Sharon Walsh Pete

American Born 1952 174 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs Virginia Wade (15)vs Wendy Turnbull (11)vs Evonne Goolagong (11)vs Chris Evert (10)vs Mima Jausovec (10)vs Martina Navratilova (9)

Match log

1988

WimbledonGrass, June
R128LNathalie Herreman2-6 2-6
Eastbourne, qualifyingGrass, June
Q1LDianne Van Rensburg4-6 1-6
BirminghamGrass, June
R64LEva Krapl5-7 6-2 4-6
Key BiscayneHard, March
R128LRaffaella Reggi Concato1-6 3-6
Australian OpenHard, January
R128LCammy Macgregor0-6 0-6
SydneyGrass, January
R64LHester Witvoet3-6 1-6

1987

BrisbaneGrass, December
R64LJill Hetherington3-6 6-4 2-6
WorcesterCarpet, November
R32LMareen Louie Harper3-6 6-4 1-6
US OpenHard, September
R128LSilke Meier5-7 3-6
Los AngelesHard, August
R64LRosalyn Fairbank4-6 1-6
San DiegoHard, August
R32LRaffaella Reggi Concato2-6 3-6
R64WAnnabel Croft5-7 6-4 6-1
WimbledonGrass, June
R32LJana Novotna2-6 6-4 4-6
R64WWendy Turnbull6-4 6-4
R128WNathalie Herreman6-3 3-6 6-4
EastbourneGrass, June
R64LChris Evert2-6 1-6
Q2WCynthia Macgregor6-2 6-0
Q1WDenise Parnell6-2 6-1
BirminghamGrass, June
R16LCarling Bassett Seguso7-6 6-7 1-6
R32WAnn Henricksson7-5 7-6
R64WPam Casale6-4 6-7 11-9
Roland GarrosClay, May
R128LAngelika Kanellopoulou2-6 3-6
SingaporeHard, April
R32LMichelle Jaggard Lai2-6 3-6
TaipeiCarpet, April
R16LHeather Ludloff1-6 2-6
R32WCarina Karlsson6-1 7-5
Tokyo Japan OpenHard, April
R16LKumiko Okamoto3-6 4-6
R32WAnne Hobbs6-2 2-6 7-5
Washington, qualifyingCarpet, March
Q1LLouise AllenW/O
PhoenixHard, March
SFLDianne Fromholtz5-7 5-7
QFWAnn Henricksson7-6 6-3
R16WCarina Karlsson7-5 6-4
R32WVicki Nelson6-4 6-3
R64WJulie Richardson6-3 6-3
Key Biscayne, qualifyingHard, February
Q2LEmilse Raponi Longo6-1 3-6 2-6
Q1WCarin Bakkum7-6 7-6
Australian OpenGrass, January
R128LJudith Wiesner2-6 4-6
SydneyGrass, January
R64LJanine Tremelling4-6 5-7
Q2WChristiane Jolissaint7-6 6-7 6-4
Q1WChristina Singer6-3 6-2

1986

BrisbaneGrass, December
R64LMarie Christine Calleja6-7 6-7
Q2WMarianne Van Der Torre6-1 7-5
Q1WColleen Carney6-0 6-4
SingaporeHard, October
R16LPatricia Hy Boulais3-6 5-7
R32WVicki Nelson4-6 6-3 6-1
Tokyo Japan OpenHard, October
R16LEtsuko Inoue1-6 3-6
R32WAmanda Tobin6-2 6-1
Q3WKim Steinmetz6-4 6-4
Q2WBelinda Cordwell1-6 6-3 6-3
Q1WYoka Hirota6-2 6-3
Taipei, qualifyingCarpet, October
Q2LMonica Lundqvist4-6 1-6
Q1WSu More Lin6-0 6-0

Sharon Walsh Pete

Sharon Walsh arrived at the 1979 Australian Open as the fourth seed and left with the biggest result of her singles career: a runner-up finish to fellow American Barbara Jordan, 6-3, 6-3, in the tournament's first all-American final. It capped a career that ran from 1969 to 1990 and peaked at world No. 22 in February 1982.

Doubles carried her further. Walsh reached the 1982 US Open final with Barbara Potter, losing to Rosemary Casals and Wendy Turnbull 6-4, 6-4, and added major semifinals at the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon across the early 1980s on the way to 23 WTA doubles titles. Add in 9 career titles from the singles ledger, and it was doubles that defined her. She married in 1985 and continued as Sharon Walsh-Pete, later settling into coaching in Colorado Springs.