{{short description|American tennis player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Eleni Rossides | image = | fullname = Eleni Rossides | country_represented = {{USA}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|10|23}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = | careerprizemoney = $106,594 | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 185 (December 31, 1985) | currentsinglesranking = | AustralianOpenresult = | FrenchOpenresult = | Wimbledonresult = | USOpenresult = 1R (1985, 1990) | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = No. 185 (July 12, 1993) | currentdoublesranking = | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = | WimbledonDoublesresult = | USOpenDoublesresult = }} '''Eleni Rossides''' (born October 23, 1967) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
==Biography== Rossides, who is of Greek descent, grew up in Washington, D.C. She is the daughter of Eugene T. Rossides, a college football player at Columbia who was drafted by the New York Giants.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/08/09/rossides-is-number-one-and-still-moving-up/c9b32e8e-b5da-4b7c-af46-5190f5891843/ |title=Rossides is Number One and Still Moving Up|last=Dominitz|first=Nathan|date=August 9, 1984|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=1 October 2018}}</ref> Her father instead studied for a law degree, serving as Assistant to the Undersecretary of the Treasury in the Eisenhower administration and later Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under President Nixon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ellines.com/en/famous-greeks/13417-ton-apokaloun-xruso-ellina/|title=They call him the "Golden Greek"|publisher=ellines.com|accessdate=1 October 2018}}</ref>
While still in high school, Rossides made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 1985 Virginia Slims of Washington and came up against Martina Navratilova.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://washingtonian.com/2006/08/01/spotlight-eleni-rossides/|title=Spotlight: Eleni Rossides|date=August 1, 2006|work=Washingtonian|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref> The match-up had only come about when Navratilova's original opponent, Andrea Leand, had to withdraw with an allergic reaction from a bee sting.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1985/01/07/slims-chance-at-glory-nigh-leand-gets-stung/ebf31fc8-0f2a-4e87-9029-fb62e8ca131c/|title=Slims Chance at Glory Nigh, Leand Gets Stung|date=January 7, 1985|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=1 October 2018}}</ref>
She competed in the main draw of the 1985 US Open as a qualifier and took up a scholarship that year to attend Stanford University.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/08/01/eleni-rossides/b96635a4-2100-4059-acaf-19bb970b7452/|title=Eleni Rossides|last=Brooks|first=Michelle K.|date=August 1, 1985|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=1 October 2018}}</ref>
At Stanford she was the number one player on a team which won four straight championships during her time there (ultimately six in succession).
After graduating from Stanford she joined the professional tour, competing until 1999.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF profile}}
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