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Jo Durie (born July 27, 1960, in Bristol, England) is a former professional
tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she won two Grand
Slam mixed doubles titles.
Durie turned professional in 1978. As a singles player, she
reached the semi-finals at both the French Open and the US Open in 1983.
She was also a quarter-finalist at the Australian Open in 1983 and at Wimbledon
in 1984. She won two top-level singles titles (both in 1983) at Mahwah, New
Jersey and Sydney. Her career-high singles ranking was World No. 5.
Partnering her fellow British player Jeremy Bates, Durie
won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1987 and the Australian Open
in 1991. She also won four women's doubles titles during her career.
Durie was ranked the No. 1 British player for most of her
career. She won the British national singles titles six times and the national
doubles title eight times.
After retiring from the professional tour in 1995, Durie
has worked as a TV tennis commentator and currently coaches the current British
No. 1, Elena Baltacha
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