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Cash Advance: Women's Tennis Pioneers

By Bret McCormick
September 7, 2020
Photo: getty images Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz ■ Age: 71  ■ Hometown: Hamtramck, Michigan  ■ Bio: Bartkowicz was a dominant juniors player but her pro career was short; she retired at age 21 a year after the Original 9 tournament in Houston, in par...
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