She has founded the Zina Garrison Foundation for the Homeless and the Zina Garrison All-Court Tennis Program located in Houston, Texas to foster tennis amongst inner-city populations who might otherwise not have access to the sport. She finished the next year ranked the number four female player in the world.Īfter retiring in 1997 she stayed involved with tennis working as a television commentator as well as serving on the United States President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. At the 1988 Olympic games in Seoul, South Korea she won the bronze medal in women’s singles and the gold medal in women’s doubles (with Pam Shriver). Garrison was the runner-up in singles at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, a three-time major mixed doubles champion, and an Olympic gold and bronze medalist from the women's doubles and singles events, respectively, at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Garrison was the runner-up in singles at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, a three-time major mixed doubles champion, and an Olympic gold and bronze medalist from the womens doubles and singles events, respectively, at the 1988 Seoul.
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In 1982 she went professional, her first event being the French Open. Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked number one in the world amongst female junior tennis players. At age 18 she won the US Open juniors tournament as well as the Wimbledon junior title. Now at 263 pounds, she will be competing on 'The Biggest Loser,' which premieres Thursday night. Exploding onto the tennis scene at age 12, Zina Garrison within two years had secured herself as one of the most promising up and coming tennis players. Zina Garrison says she always had a different body type from other elite tennis players.
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