Debbie Graham
US tennis player

Debbie Graham

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25 August 1970(Walnut Creek)
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Debbie Graham or Debbie Graham Shaffer (born August 25, 1970) is a retired women's tennis player from the United States. She was awarded the WTA award for the "Most Impressive Newcomer" in 1992. She was a "High Performance Coach" for women with the USTA at the USTA Training Center in Carson, California.
She is the Director of Little Aces Tennis, where she is teaching children to play tennis with low compression balls, smaller rackets, and smaller nets.
She played college tennis for Stanford University. She was inducted into the Stanford Hall of Fame in 1997 for winning NCAAA singles her sophomore year and only losing one match on an undefeated team.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 1

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 0
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. May 2, 1993 Taranto, Italy Clay Netherlands Brenda Schultz 6–7, 2–6

Doubles 9 (5–4)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 4
Titles by Surface
Hard 1
Clay 3
Grass 0
Carpet 1
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. July 30, 1989 Schenectady, New York, USA Hard United States Sandra Birch Australia Michelle Jaggard
United States Hu Na
3–6, 2–6
Winner 1. May 2, 1993 Taranto, Italy Clay Netherlands Brenda Schultz Czech Republic Petra Langrová
Argentina Mercedes Paz
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 2. May 16, 1993 Berlin, Germany Clay Netherlands Brenda Schultz United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natalia Zvereva
1–6, 3–6
Winner 2. August 1, 1993 San Juan, Puerto Rico Hard United States Ann Grossman United States Gigi Fernández
Australia Rennae Stubbs
5–7, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up 3. September 19, 1993 Hong Kong Hard United States Marianne Werdel Germany Karin Kschwendt
Australia Rachel McQuillan
6–1, 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up 4. February 25, 1996 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Hard United States Katrina Adams United States Chanda Rubin
Netherlands Brenda Schultz
4–6, 3–6
Winner 3. May 12, 1996 Budapest, Hungary Clay United States Katrina Adams Czech Republic Radka Bobková
Czech Republic Eva Melicharová
6–3, 7–6
Winner 4. October 27, 1996 Québec, Canada Carpet Netherlands Brenda Schultz United States Amy Frazier
United States Kimberly Po
6–1, 6–4
Winner 5. May 18, 1997 Cardiff, Wales Clay Australia Kerry-Anne Guse United Kingdom Julie Pullin
United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe
6–3, 6–4