Amanda Fink

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Amanda Fink
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Tarzana, California
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Retired2013
Prize money$56,351
Singles
Career record114–92
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 260 (November 21, 2011)
Doubles
Career record58–62
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 228 (September 27, 2010)

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Amanda Michelle Fink (born December 4, 1986) is a retired American tennis player. She ranked No. 1 in the US in Under-16s. In 2006, she was the number-one ranked college freshman, and in 2008 she finished the season as the U.S. No. 5 ranked collegiate player. On November 21, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 260, while her best doubles ranking was 228 on September 27, 2010.

Early life

Fink was born in Tarzana, California, the daughter of Howard and Laurie Fink, and is Jewish.[1][2] She has one sister, Jamie.[1]

Tennis career

Fink attended Calabasas High School (class of 2005).[1] She was named California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) MVP in doubles in 2002 and singles MVP in 2003, 2004, and 2005, named Ventura County Star All-Area Player of the Year in 2003, and an All-American in 2004 and 2005.[1] She placed third in the 2002 Clay Court Nationals, and won the 2005 Hawaii National Open.[1] She ranked No. 1 in the US in under-16s, and No. 2 in the under-18s.[1]

In college at the University of Southern California, where Fink majored in psychology, she was a four-time college All-American and four-time Pac-10 selection in both tennis singles and doubles.[3]

Fink was the No. 1 ranked college freshman, and the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year.[3][4] In her freshman year in 2006 Fink was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Rookie of the Year and ended the year ranked No. 8.[3] She won the ITA Western Regional Championship.[3]

In 2008, she was named an ITA All-American for singles and doubles, All-Pac-10 First Team, and Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention.[3] Fink finished the season as the U.S. No. 5 ranked collegiate player.[3] Fink won the Freeman Memorial Singles Championship.[3] In doubles, teamed up with Gabriela Niculescu, she won the 2008 Pac-10 Doubles Championship, won the ITA West Regional doubles title, and finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation.[3]

In 2015, she was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Jul 2008 ITF Allentown, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Milagros Sequera 2–6, 0–6
Win 2. Jul 2008 ITF Atlanta, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Svetlana Krivencheva 6–3, 6–2
Loss 3. Mar 2011 ITF Metepec, Mexico Hard Template:Flagicon Teliana Pereira 4–6, 4–6
Loss 4. Jul 2011 ITF Lexington, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Chiara Scholl 1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 7 (3 title, 4 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1 19 July 2009 Atlanta, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Yasmin Schnack Template:Flagicon Kaitlyn Christian
Template:Flagicon Lindsey Nelson 		5–7, 6–7(2)
Winner 2 23 November 2009 Puebla, Mexico Hard Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Lumpkin Template:Flagicon Florencia Molinero
Template:Flagicon Maria Fernanda Alves 		6–4, 6–7(6), [10–8]
Winner 3 12 December 2009 Xalapa, Mexico Hard Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Lumpkin Template:Flagicon Vivian Segnini
Template:Flagicon Dominika Diešková 		5–7, 6–2, [15–13]
Runner-up 4 14 February 2010 Laguna Niguel, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Lumpkin Template:Flagicon Anastasia Pivovarova
Template:Flagicon Laura Siegemund 		2–6, 3–6
Winner 5 8 March 2010 Metepec, Mexico Clay Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Lumpkin Template:Flagicon Maria Fernanda Alves
Template:Flagicon Daniela Múñoz Gallegos 		6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Runner-up 6 7 August 2010 Vancouver, Canada Hard Template:Flagicon Irina Falconi Template:Flagicon Chang Kai-chen
Template:Flagicon Heidi El Tabakh 		6–3, 3–6, [4–10]
Runner-up 7 6 June 2011 El Paso, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Yasmin Schnack Template:Flagicon Alyona Sotnikova
Template:Flagicon Chiara Scholl 		5–7, 6–4, [8–10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Amanda Fink - Women's Tennis". USC Athletics.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marvin Glassman (August 20, 2010). "Israel's pro tennis hero - Dudi Sela". Jewish Independent.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AMANDA FINK; Tennis - 2015". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Female Tennis Pro of the Month - Amanda Fink - San Diego - California". TENNIS CLUB BUSINESS. April 2019.


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