Claim: Heather Watson is British.

Sara Louise Gomer -LRB- born 13 May 1964 -RRB- is a former tennis player from Great Britain .   A left-hander , Gomer competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul . There she was eliminated in the second round by Larisa Neiland from the Soviet Union .   She won two singles titles on the ITF Circuit , and reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 26 September 1988 , when she became the number 46 of the world . Gomer won one WTA singles title , the 1988 Northern California Open . She became the last British WTA titlist until Heather Watson won 2012 HP Open .   She also participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics .   She played in four editions of the Wightman Cup , playing five singles and four doubles matches , which were all losses , from 1986 to 1989 .   When Gomer lost in the first round of the 1985 U.S. Open , her opponent , Mary Joe Fernández , aged 14 years and 8 days , became the youngest player to win a main draw match at any U.S. Open .   Gomer retired from competitive tennis in 1992 . Soon afterwards she married John Palombo , an IT expert . They have three children . She now only plays tennis occasionally .