Sara Gomer

Sara Gomer
Full name Sara Louise Gomer
Country (sports)  United Kingdom
Born (1964-05-13) 13 May 1964
Torquay, Devon, England
Retired 1992
Singles
Career record 153–163
Career titles 1 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking No. 46 (26 September 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (1985)
French Open 2R (1987, 1989, 1992)
Wimbledon 2R (1985–86, 1988–90)
US Open 3R (1991)
Doubles
Career record 28–80
Career titles 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 149 (21 December 1986)

Sara Louise Gomer (born 13 May 1964) is a former tennis player from Great Britain.

A left-hander,[1] Gomer competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There she was eliminated in the second round by Larisa Neiland from the Soviet Union.

She won two singles titles on the ITF Circuit, and reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 26 September 1988, when she became the number 46 of the world. Gomer won one WTA singles title, the 1988 Northern California Open. She became the last British WTA titlist until Heather Watson won 2012 HP Open.

She also participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

She played in four editions of the Wightman Cup, playing five singles and four doubles matches, which were all losses, from 1986 to 1989.[2]

When Gomer lost in the first round of the 1985 U.S. Open, her opponent, Mary Joe Fernández, aged 14 years and 8 days, became the youngest player to win a main draw match at any U.S. Open.[3]

Gomer retired from competitive tennis in 1992. Soon afterwards she married John Palombo, an IT expert. They have three children. She now only plays tennis occasionally.[4]

WTA Tour finals

Singles (1 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Virginia Slims (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)
Tier IV & V (1/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 31 July 1988 Aptos, USA Hard United States Robin White 6–4, 7–5

References

  1. "For Tim and Andy it all started at the Torbay Open!". This is Devon. Northcliffe Media. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  2. "Wightman Cup Results Match Breakdown publisher =Website Baker". Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  3. "Sara Events in History". BrainyHistory. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  4. Simon Briggs, The Daily Telegraph, 15 Oct 2012, Online

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