Tara Shanice Moore (born 6 August 1992) is an English professional tennis player. She is currently the British no. 5 and, as of 27 May 2013, is ranked 194 in the world (a career high). So far in her career she has won 6 ITF singles titles and 4 ITF doubles titles. She is at a career-high doubles ranking of world no. 219 (27 May 2013).
As a junior she was coached by the esteemed American tennis coach, Nick Bollettieri, who has previously coached champions such as Andre Agassi, Serena Williams, Monica Seles and Mary Pierce. In September 2006 he referred to Tara as one of the best young players in his school, the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, along with Michelle Larcher de Brito. Her favourite surface is stated as being grass although most of her titles to date have come on hard court.
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