Susan Hagey
Full nameSusan Hagey Wall
Country (sports) United States
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon2R (1977)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open1R (1978)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonQF (1974)
US Open1R (1974)

Susan Hagey Wall is an American former professional tennis player.[note 1]

Biography

One of eight children, Hagey grew up in La Jolla, California and played college tennis for Stanford.

At Stanford, Susan Hagey was the programs first four-time All-American (1976-79). She teamed with Diane Morrison to capture AIAW Doubles titles in 1975 and '76, in which they were almost unbeatable during the three-year stretch. The duo nearly won a third national doubles championship in 1978, losing in the final to Cardinal teammates Barbara and Kathy Jordan. After three consecutive runner-up team finishes in the AIAW Championships, Hagey and Morrison helped Stanford win the crown in 1978.

In 1974, at age 16, Hagey was a mixed doubles quarter-finalist at played Centre Court at the 1974 Wimbledon Championships with Raúl Ramírez, beating the Czechoslovak pairing of Jan Kodeš and Martina Navratilova en route. In 1975, Hagey advanced to the Junior Wimbledon quarterfinals in singles and qualified for singles in the main Wimbledon draw in 1977.

In the 1979 Pan American Games, she captured gold medals in singles and doubles and won the New Zealand Open singles title in 1982.

From 1980-88, she was a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee serving as the tennis representative on the Athletes Advisory Council, and in 1985, she represented the U.S. at the International Olympic Academy meetings in Greece.

Hagey comes from a tennis family. Her father, Robert, was a top-ranked player and two siblings played at Stanford. Older brother, Chico, was a two-time All-American at Stanford, in 1972 and 1974, while sister, Cari, also played for Stanford and was part of the programs NCAA titles in 1986 and 1987 and was an All-American in 1988.

In 2019, Susan Hagey Wall was inducted into Stanford's Hall of Fame. She is the wife of noted attorney, Joe Wall (Stanford alum, class of 1981), and the mother of their six children.

Notes

  1. As of 2020, both the ATP and ITF websites list Hagey's nationality during her career as Belgian, but contemporary sources only mention her as an American. Her given birthdate is in 1952, yet she played Wimbledon juniors in 1975, so it is likely her record has been mixed up with another player.

References

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