Elna Reinach
Encyclopedia
Elna Reinach is a South African former pro tennis
player.
With Patrick Galbraith
, she won the US Open mixed doubles championship in 1994. She played in the 1992 Summer Olympics
, where she lost in the first round to Jennifer Capriati
. Reinach was runner-up at the French Open with Danie Visser
in 1993. Her brother, Fanie, coached her and their sister, Monica, as well as Lori McNeil
, Lindsay Davenport
, and Laura Gildemeister
.
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.
With Patrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith is a former professional tennis player from the United States.A doubles specialist, Galbraith reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1993. During his career he won 38 top-level doubles titles. He was a mixed doubles champion at the US Open in 1994 and 1996...
, she won the US Open mixed doubles championship in 1994. She played in the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
, where she lost in the first round to Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Marie Capriati is a former world number one ranked professional tennis player, and the winner of three women's singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments. Capriati made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 14 when she reached the finals of the hard court tournament in Boca...
. Reinach was runner-up at the French Open with Danie Visser
Danie Visser
Danie Visser is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . Visser reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol...
in 1993. Her brother, Fanie, coached her and their sister, Monica, as well as Lori McNeil
Lori McNeil
Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison...
, Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
, and Laura Gildemeister
Laura Gildemeister
Laura Arraya is a former Peruvian tennis player who won four professional singles titles.-Career:...
.
Singles 2 (1–1)
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 1 |
Olympic Games | 0 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 20 August 1989 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA | Hard | Lori McNeil Lori McNeil Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison... |
1–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 7 February 1993 | Auckland ASB Classic The ASB Classic is a tennis tournament held in Auckland, New Zealand. Held since 1986, this WTA Tour event is an International series tournament and is played on outdoor hardcourts during the first week of the year.... , New Zealand |
Hard | Caroline Kulhman | 6–0, 6–0 |
Doubles 19 (10–9)
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 1 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 7 |
Olympic Games | 0 |
Titles by Surface | |
Hard | 7 |
Clay | 2 |
Grass | 0 |
Carpet | 1 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 28 July 1986 | Berkeley, California Berkeley, California Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington... , USA |
Hard | Amy Holton | Beth Herr Beth Herr Beth Herr is an American tennis player. She became the number 1 junior tennis player in the world at age 16. She was the #1 college recruit in 1985 and went on to play for the University of Southern California where she won the NCAA singles title and team title in her freshman year... Alycia Moulton Alycia Moulton Alycia Moulton is a former professional tennis player.Moulton was active on the WTA tour from 1978 to 1988. Her powerful game brought her two singles title in 1983 and five doubles titles. She twice defeated Helena Suková in an overall 76-99 career singles record... |
1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 16 October 1988 | Filderstadt Porsche Tennis Grand Prix The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is a tennis tournament held in Stuttgart, Germany . Held since 1978, the tournament is the oldest women's indoor tournament in Europe. Currently it is a Tier II tournament on the WTA Tour. The singles champion also receives a Porsche 911 Carrera sports car in addition... , Germany |
Carpet | Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi is a former professional tennis player from Italy, known for her fiery on-court personality, expressiveness and gesticulations.... |
Iwona Kuczyńska Iwona Kuczyńska Iwona Kuczyńska is a former professional tennis player from Poland. She won one doubles title in 1988 partnering with Martina Navratilova.-Doubles 2 :-References:*... Martina Navratilova |
1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 3. | 20 August 1989 | Albuquerque VS of Albuquerque The Virginia Slims of Albuquerque is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1989 to 1991. It was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States and played on outdoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*... , New Mexico, USA |
Hard | Nicole Provis | Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi is a former professional tennis player from Italy, known for her fiery on-court personality, expressiveness and gesticulations.... Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player... |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 15 October 1989 | Filderstadt Porsche Tennis Grand Prix The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is a tennis tournament held in Stuttgart, Germany . Held since 1978, the tournament is the oldest women's indoor tournament in Europe. Currently it is a Tier II tournament on the WTA Tour. The singles champion also receives a Porsche 911 Carrera sports car in addition... , Germany |
Carpet | Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi is a former professional tennis player from Italy, known for her fiery on-court personality, expressiveness and gesticulations.... |
Gigi Fernández Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand... Robin White Robin White (tennis) Robin White is a former professional tennis player from the United States.White played on the WTA tour from 1983 to 1995. She won two singles titles, in Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1985 and in Auckland in 1992 but the highlight of her career was her victory with Gigi Fernández in the US Open doubles... |
4–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 5. | 22 October 1989 | Bayonne WTA Bayonne The WTA Bayonne was a WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament held from 1989-1992 in Bayonne, France. It was also known as the Whirlpool Open, owing to its sponsor from 1991-1992.... , France |
Hard | Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi is a former professional tennis player from Italy, known for her fiery on-court personality, expressiveness and gesticulations.... |
Manon Bollegraf Manon Bollegraf Manon Maria Bollegraf is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands, who finished fourth in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-History:... Catherine Tanvier Catherine Tanvier Catherine Tanvier is a former tennis player from France, who emerged in the mid-1980s as one of the brightest young talents in the game... |
6–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 6. | 20 May 1990 | Berlin, Germany | Clay | Nicole Provis | Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open... Jana Novotná Jana Novotná Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments... |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 7. | 27 May 1990 | Strasbourg Internationaux de Strasbourg The Internationaux de Strasbourg is a tennis tournament held in Strasbourg, France. Held since 1987, this WTA Tour event is an International-level tournament played on outdoor clay courts.... , France |
Clay | Nicole Provis | Kathy Jordan Kathy Jordan Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won 7 Grand Slam titles, 5 of them in women's doubles and 2 of them in mixed doubles... Liz Smylie |
6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 8. | 12 May 1991 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Nicole Provis | Jennifer Capriati Jennifer Capriati Jennifer Marie Capriati is a former world number one ranked professional tennis player, and the winner of three women's singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments. Capriati made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 14 when she reached the finals of the hard court tournament in Boca... Monica Seles Monica Seles Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007... |
5–7, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 20 May 1991 | Berlin, Germany | Clay | Nicole Provis | Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva |
3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 16 June 1991 | Birmingham, England | Grass | Sandy Collins Sandy Collins (tennis) Sandy Collins is an American professional tennis player who played from the late 1970s until 1994.Sandy is a native of San Bernardino, California. After high school, Sandy went to Odessa College where she played tennis for Coach Virginia Brown and the Wranglers... |
Nicole Provis Liz Smylie |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 3 November 1991 | Scottsdale Scottsdale Scottsdale is the name of several places:* Scottsdale, Arizona, United States* Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia* Scottsdale Reserve, New South Wales, Australia... , Arizona, USA |
Hard | Sandy Collins Sandy Collins (tennis) Sandy Collins is an American professional tennis player who played from the late 1970s until 1994.Sandy is a native of San Bernardino, California. After high school, Sandy went to Odessa College where she played tennis for Coach Virginia Brown and the Wranglers... |
Mareen Harper Cammy MacGregor Cammy MacGregor Cammy MacGregor was an American tennis player from the mid-80s until 1995.Her younger sister Cynthia was also a tennis player, and they sometimes partnered in doubles.-Singles 1:-Doubles 10 :-References:*... |
5–7, 6–3, 3–6 |
Winner | 12. | 10 November 1991 | Brentwood, Tennessee Brentwood, Tennessee -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,445 people, 7,693 households, and 6,808 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 7,889 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.63% European American, 1.89% African American,... , USA |
Hard | Sandy Collins Sandy Collins (tennis) Sandy Collins is an American professional tennis player who played from the late 1970s until 1994.Sandy is a native of San Bernardino, California. After high school, Sandy went to Odessa College where she played tennis for Coach Virginia Brown and the Wranglers... |
Yayuk Basuki Yayuk Basuki Yayuk Basuki is a professional tennis player from Indonesia. She is the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia, having reached #19 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings in October 1997... Caroline Vis Caroline Vis Caroline Vis is a retired professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Vis turned pro in 1989. A doubles specialist, Vis won nine titles during her career on the WTA Tour. She reached the mixed doubles final at the 1991 French Open, playing with countryman Paul Haarhuis. Her career-high... |
5–7, 6–4, 7–6 |
Winner | 13. | 24 May 1992 | Zürich WTA Swiss Open The WTA Swiss Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played in a number of locations in Switzerland. The event was held from 1971–1994, and was played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament underwent a name change in 1986, when it was titled the European Open until its discontinuation.... , Switzerland |
Clay | Amy Frazier Amy Frazier Amy Frazier is a now inactive professional female tennis player from the United States.She debuted in 1987 and was active player until the 2006 US Open in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance... |
Karina Habšudová Karina Habšudová Karina Habšudová is a former Slovak female professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as 10 in the world . Together with Karol Kučera she won the Hopman Cup in 1998.... Marianne Werdel Marianne Werdel Marianne Witmeyer Werdel is an American former professional tennis player.Werdel was born in Los Angeles and played on the WTA tour from 1982 to 1997. She is also known as Marianne Witmeyer, the name of her husband.-Singles 6:... |
7–5, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 14. | 14 June 1992 | Birmingham, England | Grass | Sandy Collins Sandy Collins (tennis) Sandy Collins is an American professional tennis player who played from the late 1970s until 1994.Sandy is a native of San Bernardino, California. After high school, Sandy went to Odessa College where she played tennis for Coach Virginia Brown and the Wranglers... |
Lori McNeil Lori McNeil Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison... Rennae Stubbs Rennae Stubbs Rennae Stubbs is an Australian tennis player. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at four successive Olympic Games; Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.... |
7–5, 3–6, 6–8 |
Winner | 15. | 1 November 1992 | San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Open (tennis) The Puerto Rico Open is a defunct tennis tournament. The first edition dates back to 1971 but only from 1986 to 1993 was the tournament played every year. It was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico and was played on outdoor hard courts. In 1988, when Tier categories were first introduced on the WTA Tour,... |
Hard | Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004... |
Gigi Fernández Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand... Kathy Rinaldi Kathy Rinaldi Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel is a former professional American tennis player, who retired in September 1997. She won three singles and two doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour, and reached the semifinals of the 1985 Wimbledon Championships.-Career:Rinaldi reached her highest career ranking on... |
6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 16. | 14 November 1992 | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | Hard | Katrina Adams Katrina Adams Katrina Adams is a former professional United States tennis player from Chicago. Her highest singles ranking was 67 on May 8, 1989.-Early life:Adams joined a tennis program in West Side, Chicago when she was six years old... |
Sandy Collins Sandy Collins (tennis) Sandy Collins is an American professional tennis player who played from the late 1970s until 1994.Sandy is a native of San Bernardino, California. After high school, Sandy went to Odessa College where she played tennis for Coach Virginia Brown and the Wranglers... Mary-Lou Daniels Mary-Lou Daniels Mary-Lou Daniels was an American tennis player.She was born Mary-Lou Piatek in Whiting, Indiana. In 1979, she was junior world champion.-Singles 4 :-Doubles 21 :-References:*... |
5–7, 6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 17. | 7 February 1993 | Auckland ASB Classic The ASB Classic is a tennis tournament held in Auckland, New Zealand. Held since 1986, this WTA Tour event is an International series tournament and is played on outdoor hardcourts during the first week of the year.... , New Zealand |
Hard | Isabelle Demongeot Isabelle Demongeot Isabelle Demongeot is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional on May 1, 1983. She lived in Saint-Tropez in the French Riviera in the early stages of her career and later settled down further south in Gassin.Demongeot won her only WTA Tour singles title in Purchase... |
Jill Hetherington Jill Hetherington Jill Hetherington Hultquist is a former Canadian professional tennis player. Hultquist played college tennis for the University of Florida, and is the current women's tennis head coach at the University of Washington.... Kathy Rinaldi Kathy Rinaldi Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel is a former professional American tennis player, who retired in September 1997. She won three singles and two doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour, and reached the semifinals of the 1985 Wimbledon Championships.-Career:Rinaldi reached her highest career ranking on... |
6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 18. | 6 November 1994 | Canadian Open, Canada | Carpet | Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000.... |
Linda Wild Linda Wild Linda Harvey Wild is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.Wild turned pro in 1989. In the first round of her first tournament as a pro, in February, 1990 in her hometown of Chicago, she defeated then fifth-ranked Arantxa Sanchez Vicario... Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin is an American tennis player. Winning seven WTA Tour singles titles, she reached her highest ranking World No. 6 on April 8, 1996, after reaching semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open. Rubin is also former World No... |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 19. | 5 February 1995 | Auckland ASB Classic The ASB Classic is a tennis tournament held in Auckland, New Zealand. Held since 1986, this WTA Tour event is an International series tournament and is played on outdoor hardcourts during the first week of the year.... , New Zealand |
Hard | Jill Hetherington Jill Hetherington Jill Hetherington Hultquist is a former Canadian professional tennis player. Hultquist played college tennis for the University of Florida, and is the current women's tennis head coach at the University of Washington.... |
Laura Golarsa Laura Golarsa Laura Golarsa is a former professional tennis player .Golarsa was born in Milan, Italy on 27 November 1967 and played on the WTA tour from 1985 to 2001. She did not win any senior titles but did reach the quarter finals of Wimbledon in 1989... Caroline Vis Caroline Vis Caroline Vis is a retired professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Vis turned pro in 1989. A doubles specialist, Vis won nine titles during her career on the WTA Tour. She reached the mixed doubles final at the 1991 French Open, playing with countryman Paul Haarhuis. Her career-high... |
7–6, 6–2 |
Mixed doubles 2 (1–1)
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 1 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 0 |
Olympic Games | 0 |
Titles by Surface | |
Hard | 1 |
Clay | 0 |
Grass | 0 |
Carpet | 0 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 6 June 1993 | French Open, France | Clay | Danie Visser Danie Visser Danie Visser is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . Visser reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol... |
Andrei Olhovskiy Andrei Olhovskiy Andrei Olhovskiy is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989.... Eugenia Maniokova |
2–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | 11 September 1994 | US Open, USA | Hard | Patrick Galbraith Patrick Galbraith Patrick Galbraith is a former professional tennis player from the United States.A doubles specialist, Galbraith reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1993. During his career he won 38 top-level doubles titles. He was a mixed doubles champion at the US Open in 1994 and 1996... |
Todd Woodbridge Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman... Jana Novotná Jana Novotná Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments... |
6–2, 6–4 |