Andrea Leand
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Andrea Leand is a former professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player.

Career

She played on the WTA tour from 1981 to 1994. She won a singles title at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

 in 1984 and reached the 4th round of the U.S. Open on three occasions and of the French Open in 1982. She retired with an 87-106 singles record. She is best known for her upset of 2nd seed Andrea Jaeger
Andrea Jaeger
Andrea Jaeger is a former World No. 2 professional tennis player from the United States whose brief but highly successful tennis career ended prematurely due to major shoulder injuries. Jaeger reached the singles final of Wimbledon in 1983 and the French Open in 1982...

 at the U.S. Open.

Grand Slams

Below are Leand's results in the Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...

, the Roland Garros, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...

 and the US Open.

Singles

Year Australian Open Roland Garros Wimbledon US Open
1981 - - - 4th
1982 - 4th 2nd 4th
1982 2nd - - -
1983 - 1st 3rd 4th
1984 - - 1st 2nd
1984 2nd - - -
1985 - 1st 1st -
1990 2nd - 3rd 1st
1991 2nd - 1st -
1993 - - - 1st
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