Alice Tym later became a college tennis coach, tennis writer and university instructor.
10 Facts About Alice Tym
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Alice Tym as inducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013.
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Alice Tym attended Peoria High School and graduated as the salutatorian of her class in 1960.
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Alice Tym graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in English, with Phi Beta Kappa honors.
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Alice Tym played on the international tennis circuit from 1964 to 1970, and played in all four Grand Slam events.
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Alice Tym won tennis tournaments in Australia, Canada, Egypt, England, India, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco and New Zealand.
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Alice Tym became the head coach of the Yale Bulldogs women's tennis team at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 1978.
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Alice Tym returned to UT-Chattanooga in 1982 to become a faculty member in the geography department.
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Alice Tym has been named Coach of the Year by the United States Professional Tennis Association, has been inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Women's Hall of Fame, the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame, the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame, and the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great".
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Alice Tym was a writer for World Tennis magazine and a member of the United States Tennis Writers Association.