Alysia May

Alysia May (born January 31, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Alysia May
Full nameAlysia May
Country (sports) United States
Born (1971-01-31) January 31, 1971
Prize money$65,313
Singles
Career record40–46
Highest rankingNo. 160 (January 27, 1992)
Doubles
Career record46–39
Career titles1 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 58 (August 12, 1991)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (1991)
French Open2R (1992)
Wimbledon2R (1991)
US Open1R (1991)

Biography

May, who grew up in California, is the daughter of the late David May II, who was an heir to the May Department Stores Co retail giant. The company, acquired by Macy's in 2005, was founded by Alysia's great grandfather, German born businessman David May.[1] Her maternal step-grandfather was Hollywood director Mervyn LeRoy.[2] She is a younger sister of tennis player Kathy May and has another sister Anita, as well as four half-sisters and two adopted brothers.[3] She is also the aunt of ATP pro Taylor Fritz.

After attending Westlake High School in Los Angeles, May was recruited by the UCLA Bruins to play collegiate tennis, then in 1990 turned professional.[4]

In the early 1990s she competed on the professional tour, most prominently as a doubles player, reaching a top ranking of 58 in the world. She featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at all four grand slam tournaments and won one WTA title, at Schenectady in 1990 partnering Nana Miyagi.[5] As a singles player she was ranked as high as 160. At the 1991 Tokyo Indoor she won a match against Marianne Werdel.[6]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (1-0)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win August, 1990 Schenectady, U.S. Tier V Hard Nana Miyagi Linda Ferrando
Wiltrud Probst		 6–4, 5–7, 6–3
gollark: Here are some others.
gollark: Some exponential graphs.
gollark: Graphs of things like e^x, I assume.
gollark: See, you have to have the perfect balance of hating humans enough that it wants to spend its entire existence beating them at a mostly meaningless game, and being incompetent and underpowered enough that it won't become sentient and wipe out humanity.
gollark: I doubt it. Anyway, I'm busy working on the AI code.

References
  1. Folkart, Burt A. (April 23, 1992). "David May II; Scion Helped Family Store Chain Grow". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. Harwitt, Sandy (October 13, 2014). The Greatest Jewish Tennis Players of All Time. New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-1937559366.
  3. Magee, Jerry (May 16, 2006). "Nifty at 50". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. Dillman, Lisa (May 1, 1988). "UCLA Women's Coach Hopes to Turn It Around at the End of This Year". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Schenectady - 20 August - 25 August 1990". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. "Huber to meet Graf in Tokyo tennis". United Press International. January 29, 1991. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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