Ronni Reis

Ronni Reis

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1966-05-10) May 10, 1966
College	University of Miami
Prize money	$157,628
Singles
Career record	73–62
Highest ranking	No. 78 (February 27, 1989)
Doubles
Career record	77–61
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 31 (August 1, 1988)
Medal record Maccabiah Games 1985 Israel Women's Singles 1985 Israel Women's Doubles 1985 Israel Mixed Doubles

Ronni Reis (sometimes spelled Ronnie Reis; also Ronni Reis-Bernstein) (born May 10, 1966) is an American former tennis player. Reis won three gold medals at the 1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel, the doubles bronze medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games, and the doubles gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games.

Reis played for the Miami Hurricanes at the University of Miami, where she won the NCAA doubles tournament in 1986 and was named the NCAA Senior Player of the Year in 1988.

Biography

She attended Miami Sunset High School in Miami, Florida. Reis won the 1984 Florida state singles championship while a senior in high school.

Reis won the gold medal, defeating American Jamie Golder, in the women's singles tennis event at the 1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel, when she was 19 years old. She also won the women's doubles (with Eileen Tell) and the mixed doubles at the 1985 Maccabiah Games. She won the doubles bronze medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games, and the doubles gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games.

She played collegiate tennis at the University of Miami, partnering with Lise Gregory to win the NCAA tournament in 1986; they finished the season 29-0. Reis was named All-American every year in which she played, in both singles and doubles, winning eight such honors in total. She was named by Tennis Magazine to its Collegiate All-Star team in 1986, 1987, and 1988 and was picked for the USTA Federation Cup team those years. She was the NCAA Senior Player of the Year in 1988.

Reis played two years on the pro circuit, and her highest ranking was 78th in singles (February 27, 1989) and 31st in doubles (August 1, 1988). She played in four WTA doubles finals.

She was the head women's tennis coach at Florida International University starting in 1997, and subsequently the head women's tennis coach at the University of Michigan.

In 2000, Reis was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 4 (2-1)

Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 1

Titles by surface Hard 1 Clay 0 Grass 0 Carpet 0

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Oct 1987	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Hard	Lise Gregory	Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor	7–5, 7–5
Win	2.	Jul 1988	Aptos, California, US	Hard	Lise Gregory	Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	6–3, 6–4
	3.	Oct 1989	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Hard	Cammy MacGregor	Gigi Fernández Robin White	Rained out
Loss	4.	Oct 1990	Scottsdale, Arizona, US	Hard	Sandy Collins	Elise Burgin Helen Kelesi	4–6, 2–6

External links

• Ronni Reis at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ronni Reis at the International Tennis Federation
• University of Miami women's tennis records