Ilana Kloss

 Ilana Kloss is a popular South African-American former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and commissioner of World TeamTennis. She has been highly successful in her career and has secured various achievements including winning the Wimbledon juniors singles title in 1972 and the US Open juniors singles title in 1974.

She also won the US Open Doubles and French Open Mixed Doubles titles in 1976. She was the World’s No. 1 ranked doubles player in 1976 and the World’s No. 19 ranked singles player in 1979. She has been serving as the CEO and commissioner of WTT since 2001.

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Biography and Early Life

Ilana Kloss, whose full name is Ilana Sheryl Kloss, was born on the 22^nd of March 1956 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was born to parents, Shlaim Kloss and Ruth Kloss.  Coming to her siblings, she has a sister named Yvette Merle Kloss.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Ilana Kloss in 2021 and what is her height and weight? Well, Ilana Kloss’s age is 65 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 22 March 1956. Though, she is 5′ 4″ in feet and inches and 165 cm in Centimetres tall, she weighs about 121 lbs in Pound and 55 kg in Kilograms. Her eye color is Brown and hair color is Brown.

Education

There isn’t any information available about where Ilana Kloss went to high school. It also isn’t known if she ever went to college.

Personal Life: Dating, Boyfriends, Husband, Kids

Ilana Kloss entered into a relationship with the popular American former professional tennis player, Billie Jean King in 1987, and the two have been together ever since. She and Billie are minority owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team and Angel City FC.

Is Ilana Kloss Lesbian?

Yes, Ilana Kloss is lesbian/gay and isn’t straight. She has been in a relationship with the popular American former professional tennis player, Billie Jean King since 1987. Apart from that, there’s no record of her previous relationship(s), if any. Seeing her relationship history, it’s clear that she is lesbian/gay.

Professional Career

Ilana Kloss turned professional in 1973, but a year before that, she won the juniors singles title at Wimbledon in 1972. 1973 would turn out to be a great year for her as she won gold medals in both the women’s doubles and the mixed doubles at the year’s Maccabiah Games. In the same year, she won the SA doubles title with Linky Boshoff. She and Linky also won the aforementioned title in 1975 and 1977.

The following year, in 1974, she won the US Open juniors singles title. In 1976, she became the World’s No. 1 ranked doubles player and also secured various achievements in her career. These achievements included the double title wins at the US Open and Italian Open and mixed doubles title wins at the French Open.

1977 would be just as successful for her as she won the Canadian and German championships and the British clay court championship. Also, in 1977, she won the SA doubles title as previously mentioned. In 1979, she became the World No. 19 in singles, which was her career-best. In 1999, she won the US Open doubles and mixed doubles championship. As a member of the South African team, she competed in the Federation Cup from 1973 to 1977.

Coming to her work in World Team Tennis, she has played for San Francisco Golden Gaters and Miami Beach Breakers. She has served as the coach of the Miami Beach Team and the Chicago Fyre team that won the WTT Championship in 1983. In 1987, she became the vice-president of WTT and four years later, the executive director. In 2001, she became the CEO and commissioner of WTT, and she has been working in that position ever since.

Awards

• Ilana Kloss is a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
• Ilana Kloss was named the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center’s Sports Business Woman of the Year in 2007.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Ilana Kloss in 2021

As of 2021, Ilana Kloss has garnered a net worth of $2 Million. She has garnered most of her earnings from her career as a former professional tennis player and coach. She was highly successful in her career and therefore it’s no surprise that she has such a decent net worth.

Ilana Kloss has been an amazing tennis player and her records. She has also been working tirelessly to reduce the pay difference between male and female tennis players for years now. This shows the kind of person she is. With that being said, we wish her the best of luck in all her future endeavors and hope she continues to make the sport of tennis better.