1. Ilana Sheryl Kloss was born on 22 March 1956 and is a South African former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and administrator.
20 Facts About Ilana Kloss
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Ilana Kloss was the World's No 1 ranked doubles player in 1976, and World No 19 in singles in 1979.
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Ilana Kloss won the Wimbledon juniors singles title in 1972, the US Open juniors singles title in 1974, and the US Open Doubles and French Open Mixed Doubles titles in 1976.
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Ilana Kloss won three gold medals at the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
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Ilana Kloss won the SA doubles title with Linky Boshoff in 1973,1975, and 1977.
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Ilana Kloss played in the Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning gold medals in the singles, women's doubles, and the mixed doubles in the 1973 Maccabiah Games.
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Ilana Kloss won a silver medal in mixed doubles in the 1977 Maccabiah Games, losing to Peter Rennert and Stacy Margolin.
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Ilana Kloss was the youngest No 1 player in South African history.
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Ilana Kloss was ranked No 1 in the world in doubles and No 19 in singles in 1976.
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In 1999, Ilana Kloss won the US Open doubles and mixed doubles championship on the 35-and-over tour.
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Ilana Kloss was inducted into the US National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Ilana Kloss was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.
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From 1973 until 1977, Ilana Kloss was a member of the South African team that competed in the Federation Cup.
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Ilana Kloss joined the San Francisco Golden Gaters WTT team in 1974, and reached the WTT Finals with the team in 1975.
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Ilana Kloss 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.
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Ilana Kloss returned to the Golden Gaters for the 1978 season.
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In 1985, Ilana Kloss was a player and coach for the Miami Beach Breakers, and became vice-president of WTT in 1987 and executive director in 1991.
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Ilana Kloss, along with King, is a member of the Advisory Board of the Professional Women's Hockey League, which was formed in 2023.
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On October 18,2018, Ilana Kloss married American tennis player Billie Jean King.
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King and Ilana Kloss had been together for over 40 years as of 2021.