Jill Hetherington


Jill Hetherington-Hultquist is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She played college tennis for the University of Florida, and was women's tennis head coach at the University of Washington until May 2014.

Early years

Hetherington was born in Brampton, Ontario in 1964.

College career

She attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team from 1984 to 1987. While playing for the Gators, she won four straight Southeastern Conference singles championships, three as the team's No. 2 singles player, and once as the No. 1 singles player. She also won three consecutive SEC doubles championships from 1985 to 1987. Hultquist was recognized as a four-time first-team All-SEC selection and received four All-American honors. She was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1999.

Professional career

After turning professional, she won one singles title and fourteen doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. Her best Grand Slam results were reaching the women's doubles final at the 1988 US Open and the 1989 Australian Open, and the mixed doubles final at the 1995 French Open.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1988US OpenHard Patty Fendick Gigi Fernández
Robin White
6–4, 6–1
Loss1989Australian OpenHard Patty Fendick Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

WTA Tour Finals

Singles (1-0)

Doubles (14-20)

ITF Finals

Singles (1–0)

Doubles (6–1)