Alice Tym

Alice Luthy Tym (born November 22, 1942), née Alice Luthy, is a former American college and amateur tennis player who was ranked No.13 in the world in the mid-1960s. She later became a college tennis coach, tennis writer and university instructor. She was inducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013.

Early life and education Tym was born in Peoria, Illinois. She attended Peoria High School and graduated as the salutatorian of her class in 1960.

College career Tym attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she organized the Florida Gators women's tennis team, served as its captain and played No. 1 singles for the Lady Gators from 1960 to 1964. As a Ford Foundation fellow, Tym later earned a master's degree in geography from the University of Florida in 1966.

Tym played on the international tennis circuit from 1962 to 1970, and played in all four Grand Slam events. She won 44 career tennis tournaments in Australia, Canada, Egypt, England, India, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco and New Zealand (South Island Championships), and was a finalist in another 20 tournaments. Her career win-loss record in singles was . Tym's world ranking peaked at No. 13 in 1969.

Coaching career After ending her playing career, Tym established the Lady Mocs women's tennis team at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and was the head coach there from 1974 to 1978. Tym became the head coach of the Yale Bulldogs women's tennis team at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 1978. In four seasons coaching the Lady Bulldogs, her teams compiled an overall win–loss record of 60–14 (.811) and won Ivy League championships in 1980 and 1981.

She has been named Coach of the Year by the United States Professional Tennis Association, has been inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Women's Hall of Fame, and the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great".

She was a writer for World Tennis magazine and a member of the United States Tennis Writers Association. In 1983, the International Tennis Hall of Fame named her as its winner for th Tennis Educational Merit Award.

Tym married William A. "Bill" Tym, a 1963 All-American for the Florida Gators men's tennis team, and a fellow University of Florida alumnus.

Alice Tym continued with competitive sports in retirement. She competed in 2023 National Senior Games in the sport of Pickleball.