Carriera Professionista dal 1974 in singolare raggiunge cinque finale non riuscendo mai a conquistare il titolo. Nei tornei dello slam il suo miglior risultato sono gli ottavi ottenuti per due volte a Wimbledon sconfitta nel 1977 da Martina Navrátilová con un doppio 4-6, e nel 1980 da Tracy Austin per 2-6, 3-6 e agli US Open 1976 sconfitta da Rosie Casals 5-7, 1-6. In doppio riesce a conquistare due titoli sull'erba uno nel 1985 in coppia con Sharon Walsh a Birmingham e uno nel 1986 in coppia con Heather Ludloff a Newport.

Rappresenta il suo paese alla Coppa Wightman del 1976 riuscendo a battere Glynis Coles per 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 nell'unico incontro da lei disputato.

Vita personale Dopo il suo ritiro sposa Philip Arthur Higginbottom, col quale fonda The Dina Humanitarian Foundation.. Nel 2000 sopravvive ad un cancro al seno.

Statistiche Singolare Finali perse (5) NumeroAnnoTorneoSuperficieAvversaria in finalePunteggio 1. 18 maggio 1975 British Hard Court Championships, Bournemouth Terra rossa Janet Newberry 9-7, 5-7, 3-6 2. 13 marzo 1977 Virginia Slims of Dallas, Dallas Sintetico (i) Sue Barker 1-6, 6-7 3. 14 settembre 1980 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo Cemento (i) Billie Jean King 5-7, 4-6 4. 16 settembre 1984 Virginia Slims of Utah, Salt Lake City Cemento Yvonne Vermaak 1-6, 2-6 5. 31 dicembre 1984 Port St. Lucie Open, Port St. Lucie Sintetico (i) Catarina Lindqvist 2-6, 6-2, 2-6

Doppio Vittorie (2) NumeroAnnoTorneoSuperficieCompagnaAvversarie in finalePunteggio 1. 16 giugno 1985 DFS Classic, Birmingham Erba Sharon Walsh Elise Burgin Alycia Moulton 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 2. 20 luglio 1986 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport Erba Heather Ludloff Cammy MacGregor Gretchen Magers 6-1, 6-7, 6-3

Finali perse (1) NumeroAnnoTorneoSuperficieCompagnaAvversarie in finalePunteggio 1. 23 settembre 1984 San Diego Open, San Diego Cemento Iwona Kuczyńska Betsy Nagelsen Paula Smith 2-6, 4-6

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