Camille Benjamin
Appearance
Full name | Camille Benjamin-Schermerhorn |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Cleveland, Ohio | February 6, 1966
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $663,698 |
Singles | |
Career record | 262–298 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 27 (October 15, 1984) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1987, 1989) |
French Open | SF (1984) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1983, 1984) |
US Open | 3R (1985, 1986, 1989) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 147–246 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 72 (February 27, 1989) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1988) |
French Open | QF (1984) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1984) |
US Open | 3R (1991) |
Camille Benjamin (born June 22, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player.
Benjamin played on the WTA tour from 1981 to 1994. She reached the semifinals of the French Open in 1984, defeating Cláudia Monteiro, Jamie Golder, Catrin Jexell, Sabrina Goleš and Lisa Bonder before losing to Chris Evert.
Benjamin is the daughter of Panamanian immigrants. Her father, Carl Benjamin, was a math professor at Bakersfield College and had played college tennis at Central State College in Xenia, Ohio.
WTA Tour finals
[edit]Singles 2
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Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 0 |
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 1985 | Salt Lake City, Utah, US | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 1987 | San Juan, Puerto Rico, US | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 6–7 |
Doubles 3 (1–2)
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Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 1985 | Marco Island, Florida, US | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–1, 0–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Sep 1986 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, US | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–2 | Oct 1991 | San Juan, Puerto Rico, US | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
ITF titles
[edit]Singles (1)
[edit]No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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1. | July 20, 1987 | Schenectady, NY, USA | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
References
[edit]- Sundiata A. Djata. Blacks at the Net: Black Achievement in the History of Tennis Vol. 1, p. 78-79.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- African-American tennis players
- American female tennis players
- Sportspeople from Cleveland
- Tennis players from Ohio
- 1966 births
- Living people
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 20th-century African-American women