Nearly 30 years ago, Lafayette’s Chanda Rubin exploded on women’s tennis scene

Nearly 30 years ago Chanda Rubin emerged as a force in the world of women’s tennis at only 15 years old.

Ranked as high as No. 6 in the world in singles in 1996, Rubin later competed at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, the French Open and the Australian Open and faced Serena Williams, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, and Martina Hingis.

Jan Swift with the Discover Lafayette podcast interviewed Rubin in 2014 as part of the Upper Lafayette On The Move series. You can listen to their conversation here…

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