Zina Garrison

Zina Garrison is, for me, one of tennis's most quietly heroic figures. A product of Houston's public schools, she climbed all the way to world No. 4 and reached the 1990 Wimbledon final, plus Olympic gold in doubles at Seoul. Yet the singles Slam title that her talent deserved never quite came. There's something deeply moving about an athlete who got that close and kept fighting at the very edge of greatness. I'm often more drawn to those near-miss stories than to the champions themselves, because the weight you carry standing one step from the summit reveals real character.

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Name (English)

Zina Garrison

Name (Japanese)

ジーナ・ガリソン

Reading

じーな・がりそん

Born

November 16, 1963 (age 62)

Origin

Houston, Texas, United States

Height

164 cm

Occupation

tennis player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rabbit

High school

Sterling High School

Awards & achievements

• 1996 Texas Women's Hall of Fame
• 2002 Sarah Palfrey Danzig Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zina%20Garrison
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53546

Tags

• Texas
• tennis player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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