Linda Harvey Wild is a retired professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player from the United States.

Wild turned pro in 1989. In the first round of her first tournament as a pro, in February, 1990 in her hometown of Chicago, she defeated then fifth-ranked Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...

. During her career on the WTA Tour, she won 5 singles and 5 doubles titles. Her best Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

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 singles performance came at the 1996 US Open, where she reached the quarterfinals. Her best doubles result came at the 1996 Australian Open

1996 Australian Open

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, reaching the semifinals with Elizabeth Smylie

Elizabeth Smylie

Elizabeth Smylie is an Australian former tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985.She won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993....

. Wild was a member of the United States Fed Cup team

United States Fed Cup team

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 that won the 1996 Fed Cup

1996 Fed Cup

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 title. She reached career-high rankings of No. 23 (in September 1996) in singles and No. 17 (in July 1996) in doubles. She retired from the tour in 2000.

WTA Tour titles (10)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Tour Championship (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (8)
Tier IV (2)

Singles wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 26, 1993	San Juan Puerto Rico Open (tennis) The Puerto Rico Open is a defunct tennis tournament. The first edition dates back to 1971 but only from 1986 to 1993 was the tournament played every year. It was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico and was played on outdoor hard courts. In 1988, when Tier categories were first introduced on the WTA Tour,... , Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...	Hard	Ann Grossman Ann Grossman Ann Grossman-Wunderlich is a former professional tennis player .Grossman was born in the USA on October 13, 1970, and competed on the WTA tour for over a decade from 1987 to 1998. She twice reached the 4th round in the French Open and once at the US Open and was ranked as high as 29 in singles and...	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2.	September 27, 1993	Sapporo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Irina Spîrlea Irina Spîrlea Irina Spîrlea is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on October 13, 1997, when she became number 7 in the world...	6–4, 6–3
3.	September 11, 1995	Nagoya WTA Nagoya This is a defunct tennis tournament on the WTA Tour that was held just once, in 1995. It was held in Nagoya, Japan from September 12 to September 17 and was a Tier IV event. The official name of the tournament was the TVA Ladies Open.-Singles:-Doubles:... , Japan	Carpet (i)	Sandra Kleinová Sandra Kleinová Sandra Kleinová is a professional Czech tennis player.Kleinová's highest WTA singles ranking is 41st, which she reached on January 5, 1998. Her career high in doubles was at 209 set at June 12, 2000. She was part of the Czech Republic Fed Cup team in 1997 and 2002...	6–4, 6–2
4.	September 25, 1995	Beijing China Open (tennis) The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in... , China	Hard	Wang Shi-ting Wang Shi-ting Wang Shi-ting is a retired professional tennis player from Republic of China . Wang turned pro in 1991. During her career, she won 6 singles on the WTA Tour. She played 49 times over 11 years for the Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team, earning a 51-25 overall record and setting many team records. She...	7–5, 6–2
5.	April 8, 1996	Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...	Hard	Yayuk Basuki Yayuk Basuki Yayuk Basuki is a professional tennis player from Indonesia. She is the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia, having reached #19 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings in October 1997...	walkover Walkover In British English, a walkover or W.O. is the awarding of a victory to a contestant because there are no other contestants, or because the other contestants have been disqualified or have forfeited. The term can apply in sport, but can also apply to elections...

Singles runners-up (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	June 15, 1992	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Lori McNeil Lori McNeil Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison...	6–4, 6–4
2.	November 9, 1992	Indianapolis, USA	Hard (i)	Helena Suková Helena Suková Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...	6–4, 6–3
3.	October 4, 1993	Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...	Hard	Wang Shi-ting Wang Shi-ting Wang Shi-ting is a retired professional tennis player from Republic of China . Wang turned pro in 1991. During her career, she won 6 singles on the WTA Tour. She played 49 times over 11 years for the Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team, earning a 51-25 overall record and setting many team records. She...	6–1, 7–6(4)
4.	June 13, 1994	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Meredith McGrath Meredith McGrath Meredith McGrath is a former professional tennis player. She was born on April 28, 1971 in Midland, Michigan, USA and made her debut on the Women's Tennis Association tour in 1988. She won three singles titles in a ten year career, at Oklahoma City and Eastbourne in 1994 and Birmingham in 1996. ...	6–2, 6–4

Doubles titles (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	January 10, 1994	Hobart Moorilla Hobart International The Hobart International is a women's professional tennis tournament held at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia. Held since 1994, it forms a part of the Women's Tennis Association Tour and is classed as an International tournament... , Australia	Hard	Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin is an American tennis player. Winning seven WTA Tour singles titles, she reached her highest ranking World No. 6 on April 8, 1996, after reaching semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open. Rubin is also former World No...	Jenny Byrne Jenny Byrne Jenny Byrne is a former professional tennis player from Australia who turned professional in 1987 and retired from the tour in 1997. Her career-high world rankings were World No. 45 in singles and World No. 27 in doubles...   Rachel McQuillan Rachel McQuillan Rachel McQuillan is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She won 5 WTA Tour doubles titles, as well as 14 singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the 1995 and 1998 French Opens and at the 1996 US Open, each time...	7–5, 4–6, 7–6(1)
2.	May 9, 1994	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...	Kristie Boogert Kristie Boogert Kristie Boogert was a professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 5 February 1996 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 29....   Laura Golarsa Laura Golarsa Laura Golarsa is a former professional tennis player .Golarsa was born in Milan, Italy on 27 November 1967 and played on the WTA tour from 1985 to 2001. She did not win any senior titles but did reach the quarter finals of Wimbledon in 1989...	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
3.	May 8, 1995	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin is an American tennis player. Winning seven WTA Tour singles titles, she reached her highest ranking World No. 6 on April 8, 1996, after reaching semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open. Rubin is also former World No...	Maria Lindström   Maria Strandlund Maria Strandlund Maria Strandlund is a former Swedish international tennis player. She competed in the Fed Cup a number of times, from 1988 to 2000.- References :...	6–7(3), 6–3, 6–2
4.	September 25, 1995	Beijing China Open (tennis) The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in... , China	Hard	Claudia Porwik Claudia Porwik Claudia Porwik is a former professional tennis player. She was born on 14 November 1968 in Coburg, West Germany and played on the WTA tour from 1986 to 1996...	Wang Shi-ting Wang Shi-ting Wang Shi-ting is a retired professional tennis player from Republic of China . Wang turned pro in 1991. During her career, she won 6 singles on the WTA Tour. She played 49 times over 11 years for the Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team, earning a 51-25 overall record and setting many team records. She...   Stephanie Rottier Stephanie Rottier Stephanie Rottier is a former professional Dutch tennis player.-Results:Rottier reached the second round of the 1994 French Open. She reached the final of the WTA singles tournament in Tokio in 1995, losing to Kimiko Date 6-3, 6-1...	6–1, 6–0
5.	June 10, 1996	Birmingham DFS Classic The AEGON Classic, formerly known as the DFS Classic, is an International series tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts... , UK	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie is an Australian former tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985.She won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993....	Lori McNeil Lori McNeil Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison...   Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....	6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles runners-up (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	March 2, 1992	Boca Raton Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... , USA	Hard	Conchita Martínez Conchita Martínez Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...	Larisa Neiland Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983...   Natasha Zvereva Natasha Zvereva Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...	6–2, 6–2
2.	September 20, 1993	Tokyo (Nichirei), Japan	Hard	Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...	Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles...   Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin is an American tennis player. Winning seven WTA Tour singles titles, she reached her highest ranking World No. 6 on April 8, 1996, after reaching semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open. Rubin is also former World No...	6–4, 6–1
3.	October 31, 1994	Quebec City Bell Challenge The Bell Challenge is a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada since 1993. The tournament is played on indoor hardcourts.... , Canada	Carpet (i)	Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin is an American tennis player. Winning seven WTA Tour singles titles, she reached her highest ranking World No. 6 on April 8, 1996, after reaching semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open. Rubin is also former World No...	Elna Reinach Elna Reinach Elna Reinach is a South African former pro tennis player.With Patrick Galbraith, she won the US Open mixed doubles championship in 1994. She played in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she lost in the first round to Jennifer Capriati. Reinach was runner-up at the French Open with Danie Visser in 1993...   Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....	6–4, 6–3
4.	February 27, 1995	San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...	Hard	Laura Golarsa Laura Golarsa Laura Golarsa is a former professional tennis player .Golarsa was born in Milan, Italy on 27 November 1967 and played on the WTA tour from 1985 to 2001. She did not win any senior titles but did reach the quarter finals of Wimbledon in 1989...	Karin Kschwendt Karin Kschwendt Karin Kschwendt is a former professional tennis player who represented Austria, Germany and Luxembourg at various points in her career. She reached her career high ranking of world No. 37 on August 12, 1996. In doubles, she went as high as No...   Rene Simpson Rene Simpson Rene Simpson Collins is a former Canadian tennis player , who reached a WTA ranking of 70 in 1989 , after a succeessful NCAA career for Texas Christian University.Her world doubles ranking peaked at No...	6–2, 0–6, 6–4
5.	September 18, 1995	Tokyo (Nichirei), Japan	Hard	Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...	Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...   Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player...	6–3, 6–2
6.	June 9, 1997	Birmingham DFS Classic The AEGON Classic, formerly known as the DFS Classic, is an International series tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts... , UK	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....	Katrina Adams Katrina Adams Katrina Adams is a former professional United States tennis player from Chicago. Her highest singles ranking was 67 on May 8, 1989.-Early life:Adams joined a tennis program in West Side, Chicago when she was six years old...   Larisa Neiland Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983...	6–2, 6–3

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