{{short description|American tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Kim Sands | image = | fullname = | country_represented = {{flagu|United States}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | turnedpro = 1978 | retired = 1988 | plays = | careerprizemoney = US$ 199,233 | singlesrecord = 43–47 | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 44 (April 2, 1984) | AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1978) | FrenchOpenresult = 2R (1981, 1983, 1985) | Wimbledonresult = 2R (1981, 1983) | USOpenresult = 1R (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986) | doublesrecord = 37–38 | doublestitles = 0 | highestdoublesranking = No. 31 (August 17, 1987) | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1982) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1984) | WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (1979, 1980, 1981) | USOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1985) }} '''Kim Sands''' (born 11 October 1956) is an American former professional tennis player. She reached 44th in the WTA rankings in April 1984 and became the first African-American woman to receive a scholarship to the University of Miami<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Diversity/Black-History-Month/5805_Black_History_Month__Honor_Roll_Women/|title = Honor Roll: Women|access-date = 2014-08-19|website = USTA|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140820031157/http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Diversity/Black-History-Month/5805_Black_History_Month__Honor_Roll_Women/|archivedate = 20 August 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref> where she earned a Bachelor of Education degree.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.yourata.org/team/kim-sands|title = Kim Sands – Panelist: Black Women Champions & their impact on Tennis|access-date = 2023-10-31|website = American Tennis Association|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20231031225102/https://www.yourata.org/team/kim-sands|archivedate = 31 October 2023|url-status = dead}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{WTA}} * {{ITF profile}}
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