Elizabeth Smylie
Encyclopedia
Elizabeth Smylie (born 11 April 1963 in Perth, Western Australia
) is an Australia
n former tennis
player.
She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year
award in 1985.
She won the Comeback Player of the Year
award in 1990 and 1993.
She was the first ever opponent of Steffi Graf
in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of the Australian Open in 1983
.
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
) is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n former 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.
She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year
Western Australian Sports Star of the Year
The Western Australian Sports Star of the Year, currently known as The West Australian ANZ Sports Star of the Year, is an annual award for Western Australian sportspeople. It has been running since 1956.-List of winners by year:...
award in 1985.
She won the Comeback Player of the Year
WTA Awards
This is a list with all the WTA Awards given by the Women's Tennis Association to players who have done or achieved something remarkable during the season or their career.-Player of the Year:-Doubles Team of the Year:-Most Improved Player:...
award in 1990 and 1993.
She was the first ever opponent of Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of the Australian Open in 1983
1983 Australian Open - Women's Singles
Martina Navratilova defeated Kathy Jordan 6–2 7–6 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1983 Australian Open.See also:-Seeds:...
.
Women's doubles winner (36)
- 1983 - New Jersey (w/Mould)
- 1983 - Kansas (w/Collins)
- 1984 - Canadian OpenCanada MastersThe Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...
(w/Kathy Jordan) - 1984 - Lynda Carter Classic (w/Navratilova)
- 1984 - Eckerd Open (w/Carling Bassett-Seguso)
- 1985 - VS of Florida (w/Jordan)
- 1985 - Marco IslandWTA Marco IslandThe Avon Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1983 to 1986. It was held on Marco Island, Florida and played on outdoor clay courts from 1983 to 1984 and again in 1986 and on outdoor hard courts in 1985...
(w/Jordan) - 1985 - Bridgestone Doubles Championship (w/Jordan)
- 1985 - Australian Indoors (w/Pam Shriver)
- 1985 - Melbourne (w/Shriver)
- 1985 - Wimbledon (w/Jordan)
- 1985 - MahwahWTA New JerseyThe WTA New Jersey is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1978 to 1989. It was held in Mahwah, New Jersey in the United States and played on outdoor hard courts....
(w/Jordan) - 1985 - VS of Chicago (w/Jordan)
- 1986 - VS of Florida (w/Jordan)
- 1986 - U.S. Indoor ChampionshipsUS IndoorsThe US Indoors, known formally as the U.S. Indoor Championships, was a national tennis championship for women that was sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association and held 79 times from 1907 through 2001 at various locations and on various surfaces. The event was affiliated with the WTA...
(w/Jordan) - 1986 - MahwahWTA New JerseyThe WTA New Jersey is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1978 to 1989. It was held in Mahwah, New Jersey in the United States and played on outdoor hard courts....
(w/Betsy Nagelsen) - 1987 - Sydney (w/Nagelsen)
- 1987 - Geneva (w/Nagelsen)
- 1988 - Eastbourne (w/Eva Pfaff)
- 1989 - Wellington (w/Janine Thompson)
- 1989 - Singapore (w/Belinda Cordwell)
- 1989 - Tokyo (Japan Open)Japan Open Tennis ChampionshipsThe Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. The championship includes both men's and women's, as well as singles and doubles competitions...
(w/Jill Hetherington) - 1989 - RomeRome MastersThe Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...
(w/Thompson) - 1989 - Berlin (w/Thompson)
- 1990 - Tokyo (Pan Pacific)Toray Pan Pacific OpenThe is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1984 on in Tokyo, Japan. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament since 1993. The event has traditionally been played on indoor carpet at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, but the 2008 event...
(w/Gigi Fernandez) - 1990 - US Hardcourts (w/Jordan)
- 1990 - Tokyo (Japan Open)Japan Open Tennis ChampionshipsThe Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. The championship includes both men's and women's, as well as singles and doubles competitions...
(w/Jordan) - 1990 - WTA Tour ChampionshipsWTA Tour ChampionshipsThe WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women's Tennis Association tour. The month, city and number of players has changed since the first edition in 1972...
(w/Jordan) - 1991 - Tokyo (Pan Pacific)Toray Pan Pacific OpenThe is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1984 on in Tokyo, Japan. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament since 1993. The event has traditionally been played on indoor carpet at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, but the 2008 event...
(w/Jordan) - 1991 - Geneva (w/Nicole Bradtke)
- 1991 - Birmingham (w/Nicole Bradtke)
- 1993 - Sydney (w/Pam Shriver)
- 1993 - US Hardcourts (w/Helena Sukova)
- 1994 - Tokyo (Pan Pacific)Toray Pan Pacific OpenThe is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1984 on in Tokyo, Japan. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament since 1993. The event has traditionally been played on indoor carpet at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, but the 2008 event...
(w/Pam Shriver) - 1994 - Stratton MountainPilot Pen TennisThis article is about the former New Haven joint tennis event. It is now a women's-only event. For the New Haven men's tennis event known as Volvo International , click here....
(w/Pam Shriver) - 1996 - Birmingham (w/Linda Wild)
Grand Slam women's doubles winner (1)
- 1985 - Wimbledon (w/Jordan)
Grand Slam women's doubles Runner-Up (4)
- 1987 - WimbledonThe Championships, WimbledonThe 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...
(w/Nagelsen) - 1987 - New York (w/Jordan)
- 1990 - WimbledonThe Championships, WimbledonThe 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...
(w/Jordan) - 1993 - Australian OpenAustralian OpenThe 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...
(w/Shriver)
Grand Slam mixed doubles winner (3)
- 1983 (as Liz Sayers) - U.S. OpenU.S. Open (tennis)The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...
(w/John Fitzgerald) - 1990 - U.S. OpenU.S. Open (tennis)The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...
(w/Woodbridge) - 1991 - Wimbledon (w/Fitzgerald)