Andrea Jaeger, one of a series of female tennis phenoms America has thrown up the ATP charts, has told the DAILY MAIL that a fight with her domineering and abusing father led her to throw the 1983 Wimbledon ladies’ final against Martina Navratilova 6-0, 6-3. Jaeger also claimed previously to intentionally fail to win other matches that would make her #1 in the world.

She claimed in previous interviews that the emotional strain of the fight(s) with her father caused her to be emotionally drained for that final. Jaeger last won a singles title in 1983; she has since gone on to become an Episcopalian nun and joined many other athletes in pushing for other athletes to consider philanthropy in their lives. Read more…

Those of you who watched tennis when watching tennis was cool will probably remember Andrea Jaeger, a young star from the early 1980s who rose as high as No. 2 in the world by the time she was 16.

And now? She’s a nun. Read more…