Rene Simpson, tennis player and longtime captain of Canada's Fed Cup team, dies at 47
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Rene Simpson, a former player, coach and longtime captain of Canada's Fed Cup tennis team, has died. She was 47.
Tennis Canada said she died Thursday in Chicago after a yearlong battle with brain cancer.
Simpson made her first Grand Slam appearance at the 1989 Australian Open. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 70 that year and advanced to the third round at the French Open.
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In doubles, she was ranked as high as No. 32, won three titles and was a U.S. Open quarterfinalist. She won three singles tournaments and four doubles titles on the lower-tier ITF circuit. Simpson was a regular on Canada's Fed Cup team in the 1990s and was captain from 2001 to '09.
Private memorial services will be held in Chicago and Toronto.