Rene Simpson

 ( 1966 Births ) 

Rene Simpson Collins (14 January 1966 – 17 October 2013) was a Canadian professional tennis player from Sarnia, Ontario. She reached a WTA singles ranking of 70 in 1989 and had a successful NCAA career for Texas Christian University.http://lettermens.tcu.edu/s/441/letterman_internal.aspxsid=441&gid=1&pgid=1908?

She was a member of the Canada Fed Cup team from 1988 to 1998, coach from 1998 to 2000, and captain from 2001 to 2010.

She was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in 2011.

Simpson died on 17 October 2013 after a year-long battle with brain cancer. She was 47.

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WTA career finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Loss	0–1		Brasil Open	Tier V	Hard	Mercedes Paz	5–7, 2–6

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Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Win	1–0		Taiwan Open	Tier V	Hard	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	Nancy Feber Alexandra Fusai	6–0, 7–6(12–10)
Win	2–0		Puerto Rico Open	Tier III	Hard	Karin Kschwendt	Laura Golarsa Linda Wild	6–2, 0–6, 6–4
Loss	2–1		VS of Houston, U.S.	Tier II	Clay	Wiltrud Probst	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–1		Zagreb Open, Croatia	Tier III	Clay	Mercedes Paz	Laura Golarsa Irina Spîrlea	7–5, 6–2

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ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

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Singles (4–1)

Loss	1.	23 July 1989	Fayetteville, United States	Hard	Kimberly Po	6-4, 3-6, 0-6
Win	2.	21 January 1990	Waco, United States	Hard	Jeri Ingram	6-7, 6-4, 6-4
Win	3.	11 October 1992	Leawood, United States	Hard	Caroline Kuhlman	7-6, 1-6, 6-3
Win	4.	13 June 1993	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Audra Keller	6-2, 4-6, 7-6
Win	5.	28 July 1996	Fayetteville, United States	Hard	Lilia Osterloh	6-4, 7-5

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Doubles (3–2)

Loss	1.	21 January 1990	Waco, United States	Hard	Tory Plunkett	Lindsay Bartlett Shelly Bartlett	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	17 February 1991	Key Biscayne, United States	Hard	Hellas ter Riet	Penny Barg Samantha Smith	5–7, 2–6
Win	3.	6 August 1995	Mississauga, Canada	Hard	Caroline Delisle	Kirstin Freye Anique Snijders	6–3, 6–2
Win	4.	28 July 1996	Fayetteville, United States	Hard	Sonya Jeyaseelan	Jane Chi Kelly Pace	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	5.	6 October 1996	Newport Beach, United States	Hard	Mercedes Paz	Erika deLone Nicole Pratt	6–3, 6–1

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