Career
Blount was a number one singles and doubles All-American player for University of California, Los Los Angeles She joined the Women's Tennis Association Tour in 1978 and went on to reach a career high ranking of 63 in singles and 8 in doubles in the world. She was the 5th seed in the 1978 Australian Open and competed in the 1979 United States Open and the 1980 United States Open. Blount was, also, a mixed doubles semi-finalist at the French Open and extended Martina Navratilova to three sets at the Australian Open in 1980.
She has competed in Wimbledon five times including a 1986 doubles quarter finalist appearance.
After retiring from professional tennis, she became an assistant coach at the University of Virginia and was inducted into the Saint Louis Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997. Blount founded the Keswick Tennis Foundation to help children with autism and disabilities develop skills through tennis.
She currently coaches at the Keswick Tennis Foundation in Central Virginia.