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Status: Â Former WTA tennis player. Won two WTA singles titles and three doubles titles. Reached a career high ranking of No. 8 in singles in 1985.

DOB: October 9, 1967 Â In: Toronto, Ontario

First Tennis Memory: Â “Probably in the backyard of my home on the bridal path with a gentleman – I don’t remember his name – who was hired to give us a lesson. And the only reason I went to the lesson Â was because he had an apple pie [smiles]. (How old were you?) Seven.”

Tennis Inspirations: Â “I had no heroes. I was sent away from home at just turning eleven. I didn’t even know who Chris Evert was, or Martina Navratilova or anybody. Never studied tennis. Never followed it.”

Greatest Career Moment: Â “The semifinals of the US Open. I think it might have been 1986 (actually 1984). Beating Hana Mandlikova. And my dad (John F. Bassett) was sitting in the box. And he was sitting with, of all people, (Donald) Trump, who I can’t stand [smiles]. I loved the US Open. I love New York. I was just so happy.”

Most Painful Moment: Â “Interesting… I don’t even know. I’ve had moments of a lot of painful things. I don’t think that I have one that stands out more than any of the others.”

Favorite Tournament(s): Â “Loved the US Open. I loved the French Open. I had a lot of fun at the Australian Open. I love to travel. Oh, I loved the Canadian Open too. I was so fortunate to always have the press behind me. And that’s a big thing when you’re not a part of their country. But I have to say Wimbledon is my favorite.”

Funny Tennis Memory: Â “Well, I used to travel with Jimmy Connors a little bit and his group of boys. Jimmy…and Yannick Noah is great. Because I was kind of like the girl that was in the boy’s group or something. Without being a threat because I was never one to sleep with anybody or do anything bad.”

Closest Tennis Friends: Â “Gosh, I have a lot of them now. Because I’ve been re-grouping through Facebook. And you really do find who your real friends are.”

Strangest Match: Â “I never had anything really strange. When I hear about Monica Seles or Steffi Graf or stuff like that. Nothing strange happened to me. Nothing unusual happened. Even if it did I probably wouldn’t have even noticed because I’m oblivious to things like that. Something could happen right over there and I’d be like, Oh, okay, did that happen? (Like Robert Duvall on the beach in the movie Apocalypse Now?) Exactly. That’s one of my favorite movies. Is that the best movie [smiles]? I love film. I write film.”

Favorite Movies: Â “So many of them. Scarface is one them. Apocalypse Now. I like horror. Wolf Of Wall Street. Gone With The Wind. I could just go on and one with the movies.”

Embarrassing Tennis Memory: Â “I’m never embarrassed [smiles]. (Double-bageled ever?) I don’t care. I tried my hardest (did lost to Monica Seles 60 60 once).”

Fiercest Competitors Encountered: Â “You mean on a manipulation too? On the outside? Chris Evert by far. Not a good person.”

Favorite Sport(s) Outside Tennis: Â “Horseback riding. Like, jumping, high endurance riding. And I just got into it because I wasn’t asked to do it. But I love everything. Hockey. I like team sports. And I like anything that’s animal-oriented with a sport.”

Three Athletes You Like To Watch & Follow: Â “Stefan Kozlov (who we both just watched win a doubles match at Sarasota Open with Canadian Peter Polansky against Leander Paes and Andre Sa). I think he has huge potential. Michael Jordan was Â great. Tiger Woods Â was too till he fell apart. And I can understand his whole deal with his dad. I like to see people achieve – especially in individual sports. It’s so difficult. And I have such respect for all of them. I do my research and I love the stories.”

Best You Ever Felt On The Court: Â “I would say honestly I would have been top three in the world if I didn’t come down with the addiction of bulimia. A hundred percent. And I would quote that a thousand times over. The first pro tournament that I played after I won the Orange Bowl at fifteen, I went through four top ten players after going through qualifying. And then I got stuck into that disease. And I still maintained number eight in the world. How I did that I don’t know. (Do you remember which four top ten players you beat?) Bettina Bunge, Kathy Rinaldi, Â and I played Chris Evert in the finals. I was ahead 4-2 and 30-love and I lost. …And the third player was…Virginia Ruzici was the third. (Oh, I just interviewed her in Miami.) Oh, how is she doing? Loved her. She’s a good spirit. I haven’t seen her in years but I felt that.”

People Qualities Most Admired: Â “Good heart. I’m very good at reading people. If you have a good heart. And being nice. I like optimism. I stay away from negativity. I’m all for competing but once it’s done, congratulations everyone, then go from there. Good heart… I think it’s a lost quality in this day and age.”

Career Accomplishments: Â Winner of two WTA singles titles (Hershey in 1983, Strasbourg in 1987); Winner of three WTA doubles titles; Achieved a career high singles ranking of no. 8 in the world in 1985; Reached the semifinals of US Open, quarterfinals of the French Open twice and once at Australian Open, fourth round at Wimbledon twice; Worked as a model for Ford Modeling Agency; Inducted into Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in 2007; Married to former ATP No. 1 doubles player Roberto Seguso and they have five children.

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