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Ilana Kloss Biography, Age, Height, Husband, Net Worth, Family

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Ilana Kloss is a former professional tennis player and current commissioner of World TeamTennis. She was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and began playing tennis at the age of nine. She won the South African Junior Championships in 1973 and 1974, and was ranked as high as No. 8 in the world in singles and No. 4 in doubles. Kloss turned professional in 1975 and won her first professional tournament in 1976. She won a total of nine singles titles and seven doubles titles during her career. She was a member of the South African Fed Cup team from 1975 to 1981, and was a member of the South African Olympic team in 1976. Kloss retired from professional tennis in 1984 and began coaching. She coached Martina Navratilova from 1986 to 1991, and was the captain of the United States Fed Cup team from 1994 to 1996. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003. Kloss has been the commissioner of World TeamTennis since 2004. She is also the founder and CEO of the Ilana Kloss Tennis Academy, which provides tennis instruction and mentoring to young players. Kloss is married to former professional tennis player and coach Tom Gullikson. They have two children.

Popular AsIlana Sheryl Kloss
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Age67 years old
Zodiac SignAries
Born22 March, 1956
Birthday22 March
BirthplaceJohannesburg, South Africa
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Timeline

Kloss is the partner of Billie Jean King, the US tennis player. The two of them became minority owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team in September 2018.

Kloss, who is Jewish, was inducted into the US National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. She was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.

In 1999, Kloss won the US Open doubles and mixed doubles championship on the 35-and-over tour.

Kloss was ranked No. 1 in the world in doubles and No. 19 in singles in 1976. That year, she won doubles titles at the US Open, the Italian Open, the US Clay Courts, the German Open, the British Hard Courts Championship, and Hilton Head, as well as the mixed doubles title at the French Open. Linky Boshoff was her most frequent doubles partner. In 1977 she won the Canadian and German championships and the British clay court championship.

In 1974, she won US Open juniors singles title. She was the youngest No. 1 player in South African history. In 1973, she won the title in Cincinnati with Pat Walkden, defeating Evonne Goolagong and Janet Young in the final.

Kloss joined the San Francisco Golden Gaters WTT team in 1974, and reached the WTT Finals with the team in 1975. She left the Golden Gaters prior to the 1976 season to team in order to fully participate in clay-court tournaments in Europe which conflicted with the WTT schedule. Kloss returned to the Golden Gaters for the 1978 season. In 1983, she coached the Chicago Fyre to a WTT Championship and was named Coach of the Year. In 1985, Kloss was a player and coach for the Miami Beach Breakers, and became vice-president of WTT in 1987 and executive director in 1991. Since 2001, she has been the chief executive officer and commissioner of World Team Tennis.

From 1973 until 1977, Kloss was a member of the South African team that competed in the Federation Cup. She compiled a 12–5 win/loss record.

Before turning professional, she won the juniors singles title at Wimbledon in 1972. She won the SA doubles title with Linky Boshoff in 1973, 1975, and 1977. She also played in the Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning gold medals in both the women’s doubles and the mixed doubles in the 1973 Maccabiah Games, and winning a silver medal in mixed doubles in the 1977 Maccabiah Games.

Ilana Sheryl Kloss (born 22 March 1956) is a former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and commissioner of World TeamTennis, since 2001. She was the World's No. 1 ranked doubles player in 1976, World No. 19 in singles in 1979.