Ilana Kloss
Ilana Sheryl Kloss ( born March 22, 1956 in Johannesburg ) is a former South African tennis player, and chairman of the Tennis World Team Tennis league.
Career
Before Kloss played on the professional tour tennis, she won the 1972 girls singles at the Wimbledon Championships and 1974 followed the first in a single of the U.S. Open juniors. She was also the youngest player to the country's number -one was in South Africa. In 1976 she took first place in the double world rankings. This year, she won the doubles title at the U.S. Open with her compatriot Boshoff Delina. They beat in the final Olga Morozova and Virginia Wade in straight sets 6-1, 6-4. This was followed by tournament wins at the Italian Open, the U.S. Clay Courts, the German Open, the British Hard Courts Championships in Hilton Head and the Mixed titles with the Australian Kim Warwick at the French Open. Most double achievements came with her doubles partner Boshoff Delina. After her retirement from the WTA Tour, she participated in the Over -35 Tournament Series, winning in 1999 in the doubles and mixed competition of the U.S. Open.
After her playing career took Ilana Kloss 2001 as CEO of the Tennis World Team Tennis league. Kloss was 2006, the Jewish faith is received in the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.