Gretchen Anne Rush (born February 7, 1964), also known by her married name Gretchen Magers, is a former professional tennis player from the United States who was active in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Rush played tennis at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas from 1983 to 1986, where she was a four-time All-American. While at Trinity, she won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1986.
During her career, Rush reached the singles quarter-finals at Wimbledon, the US Open and the French Open. She won three top-level singles titles: Auckland in 1987, Schenectady in 1988, and Moscow in 1989, and she reached a career-high singles ranking of no. 22 on March 12, 1990. She was runner-up in the 1988 mixed doubles at Wimbledon, partnering Kelly Jones.
Rush retired from the professional tour in 1992, but has continued to play in seniors events.
In 2016, she was inducted into the Women's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame.
WTA Tour finals
Singles 4 (3–1) Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0 ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Feb 1987 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Terry Phelps 6–2, 6–3Win 2–0 Jul 1988 Schenectady, New York, US Hard Terry Phelps 7–6, 6–4Win 3–0 Oct 1989 Moscow, USSR Hard Natasha Zvereva 6–3, 6–4Loss 3–1 Jun 1990 Eastbourne, England Grass Martina Navratilova 0–6, 2–6
Doubles 14 (4–10) Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 2 Tier IV & V 0 Titles by surface Hard 1 Clay 0 Grass 1 Carpet 2 ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 1986 Newport, Rhode Island, US Grass Cammy MacGregor Terry Holladay Heather Ludloff 1–6, 7–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 Feb 1987 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Elizabeth Minter Anna-Maria Fernandez Julie Richardson 4–6, 5–7Loss 0–3 Feb 1988 San Antonio, US Hard Rosalyn Fairbank Lori McNeil Helena Suková 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6Loss 0–4 Mar 1989 Indian Wells, US Hard Rosalyn Fairbank Hana Mandlíková Pam Shriver 3–6, 7–6, 3–6Loss 0–5 May 1989 Berlin, Germany Clay Lise Gregory Liz Smylie Janine Tremelling 7–5, 3–6, 2–6Loss 0–6 May 1989 Strasbourg, France Clay Lise Gregory Mercedes Paz Judith Wiesner 3–6, 3–6Loss 0–7 Aug 1989 San Diego, California, US Hard Robin White Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank 6–4, 3–6, 3–6Loss 0–8 Jun 1990 Birmingham, England Grass Lise Gregory Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva 6–3, 3–6, 3–6Win 1–8 Jul 1990 Newport, Rhode Island, US Grass Lise Gregory Patty Fendick Anne Smith 7–6, 6–1Win 2–8 Sep 1990 Leipzig, Germany Carpet Lise Gregory Manon Bollegraf Jo Durie 6–2, 4–6, 6–3Win 3–8 Oct 1990 Moscow, Russia Carpet Robin White Elena Brioukhovets Eugenia Maniokova 6–2, 6–4Win 4–8 Feb 1991 Aurora, Colorado, US Hard Lise Gregory Patty Fendick Lori McNeil 6–4, 6–4Loss 4–9 Aug 1991 Manhattan Beach, US Hard Robin White Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva 1–6, 6–2, 2–6Loss 4–10 Nov 1992 Oakland, California, US Carpet Rosalyn Fairbank Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva 6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Mixed doubles 1 (0–1) Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0 Titles by surface Hard 0 Clay 0 Grass 0 Carpet 0 ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 1988 Wimbledon, England Grass Kelly Jones Sherwood Stewart Zina Garrison 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
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