{{Short description|American tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Emilie Burrer | image = | fullname = Emilie Burrer Foster | country_represented = {{USA}} | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1947}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = | USOpenresult = 3R (1967, 1969) | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = | USOpenDoublesresult = QF (1966, 1969) | USOpenMixedresult = 1R (1966, 1969) }} '''Emilie Burrer Foster''' (born 1947) is an American former professional tennis player and collegiate tennis coach.
Born in 1947, Burrer is a native Texan and played collegiate tennis for Trinity University, where she won a team record four intercollegiate championships. She won consecutive singles and doubles titles in 1968 and 1969.<ref name="Heufelder">{{cite news |last1=Heufelder |first1=Bill |title=Net Star Emilie Burrer Just Lives For Sports |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19690627&id=sh0fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DJYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7311,4199273&hl=en |work=The Pittsburgh Press |date=June 27, 1969 |page=26}}</ref>
Burrer, a Junior Wightman Cup player, represented the United States at the 1967 Pan American Games.<ref name="Heufelder"/>
During the 1960s she featured in several editions of the US Open and was a two-time doubles quarter-finalist. In 1969 she made the round of 16 of the singles, beating Carole Caldwell Graebner en route.
From 1979-1990, Burrer was the head coach of the Trinity University (Texas) NCAA women's tennis team. Her teams amassed a record of 259-94 (.734) and finished as national runners-up both in 1981 and 1983.<ref>{{cite web |title=Emilie Foster |url=https://trinitytx.prestosports.com/sports/wten/coaches/old_bios/Foster_Emilie |publisher=Trinity University |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref>
Burrer is a member of the ITA Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |title=EMILIE BURRER FOSTER |url=https://itahalloffame.org/inductees/emilie-burrer-foster/ |website=ITA Women's Hall of Fame}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{ITF}}
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