Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player.
[1] "I had never been comfortable with my looks and felt I had lost the only person who loved me unconditionally", Garrison told the Observer Sport Monthly in 2006.
Despite battling bulimia during her first few years on the tour, Garrison enjoyed notable success on-court.
She was also a Wimbledon semifinalist in 1985, and in 1986, she won her first tour doubles at the Canadian Open (partnering Gabriela Sabatini).
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Garrison teamed with Pam Shriver to win the women's doubles gold medal for the United States, defeating Jana Novotná and Helena Suková of Czechoslovakia in the final.
[3] At the US Open, she defeated defending champion Navratilova for the first time in her career, advancing to the semifinals, where she lost to Sabatini.
The highlight of Garrison's career came in 1990 at Wimbledon, as she defeated Samantha Smith, Cecilia Dahlman, Andrea Leand, Helena Suková, then French Open champion Monica Seles in the quarterfinals 3–6, 6–3, 9–7, and defending Wimbledon champion and world No.
1, Steffi Graf, in the semifinals 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 to reach her only Grand Slam singles final, becoming the first African-American woman to do so since Gibson.
Garrison claimed her third mixed-doubles title at Wimbledon that year (partnering Rick Leach).
In 1992, Garrison finished runner-up in the Australian Open women's doubles (partnering Mary Joe Fernández).
Since retiring from the tour, Garrison has worked as a television commentator and maintained active roles in the community and in tennis.