Athletes - Julie Heldman

Home > Listing Index > Athletes > Julie Heldman

	Athletes - Julie Heldman

Julie Heldman (born December 8, 1945) won 22 professional tennis titles and helped pioneer the women's pro circuit. The daughter of junior champion Julius Heldman and World Tennis publisher Gladys Heldman, she won her first national title (the Canadian 18 and under singles) at age 12.

While a student at Stanford in 1964 she reached the national collegiate singles and doubles finals.

Heldman played on two championship Federation Cup teams and after ending her playing career she worked as a television commentator and journalist.

Career highlights

Ranked in the USTA Top 10, 1963-1965, 1968-1969 (No.2), 1971-1975
Ranked in the World Top 10, 1969-1970, 1973-1974
Canadian National 18 & Under Singles Champion, 1958 (age 12)
U.S. Champion Girls' 15 Singles, 1960; Girls' 18 Singles, 1963
U.S. Collegiate Singles, Doubles Finalist, 1964
Italian Singles Champion, 1969; Finalist, 1970
Canadian Singles Champion, 1965; Doubles Champion, 1974
Cincinnati Singles Champion, 1962
U.S. Clay Court Doubles Champion, 1974
Virginia Slims Professional Tour, 1971-1975 (one of original 9 players)
U.S. Wightman Cup Team Member, 1969-1971, 1974; Most Valuable Player, 1969; Team Captain, 1974-1975
U.S. Federation Cup Team Member on the championship teams of 1966 & 1969, as well as in 1970, 1974-1975; Team Captain, 1975
U.S. Bonne Bell Cup Team Member, 1973-1974; Most Valuable Player, Team Captain, 1974
3 Olympic Medals - Gold, Silver and Bronze in Mexico City, 1968 (demonstration sport)
3 Gold Medals, Maccabiah Games, Israel, 1969
Television commentator with CBS, NBC, HBO at U.S. Open & Wimbledon, 1973-1978
B.A.'66 Stanford University; J.D.'81 UCLA Law School; Law Review editor; Law School Graduate of the Year; UCLA Graduate Woman of the Year
Winner of USTA Service Bowl 1975
Inducted into the Stanford University Athletic Hall of Fame, 1978
Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1989

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Julie Heldman ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Julie Heldman; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Searches on eBay