# Kim Sands

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{{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](/source/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990) former professional [tennis](/source/tennis) player. She reached 44th in the [WTA rankings](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{WTA}}
* {{ITF profile}}

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Category:1956 births
Category:African-American tennis players
Category:Living people
Category:University of Miami School of Education alumni
Category:21st-century African-American sportswomen
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:20th-century African-American sportswomen
Category:20th-century American sportswomen
Category:American female tennis players

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