This year I watched Serena Williams win the semi-finals at the Bank of the West Classic, a women's tennis competition at Stanford. Afterwards I waited in line for two hours and got four of the best women's tennis players to sign my tennis ball. Along with my own signature, this ball is one of a kind.
Isabelle Keilana Rugg
Age: 9
Height: 4' 11''
Weight: 71 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Isabelle goes to Audubon Elementary School in Foster City. She plays softball, tennis, volleyball, and is working towards her black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Hopefully she will get it early next year. She is tall for her age, a lefty, and willing to put in the work to become good at all of these sports.
Serena Jameka Williams
Age: 32
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 150 lbs
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Serena is currently No. 1 in women's singles tennis. She is the only tennis player to have won over 50 million bucks in prize money. She also has a line of clothing with Nike (worth $40 million) and has her own line of designer clothing called "Aneres" as well as a line of handbags and jewelry.
Mary Joe Fernández Godsick
Age: 42
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 140 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Mary Joe won two Gold Medals and one Bronze Medal in the Olympics. One of the Gold Medals for doubles and the Bronze for singles was during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the same year that Isabelle's Tae Kwon Do instructor (Master Herb Perez) won his Gold Medal. She is a tennis commentator for ESPN and has coached the U.S. Fed Cup and U.S. Olympic tennis teams.
Pamela Howard Shriver
Age: 52
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 160 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Pam placed second at the 1978 US Open as a 16-year-old amateur (losing to Chris Evert). She is known more for playing doubles where she once had a 109 match winning streak between 1983 and 1985. She retired in 1996 and has been doing commentary for ABC, CBS, and ESPN.
Christine Marie Evert
Age: 59
Height: 5' 6''
Weight: 126 lbs
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color:
Chris was the No. 1 women's singles tennis player for most of 1974-1981. She has the highest winning percentage of singles matches at just under 90%. On clay courts it is just under 95%. She runs a tennis academy, coaches a high school tennis team, writes for Tennis magazine, and is a tennis commentator for ESPN.
Height: 5' 6''
Weight: 126 lbs
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color:
Chris was the No. 1 women's singles tennis player for most of 1974-1981. She has the highest winning percentage of singles matches at just under 90%. On clay courts it is just under 95%. She runs a tennis academy, coaches a high school tennis team, writes for Tennis magazine, and is a tennis commentator for ESPN.
