=The Journal|agency=AP|publisher=NY State Historic Newspapers|date=July 22, 1975|page=16}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite book|title=World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook|year=1973|publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London|isbn=9780671216238|pages=328–329|editor=John Barrett}} 6. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/Yearbook/23004_2008_USTA_Yearbook__Junior_National_Championships_Girls__page_2/| title = USTA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS—GIRLS| accessdate = 25 March 2013}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite web | url = http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/Yearbook/23003_2008_USTA_Yearbook__Junior_National_Championships_Girls__page_1/| title = USTA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS—GIRLS| accessdate = 25 March 2013}} 8. ^1 {{cite web| url = http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/Yearbook/23068_2008_USTA_Yearbook__Junior_USTA_Interscholastic_Championships/| title = USTA Yearbook - Junior USTA Interscholastic Championships| accessdate = 25 March 2013}} 9. ^1 2 {{cite web| url = http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/Yearbook/23032_2008_USTA_Yearbook__Adult__Senior_National_Championships__WOMEN__page_5/| title = USTA ADULT & SENIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS—WOMEN| accessdate = 25 March 2013}} 10. ^1 1971 French Open – Women's Singles 11. ^1 Cincinnati Masters 12. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.southern.usta.com/about_us/hall_of_fame/| title = USTA Southern Tennis Hall of Fame | accessdate= 20 March 2013}} 13. ^1 {{cite web| url = http://www.louisianatennis.com/Patrons| title = Louisiana Tennis Hall of Fame| accessdate = 25 March 2013}} 14. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/Yearbook/23263_2008_USTA_Yearbook__Top_10_US_Womens_Rankings__page_4/|title = USTA Yearbook - Top 10 U.S. Women's Rankings|accessdate = 25 March 2013}} 15. ^1 {{cite web| url = http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/genrel/101700aaa.html| title = Tulane Athletic Hall Of Fame| accessdate = 25 March 2013}} 16. ^{{cite news | title=Linda Tuero Captures Girls Tennis Crown | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19660731&id=h7IhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IpwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5154,8484575 | accessdate = 25 March 2013 | newspaper = "Reading Eagle" | date = 31 July 1966}} 17. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Tradition | publisher=OnlyAtTulane|url=http://onlyattulane.com/womens-sports/tennis/tradition/|accessdate=20 March 2013}} 18. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=A First At tulane|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19680626&id=DMsfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jdgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2420,8911180|accessdate=20 March 2013|newspaper="The Southeast Missourian"|date=26 June 1968}} 19. ^{{cite book | last = Cowan | first = Walter G. | year = 1983 | title = New Orleans Yesterday and Today: A Guide to the City | publisher = LSU Press | id = 0-8071-2743-4 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=beADhMKhQZQC&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq=linda+tuero+tennis+won&source=bl&ots=jkEP8Uiu51&sig=XAHlbkLIsWrmfzMczAlN_m1hPZ0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TJ1QUZL1A7Kz0QGc8IGgAg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwATge#v=onepage&q=linda%20tuero%20tennis%20won&f=false}} 20. ^{{cite news|title=The Right Set: A Tennis Anthology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e5MIog99qigC&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144&dq=linda+tuero&source=bl&ots=h0q_7qNG-x&sig=CSrr9MOnN-ACqLvPleqt4MoAmFk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XQFKUaTxCvOp4AO45IHoCA&ved=0CG4Q6AEwCDgy#v=onepage&q=linda%20tuero&f=false|accessdate=20 March 2013|date=1 June 1999}} 21. ^{{cite news|title=40 Years Ago In Tennis – Bud Collins Summarizes The Epic Year|url=http://www.tennisgrandstand.com/2009/07/31/40-years-ago-in-tennis-bud-collins-summarizes-the-epic-year/|accessdate=20 March 2013|work="Tennis Grandstand"|date=31 July 2009}} 22. ^{{cite news|title=1973 US Wightman Cup team|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/majunznk/6204868986/|accessdate=20 March 2013}} External links{{Portal|Tennis}}
8 : 1950 births|Living people|American female tennis players|Tennis people from Louisiana|Tulane Green Wave women's tennis players|People from Metairie, Louisiana|Sportspeople from Savannah, Georgia|Sportspeople from New Orleans |
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