{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{short description|American surgeon and former tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Carrie Cunningham | image = | caption = | full_name = | country_represented = {{USA}} | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|04|28}} | birth_place = | height = | college = | turnedpro = 1987 | retired = 1994 | plays = | careerprizemoney = $317,652
| singlesrecord = 81–84 | singlestitles = 0 WTA, 1 ITF | highestsinglesranking = No. 38 (February 18, 1991) | AustralianOpenresult = 3R (1991) | FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1991) | Wimbledonresult = 2R (1989, 1990, 1991) | USOpenresult = 4R (1992) | USOpenjuniorresult = '''W''' (1988)
| doublesrecord = 21–44 | doublestitles = 0 | highestdoublesranking = No. 56 (December 9, 1991) | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1992) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1991, 1992) | USOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1992) }}
'''Carrie Cunningham''' (born April 28, 1972) is an American surgeon and former professional tennis player who played on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Circuit from 1987 until 1994. She has served as president of the Association for Academic Surgery.
== Career singles highlights ==
Cunningham's career highlights include a world ranking of 32 in 1991,<ref>Personal discussions with Dr. Cunningham. WTA rankings were in real-time but only posted every two weeks.</ref> ending the year with a rank of 51 after reaching the third rounds of both the Australian and French Opens.<ref name="WTA">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Player/Info/0,,12781~1190,00.html |title=WTA Player Profile Carrie Cunningham |access-date=June 3, 2009 |archive-date=May 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527134342/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Player/Info/0,,12781~1190,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://tennis.quickfound.net/history/wta_top_20_1989-present.html WTA rankings 1989-2005] </ref>
Her best Grand Slam performance was attaining the 4th round (round of 16) at the 1992 US Open, losing to eventual semi-finalist Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere, 6–3, 7–5. She reached the second round in Wimbledon from 1989-1991. She also holds one Grand Slam Junior title - the US Junior Open Championship in 1988.<ref>US Junior Open Champions</ref><ref>[http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/history/grandslams/USGS.asp ITF: US Junior Open Champions]</ref>
== Doubles highlights ==
Cunningham was also on the doubles circuit, reaching one WTA final - the 1991 Tokyo International, with doubles partner Laura Gildemeister, losing 6–3, 6–3 to the team of Pam Shriver and Mary Joe Fernandez. She does hold a USTA Girls’ 18 National Championship doubles title, when she teamed with Andrea Farley to capture the 1988 crown on clay courts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ustagirls.org/pastchampions.htm |title=USTA site: USTA Girls' 18 National Championships |access-date=February 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522125918/http://www.ustagirls.org/pastchampions.htm |archive-date=May 22, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080723215910/http://www.rcofmemphis.com/girls18/champions.htm Racquet Club of Memphis site: USTA Girls' 18 National Clay Court Championships]}}</ref>
== Court habits and influence ==
Cunningham had a habit of sometimes grunting during her play. In fact, former world #1 Monica Seles cites Cunningham for starting her own grunting habit, after Seles lost a finals match to Cunningham in 1986. Said Seles, "it has been part of me since I was 12 when I played Carrie Cunningham in one of the finals and I started doing that. Since then, it has been always with me each year at Wimbledon."<ref>[http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=14527 ASA Sports: Is it a natural part of your game?]</ref><ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEEDB1030F93AA25754C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all New York Times: Tennis; Seles Reflects on Critical Shots]</ref>
== Earnings ==
Cunningham's career earnings on the professional tour totaled $318,541.<ref name="WTA" />
== Post tennis career ==
Cunningham pursued a career in medicine and surgery. She is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and is an attending surgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref>[http://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/doctor.aspx?id=18591 Carrie C. Lubitz, M.D. profile]</ref> She graduated from University of Michigan and Harvard School of Public Health.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/18591/carrie-lubitz |title=Carrie Lubitz, MD, MPH - Surgical Oncology |website=www.massgeneral.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110160858/https://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/18591/carrie-lubitz |archive-date=November 10, 2019}} </ref>
As the President of the Association for Academic Surgery, Cunningham advocates for heightened awareness and enhanced mental health practices among physicians, aiming to address the concerning rates of mental health issues and suicides within the profession.<ref name="Frangou 2023 c394">{{cite web | last=Frangou | first=Christina | title=US surgeons are killing themselves at an alarming rate. One decided to speak out | website=the Guardian | date=September 26, 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/26/surgeons-suicide-doctors-physicians-mental-health | access-date=September 26, 2023}}</ref> During her address at the Association's annual conference in 2023, she candidly shared her personal battle with depression and substance abuse as a poignant example of the need for such initiatives.<ref name="Frangou 2023 c394" /><ref name="YouTube j061">{{cite web | title=2023 AAS Presidential Address - Removing the Mask | website=YouTube | date=March 3, 2023 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNBH4UPHv4 | access-date=September 26, 2023}}</ref>
== Career finals== ===Doubles (0–1) === {| |-valign=top | {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" !Winner – Legend |- |style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |- |style="background:#ffffcc;"|WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |- |style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Tier I (0–0) |- |style="background:#ccccff;"F|Tier II (0–1) |- |style="background:#ccffcc;"|Tier III (0–0) |- |style="background:#66ccff;"|Tier IV (0–0) |- |style="background:#cccc99;"|Tier V (0–0) |} | {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! Titles by surface |- |Hard (0–1) |- |Grass (0–0) |- |Clay (0–0) |- |Carpet (0–0) |} |} {| class="sortable wikitable" !style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L !style="width:60px"|Date !style="width:140px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:160px"|Partner !style="width:160px"|Opponents !style="width:90px" class="unsortable"|Score |- style="background:#ccccff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–1 | Sep 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | {{flagicon|PER}} Laura Arraya | {{flagicon|USA}} Mary Joe Fernández <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} Pam Shriver | 3–6, 3–6 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}} * [http://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/doctor.aspx?id=18591 Link to physician profile at Massachusetts General Hospital website]
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