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Carling Kathrin Bassett-Seguso (born October 9
1967, in Toronto, Ontario|Toronto, Canada) is a
former professional tennis player from Canada. 

Basset is the daughter of the late John Frederick
Bassett, an executive for his father John
Bassett's company Baton Broadcasting, and Susan
Carling, the granddaughter of politician and
brewery executive John Carling.

In 1981, Bassett won the Canadian junior indoor
tennis title. In 1982, she was ranked No. 2 junior
player in the world after winning events in Tokyo
and Taipei. That year she also became the youngest
winner of the Canadian closed championship at the
age of 14. She won the title again in 1983 and
1986. By age 16, Bassett was Canada's top tennis
player. At the same time, she had a successful
second career as a Model (person)|fashion model,
working for the world-famous Ford Modeling Agency.

In 1983, Bassett advanced to the quarter-finals of
the Australian Open and won her first top-level
singles titles in Pennsylvania. In 1984, she
reached the quarter-finals at the French Open and
the semi-finals at the U.S. Open (tennis)|US Open.
She reached the French Open quarter-finals again
in 1986. Bassett won her second top-level singles
title in 1987 at Strasbourg. 

Bassett named the Women's Tennis Association|WTA's
Most Impressive Newcomer in 1983, and Canada's
Female Athlete of the Year in 1983 and 1985. 

During her career, Bassett won a total of two
top-level singles titles and two doubles titles.

Bassett married the United States|American tennis
player Robert Seguso in 1987. The couple have a
son named Holden John Seguso, who was born in
1988.

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