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Emily Harman
Harman in October 2011
Full nameEmily Jane Harman
Country (sports) United States
Born (1991-06-15) June 15, 1991 (age 33)
Winchester, Virginia
Retired2019
CollegeSyracuse University
CoachLuke Jensen
Prize money$20,159
Singles
Career record28–62
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 966 (October 15, 2012)
Doubles
Career record70–77
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 232 (November 4, 2013)

Emily Jane Harman (born June 15, 1991) is an American former professional tennis player.

Harman has won two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On October 15, 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 966. On November 4, 2013, she peaked at No. 232 in the doubles rankings.

Early life and college career

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Emily Harman is a native of Petersburg, West Virginia, and attended Petersburg High School.[1][2]

Harman was recruited to Syracuse University by Luke Jensen to play tennis for the Syracuse Orange for four years from 2009 to 2012.[1][3] At Syracuse, she was a Four-time Big East All-Academic Team selection and was named Academic All-American (Third Team), by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).[4][5]

Harmed joined the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in 2019, and is a staff member at Duke University School of Medicine.[3][6]

Career

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Harman made her WTA Tour debut at the 2012 Family Circle Cup, partnering Simone Kalhorn in doubles.[7] The pair lost their first-round match against Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Alla Kudryavtseva.[7] Later that year, Harman partnered Kalhorn again at the Texas Open, losing to the second seeds Irina-Camelia Begu and Alizé Cornet.[8]

As coach

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Harmen coached four seasons at the West Virginia University women’s tennis program as an assistant coach, from 2016 to 2019.[2] She left the job in 2019 to join medical school.[3]

ITF finals

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Doubles (2–4)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (1–2)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Jun 2010 Cleveland,
United States
Clay United States Eleanor Peters United States Sanaz Marand
United States Caitlin Whoriskey
4–6, 0–6
Loss Feb 2013 Surprise,
United States
Hard China Xu Yifan United States Samantha Crawford
United States Sachia Vickery
3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win Jun 2013 Buffalo,
United States
Clay United States Alexandra Mueller Japan Sachie Ishizu
United States Denise Starr
4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss Oct 2013 Macon,
United States
Hard United States Elizabeth Lumpkin United States Kristi Boxx
New Zealand Abigail Guthrie
6–3, 6–7(4), [4–10]
Loss Sep 2014 Hilton Head,
United States
Clay United States Madeleine Kobelt Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
United States Keri Wong
1–6, 6–7(5)
Win Jun 2015 Baton Rouge,
United States
Hard United States Samantha Crawford Australia Storm Sanders
South Africa Chanel Simmonds
7–6(4), 6–1

References

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  1. ^ a b Luse, Steve (April 24, 2008). "Petersburg's Harman going to Syracuse". The Cumberland Times-News. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Emily Harman - Tennis Coach". West Virginia University Athletics. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Crane, Andrew (April 29, 2019). "Former SU star Emily Harman plans to choose medical school over tennis". The Daily Orange. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  4. ^ "Harman Garners All-BIG EAST Laurels". Syracuse University Athletics. April 23, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  5. ^ "Emily Harman - Tennis". Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  6. ^ "Emily J. Harman, MD, MS | Duke Department of Orthopaedic Surgery". ortho.duke.edu. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "2012 Family Circle Cup" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  8. ^ "2012 Texas Tennis Open" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
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