Tiiu Parmas

Estonian tennis player

Tiiu Parmas
Singles
Country (sports)	Soviet Union
Born	(1943-12-18)18 December 1943 Tallinn, Estonia
Died	23 August 2011(2011-08-23) (aged 67)
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1969)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	3R (1970)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	3R (1969)

Tiiu Parmas (18 December 1943 – 23 August 2011) was an Estonian tennis player.^[1] She competed under her maiden name Tiiu Kivi, until her marriage to coach Jaak Parmas in 1969.

Born in Tallinn, Parmas was the Soviet national champion in 1968 and made the singles third round of the 1969 French Open.^[2] Parmas, who was named Estonian Female Athlete of the Year in 1970, won three medals for the Soviet Union at the 1970 Summer Universiade, including gold medals for singles and mixed doubles.^[3]

References

^ Washburn, John Nelson (13 May 1973). "Cinderella Is Discovered in Soviet Tennis". The New York Times.
^ Kuprtanov, Victor (May 1969). "No. 5 (152)". Soviet Life. p. 40.
^ "Parmas, Tiiu". www.esbl.ee.