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Stephanie DeFina Johnson (born March 8, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American former amateur tennis player who was active in the 1960s and early 1970s. DeFina was included in the year-end top ten rankings issued by the United States Lawn Tennis Association from 1966 through 1968, reaching a career high ranking of seventh in 1967.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/Yearbook/23263_2008_USTA_Yearbook__Top_10_US_Womens_Rankings__page_4/ )〕 Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the fourth round of the 1967 Wimbledon Championships in which she lost to Ann Jones.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/players/cb999905-446b-4e96-9797-4493db5dee8b/index.html )〕 In 1966, she reached the final of the U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships before falling to Nancy Richey Gunter. In 1969, she was a doubles runner-up at the New England Women's Invitational Indoor Tennis Championships (teaming with Kathy Pigeon) and was the singles runner-up at the U.S. Indoor Championships. At the tournament in Cincinnati, DeFina won two singles titles: in 1963 (defeating Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz in the final) and 1965 (defeating Roberta Alison in the final). She also paired with Alison to win the Cincinnati doubles title in 1965. In 1968 DeFina was a member of the U.S. team that competed for the Wightman Cup, the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. She played the doubles match partnering Kathy Harter but lost to the sister team of Christine Truman Janes and Nell Truman. DeFina was a member of the 1974 World Team Tennis champion Denver Racquets. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephanie DeFina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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