Sherry Acker

Sherry was taught tennis by her father, George Acker Jr., who was the coach at Kalamazoo College. In 1971, she won the girls' national singles and doubles title for 12-year-olds. She attended Kalamazoo Central High School and played on the varsity boys' tennis team. She attended the University of Florida. Sherry Acker joined her sister, Judy on the tennis team, and team-up to finish an impressive third place at the AIAW National Doubles Championships.

In the doubles competition, her best result at a Grand Slam was reaching the semifinals at the 1979 US Open with Julie Anthony, losing to Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova. At the same tournament, she reached the fourth round of the singles event in which she was beaten in three sets by top-seed Chris Evert.
(Sherry was the first one to take a set from Chris Evert in nearly 4 years!)
In the mixed doubles, partnering Larry Leeds, she reached the semifinal of the 1981 Wimbledon Championships, losing to second-seeds and eventual champions Betty Stöve and Frew McMillan.

In 1980, she reached the final of the singles event at the Women's Stuttgart Open as an unseeded player, losing in straight sets to top-seed and defending champion Tracy Austin.