Personal

Attending Yale University...Has won medals in ski competition...Father, Mark, is a professional artist and has entered oil and water-color works in several New York City art shows; mother, Bobbie, manages BarbaraUs business affairs; grandfather, Hanson Baldwin, was military editor of the New York Times and won the Pulitzer Prize for international correspondence in 1943...Enjoys all music, big family gatherings, art, reading and cooking...Also likes European cuisine, psychology and study of history...Plans to write a book about her 10 years on the tour.

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (6): 1988 - Cincinnati; 1987 - Wichita; 1985 - Monticello; 1982 - US Indoors, Cincinnati; 1981 - Toronto.

DOUBLES
Winner (8): 1988 - Newport (w/Fairbank); 1986 - Bridgestone (w/Shriver); 1985 - Dallas (w/Walsh-Pete); 1984 - Washington, DC (w/Walsh-Pete), Boston (w/Walsh-Pete); 1982 - Oakland (w/Walsh-Pete), Tampa (w/Walsh-Pete); 1981 - Boston (w/Walsh-Pete).

ADDITIONAL
United States Wightman Cup Team 1982, 84. United States Fed Cup Team 1988.

Career in Review

1982 - Had biggest singles title at US Indoors when she d. Austin 64 46 63 in SF and Shriver 64 62 in final
1986 - Suffered two herniated disks in her back at Eastbourne and was forced off the tour several times, but after a grueling exercise and fitness program, successfully returned to the tour
1988 - At Cincinnati, earned last singles title of career by d. Kelesi in final
1989 - Re-aggravated a persistent back condition at the beginning season when she was involved in an automobile accident; retired in November due to deteriorating hip cartilage