Mariaan de Swardt is a former tennis player from South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, who played as a professional from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992

Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

These are the final results for the tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.American teenager Jennifer Capriati stunned German Steffi Graf in the women's singles final to win the gold medal...

 and 1996

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

, and was a member of the South African Fed Cup

Fed Cup

Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...

 Team in 1992 and 1994-1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S. citizen.

De Swardt won two Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles competition: the 1999 Australian Open

1999 Australian Open

The 1999 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 87th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 18 through 31 January 1999. This was the first Grand Slam of the calendar year.In the singles...

 and the 2000 French Open

2000 French Open

List of the 2000 French Open champions:-Men's Singles:* Men's Singles-Men's singles: Gustavo Kuerten def. Magnus Norman, 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6...

 with partner David Adams. In addition to that, she also holds four women's doubles titles and reached as high as No. 11 in the women's doubles world ranking. She has one WTA Tour singles title from 1998 and reached No. 28 in the world singles ranking in 1996.

Since retiring from tennis, she has been a commentator for Eurosport

Eurosport

Eurosport is a pan-European television sport network operated by French broadcaster TF1 Group. The network of channels are available in 59 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events...

 and South African television, and has coached at professsional, collegiate and recreational level with her base being at Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, she set up a non-profit charity, the Pet Care Fund, to help animals.

Singles 1

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	1
Tier IV & V	0
Olympic Games	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	16 August 1998	Boston Boston Cup The Boston Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played in 1998. It was held at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the United States and played on outdoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*... , Massachusetts, USA	Hard (o)	Barbara Schett Barbara Schett Barbara Schett Eagle is a former Austrian tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 7, on 13 September 1999. She ended her career at the 2005 Australian Open. Between 1993 to 2004 she played in 48 games for the Austria Fed Cup team, winning 30...	3-6, 7-6, 7-5

Doubles 10 (4-6)

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	1
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	2
Olympic Games	0

Titles by Surface
Hard	1
Clay	2
Grass	1
Carpet	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	1.	30 April 1995	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain	Clay	Iva Majoli Iva Majoli Iva Majoli Marić is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997. Majoli also won eight singles titles and one women's doubles title during her career.-Career:Majoli turned professional in 1991 at the age...	Larisa Savchenko    Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	5-7, 6-4, 5-7
Winner	2.	20 May 1995	British Clay Court Champs, UK	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir Ruxandra Dragomir Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie is a retired female tennis player from Romania, who won four singles and five doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on August 25, 1997, when she became the number 15 of the world...	Kerry-Anne Guse Kerry-Anne Guse Kerry-Anne Guse is an Australian tennis player. She was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and turned pro at the age of 15.-Doubles 13 :-References:...     Patricia Hy	6-3, 6-5
Runner-up	3.	4 February 1996	Tokyo Toray Pan Pacific Open The 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... , Japan	Carpet (i)	Irina Spirlea Irina Spîrlea Irina Spîrlea is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on October 13, 1997, when she became number 7 in the world...	Gigi Fernandez 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...     Natalia Zvereva	6-7, 3-6
Winner	4.	19 May 1996	Cardiff Welsh International Open The Welsh International Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played in 1997. It was held in Cardiff in Wales and was played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*... , Wales	Clay	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...	Els Callens Els Callens Els Callens was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. She became a pro in January 1990.Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Dominique Van Roost-Monami.She retired on Wednesday 26 October 2005...     Laurence Courtois Laurence Courtois Laurence Courtois is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium.Courtois won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career.-Singles 2:-Doubles 9 :-References:*...	6-0, 6-4
Winner	5.	20 Jun3 1998	Eastbourne, England	Grass	Jana Novotna 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...	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario    Natalia Zvereva	6-1, 6-3
Runner-up	6.	16 August 1998	Boston Boston Cup The Boston Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played in 1998. It was held at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the United States and played on outdoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*... , Massachusetts, USA	Hard (o)	Mary Joe Fernandez Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player...	Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles...   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....	4-6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	30 August 1998	New Haven, Connecticut, USA	Hard (o)	Jana Novotna 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...	Alexandra Fusai Alexandra Fusai Alexandra Fusai is a former professional tennis player from France.Fusai turned professional in 1991. She was 1.76m tall and weighed about 60 kg in 1997. She played right-handed and lived in Nantes during her career...   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....	1-6, 0-6
Runner-up	8.	18 October 1998	Zürich Zurich Open The Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zurich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event.The Open was held at... , Switzerland	Hard (i)	Elena Tatarkova Elena Tatarkova Elena Tatarkova is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine. Now retired, she won four ITF singles titles, four WTA doubles titles, and 25 ITF doubles titles...	Venus Williams Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...     Serena Williams Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...	7-5, 1-6, 3-6
Winner	9.	16 January 1999	Hobart Moorilla Hobart International The Hobart International is a women's professional tennis tournament held at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia. Held since 1994, it forms a part of the Women's Tennis Association Tour and is classed as an International tournament... , Australia	Hard (o)	Elena Tatarkova Elena Tatarkova Elena Tatarkova is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine. Now retired, she won four ITF singles titles, four WTA doubles titles, and 25 ITF doubles titles...	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Alexia Dechaume-Balleret is a former professional tennis player from France. She reached her career high singles ranking of No. 46 in the world on August 17, 1992....     Emilie Loit Emilie Loit Émilie Loit is a retired French professional female tennis player. She was born in Cherbourg, France.She rose to fame when she played against American superstar Serena Williams before losing 6–3, 6–7, 5–7 in a tough first round 2003 Australian Open match.In her career Loit has won three career...	6-1, 6-2
Runner-up	10.	4 July 1999	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... , England	Grass	Elena Tatarkova Elena Tatarkova Elena Tatarkova is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine. Now retired, she won four ITF singles titles, four WTA doubles titles, and 25 ITF doubles titles...	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...     Corina Morariu Corina Morariu Corina Marie Morariu is a former American female professional tennis player of Romanian heritage.Morariu turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a doubles specialist, she won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport. She also won the mixed doubles title at the...	4-6, 4-6

Mixed doubles 2 (2-0)

Legend
Grand Slam	2
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	1
Grass	0
Carpet	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	31 January 1999	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... , Melbourne, Australia	Hard (o)		Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...     Serena Williams Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...	6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5)
Winner	2.	11 Jun 2000	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	David Adams David Adams (tennis) David Adams is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He turned pro in 1989. During his career he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 33 times, including at the French Open in 1992. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...		6-3, 3-6, 6-3

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