Myrtle Beach, SC
Inducted December 2016
RENATA MARCINKOWSKA WAS BORN IN POLAND WHERE SHE WAS THE NUMBER ONE RANKED JUNIOR PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY. SHE REPRESENTED POLAND IN NUMEROUS WORLD AND EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. SHE HAS LIVED IN SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE 1988 AND BECAME A UNITED STATES CITIZEN IN 1991. SHE HAS NUMEROUS TENNIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE COURTS.
SOME OF RENATA’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE LISTED BELOW:
- PLAYED COLLEGIATE TENNIS AT OKLAHOMA STATE WHERE SHE WAS A BIG 8 CONFERENCE SINGLES AND DOUBLES CHAMPION AND THE LADY COWBOYS WON THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP.
- HAD AN 8 YEAR CAREER ON THE WTA TOUR AND EARNED A WORLD RANKING OF 115 IN SINGLES AND WAS CONSISTENTLY RANKED IN THE TOP 75 IN DOUBLES.
- TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD, PLAYING IN GERMANY, TURKEY, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, RUSSIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, MEXICO, FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
- COMPETED IN ALL 4 GRAND SLAMS.
- RANKED NUMBER 1 IN THE UNITED STATES IN WOMEN’S 35 SINGLES AND DOUBLES IN 2003 AND 2004.
- RANKED NUMBER 1 IN THE WORLD IN WOMEN’S 35 SINGLES IN 2003 AND 2004.
- WON THE 2005 AND 2008 WOMEN’S 35 WORLD DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS.
- MEMBER OF SEVERAL UNITED STATES WOMEN SENIOR WORLD CUP TEAMS, INCLUDING THE 2010 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
- PLAYED ON MANY USTA SOUTH CAROLINA SENIOR CUP TEAMS.
- WON A NUMBER OF SOUTH CAROLINA SENIOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SINGLES AND DOUBLES.
RENATA’S HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS DURING HER TENNIS CAREER.
- TWO-TIME ALL-AMERICAN WHILE PLAYING AT OKLAHOMA STATE.
- 2002 AND 2009 USTA SOUTH CAROLINA ADULT FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
- 2005 USTA SOUTHERN SLEW HESTER FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
- CAPTAIN OF THE 2008 UNITED STATES YOUNG CUP TEAM FOR PLAYERS IN THEIR 40’S WHICH COMPETED IN TURKEY.
SHE IS A CERTIFIED TENNIS PROFESSIONAL BY PTR P 1 AND WAS THE FIRST WOMEN IN NORTH AMERICA CERTIFIED BY GPTCA. RENATA IS THE AUTHOR OF “POWER DRILLS FOR TEAM TENNIS” AND HAS WRITTEN A NUMBER OF ARTICLES ON TENNIS AND PRODUCED SEVERAL TEACHING VIDEOS. SHE IS THE INVENTOR AND PATENT HOLDER FOR “DUAL SURFACE FOR SPORT EVENT OR GAME,” AFFECTIONATELY CALLED “THE HYBRID TENNIS COURT” WHICH CAN BE ANY COMBINATION OF A HALF CLAY, HALF HARD SURFACE, HALF GRASS COURT.
RENATA HAS VOLUNTEERED MANY HOURS ORGANIZING TENNIS EVENTS AND CAMPS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE MYRTLE BEACH CUP WHERE ALL PROFITS WERE DONATED TO FRIENDSHIP MEDICAL CLINIC FOR THE POOR IN HORRY COUNTY.
