Nathalie Tauziat
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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.
singles final at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships
, losing to Jana Novotná
. Her appearance in this final was the first by a Frenchwoman since Suzanne Lenglen
in 1925.
Tauziat was runner-up with partner Kimberly Po
in the 2001 US Open women's doubles final, losing to the team of Lisa Raymond
and Rennae Stubbs
. She was a runner-up in doubles with partner Alexandra Fusai
at the 1997 and 1998 Chase Championships
. She was part of 1997 French Fed Cup
team, which won its first title in the history of the competition.
Tauziat reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 at the age of 32 years and 6 months in the spring of 2000, making her the oldest woman to debut in the top three and the fourth oldest to be ranked in the top three. She retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit after the 2003 French Open
, after having played only doubles in 2002 and 2003. Tauziat won 8 singles titles and 25 doubles titles during her career.
Tauziat wrote a book with the title "Les Dessous du tennis féminin" (published in 2001 in French) in which she gave her insights about life on the women's professional tennis circuit. In 2004, Tauziat received a state honour - le chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
- from French President Jacques Chirac
for her contributions to international tennis. Tauziat was an official WTA tour mentor to French tennis player Marion Bartoli
beginning in 2003.
She is a first cousin of Didier Deschamps
, a former French football player. About a week after Tauziat reached the Wimbledon final on 4 July 1998, Didier led France to win the World Cup
on 12 July 1998.
NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
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...
from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships
1998 Wimbledon Championships
The 1998 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on :grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England...
. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000.
Career
Tauziat turned professional in 1984. She won her first singles title in 1990. She would reach her only Grand SlamGrand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
singles final at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships
1998 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles
Martina Hingis was the defending champion, but she was defeated by Jana Novotná in the semifinals in a rematch of last year's final.Novotná then defeated Nathalie Tauziat in the final, 6–4, 7–6, in the final on 4 July 1998 to win the tournament...
, losing to 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...
. Her appearance in this final was the first by a Frenchwoman since Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player who won 31 Championship titles between 1914 and 1926...
in 1925.
Tauziat was runner-up with partner Kimberly Po
Kimberly Po
Kimberly Po-Messerli is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During her career, Po won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000...
in the 2001 US Open women's doubles final, losing to the team of 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...
and 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....
. She was a runner-up in doubles with partner 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...
at the 1997 and 1998 Chase Championships
WTA Tour Championships
The 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...
. She was part of 1997 French Fed Cup
1997 Fed Cup
The 1997 Fed Cup was the 35th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. 8 nations competed in the World Group and 96 nations competed in total...
team, which won its first title in the history of the competition.
Tauziat reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 at the age of 32 years and 6 months in the spring of 2000, making her the oldest woman to debut in the top three and the fourth oldest to be ranked in the top three. She retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit after the 2003 French Open
2003 French Open
The 2003 French Open was the second Grand Slam event of 2003 and the 102nd edition of the French Open. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 26 through June 8, 2003.-Men's singles:...
, after having played only doubles in 2002 and 2003. Tauziat won 8 singles titles and 25 doubles titles during her career.
Tauziat wrote a book with the title "Les Dessous du tennis féminin" (published in 2001 in French) in which she gave her insights about life on the women's professional tennis circuit. In 2004, Tauziat received a state honour - le chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
- from French President Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
for her contributions to international tennis. Tauziat was an official WTA tour mentor to French tennis player Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
beginning in 2003.
Personal
Tauziat married Ramuncho Palaurena on July 16, 2005. The couple have three daughters, one born in 2005 and twin girls in June 2009.She is a first cousin of Didier Deschamps
Didier Deschamps
Didier Claude Deschamps is a retired French footballer and current manager of Marseille. He played as a defensive midfielder. As an international, he assisted France with victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000...
, a former French football player. About a week after Tauziat reached the Wimbledon final on 4 July 1998, Didier led France to win the World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup Final
The 1998 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that was played on 12 July 1998 at the Stade de France in St-Denis to determine the winner of the 1998 FIFA World Cup a global football tournament held every four years...
on 12 July 1998.
Singles 1 final (0 titles, 1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1998 1998 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles Martina Hingis was the defending champion, but she was defeated by Jana Novotná in the semifinals in a rematch of last year's final.Novotná then defeated Nathalie Tauziat in the final, 6–4, 7–6, in the final on 4 July 1998 to win the tournament... |
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... |
Grass |  Jana NovotnáJana 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... |
6–4, 7–6(2) |
Doubles: 1 final (0 titles, 1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 2001 | US Open | Hard |  Kimberly PoKimberly Po Kimberly Po-Messerli is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During her career, Po won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000... |
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 StubbsRennae 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.... |
6–2, 5–7, 7–5 |
Doubles: 2 finals (0 titles, 2 runner-ups)
| Outcome | Year | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1997 | New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... |
Carpert (i) |  Alexandra FusaiAlexandra 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... |
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... Jana NovotnáJana 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... |
6–7(5), 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1998 | New York City | Carpert (i) | Alexandra Fusai |
Lindsay Davenport  Natasha ZverevaNatasha Zvereva Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings... |
6–7(6), 7–5, 6–3 |
Singles (8)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 24 September 1990 | Bayonne, France 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.... |
Hard (i) |  Anke HuberAnke Huber Anke Huber is a German retired professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was fourth, also in 1996.-Early life:... |
6–3, 7–6(8) |
| 2. | 1 November 1993 | Quebec City, Canada Bell Challenge The Bell Challenge is a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada since 1993. The tournament is played on indoor hardcourts.... |
Hard (i) |  Katerina MaleevaKaterina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990.-Biography:... |
6–4, 6–1 |
| 3. | 19 June 1995 | Eastbourne, UK | Grass | 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... |
3–6, 6–0, 7–5 |
| 4. | 9 June 1997 | Birmingham, UK DFS Classic The AEGON Classic, formerly known as the DFS Classic, is an International series tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts... |
Grass |  Yayuk BasukiYayuk 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... |
2–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 5. | 18 October 1999 | Moscow, Russia Kremlin Cup The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour... |
Carpet (i) |  Barbara SchettBarbara 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... |
2–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 6. | 1 November 1999 | Leipzig, Germany WTA Leipzig The Sparkassen Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1990 to 2003. It was held in Leipzig in Germany and played on indoor carpet courts.... |
Carpet (i) | Květa Peschke Kveta Peschke Květoslava Peschke, also known as Květa Peschkeová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. She plays mostly on the baseline, with her best shot being the forehand. Her favourite surfaces are hard court and carpet... |
6–1, 6–3 |
| 7. | 7 February 2000 | Paris, France Open Gaz de France Open GDF Suez, formerly Open Gaz de France, is a Premier level tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Paris, France. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on indoor hardcourts.... |
Carpet (i) | 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, 6–2 |
| 8. | 11 June 2001 | Birmingham, UK | Grass |  Miriam OremansMiriam Oremans Miriam Oremans is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 26 July 1993 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 25.... |
6–3, 7–5 |
Doubles (25)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 28 September 1987 | Paris, France (Clarins Open) Clarins Open The Open Clarins is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1987 to 1992. It was held in Paris in France and played on outdoor clay courts. It was a Tier V tournament until 1989 and was subsequently promoted to Tier IV, raising prize money from $50,000 to $150,000. It was... |
Clay | 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... |
 Sandra CecchiniSandra Cecchini Anna-Maria Cecchini is a former Italian professional tennis player.Cecchini or Sandra as she was known on the WTA tour, played from 1981 to 1998 and won 11 singles titles. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came in her first appearance at Roland Garros in 1984, when she reached the quarter...  Sabrina GolešSabrina Goleš Sabrina Goleš is a former Yugoslav tennis player, from modern day Croatia.... |
1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2. | 9 May 1988 | Berlin, West Germany | Clay | Isabelle Demongeot |
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player. During her career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won 10 singles titles and 26 doubles titles.-Career:...  Helena SukováHelena Suková Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles... |
6–2, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 3. | 17 October 1988 | Zürich, Switzerland 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... |
Carpet (i) | Isabelle Demongeot |
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková |
6–3, 6–3 |
| 4. | 1 May 1989 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Isabelle Demongeot |
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... Helena Suková |
walkover Walkover In British English, a walkover or W.O. is the awarding of a victory to a contestant because there are no other contestants, or because the other contestants have been disqualified or have forfeited. The term can apply in sport, but can also apply to elections... |
| 5. | 22 October 1990 | Brighton, UK Brighton International The Brighton International was a tennis tournament held in Brighton, UK. It was a WTA Tour event from 1978-1995 and an ATP Tour event from 1996-2000, upon the discontinuation of the women's tournament. The women's event was held in October.... |
Carpet | Helena Suková Helena Suková Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles... |
 Jo DurieJo Durie Jo Durie is a former world number 5 professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she won two Grand Slam titles, both in the mixed doubles.-Singles career:...  Natasha ZverevaNatasha Zvereva Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings... |
6–1, 6–4 |
| 6. | 23 September 1991 | Bayonne, France 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.... |
Carpet (i) |  Patricia TarabiniPatricia Tarabini Patricia Tarabini was an Argentine tennis player. Tarabini represented her country and won the Bronze Olympic medal at the 2004 Athens games, with Paola Suárez, where they lost 7–9 in the third set to eventual gold medalists from China, Sun Tiantian and Li Ting. On May 9, 1988, Tarabini reached... |
Rachel McQuillan Rachel McQuillan Rachel McQuillan is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She won 5 WTA Tour doubles titles, as well as 14 singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the 1995 and 1998 French Opens and at the 1996 US Open, each time... Catherine TanvierCatherine 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... |
6–3, retired |
| 7. | 11 January 1993 | Melbourne, Australia | Hard | Nicole Bradtke Nicole Bradtke Nicole Bradtke is a retired professional tennis player from Australia.Bradtke won three singles and nine doubles on the WTA Tour in her career. She reached the semifinals of the 1988 French Open, and won a bronze medal in doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, partnering Rachel McQuillan... |
Cammy MacGregor Shaun Stafford |
1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 8. | 1994 August 1994 | Manhattan Beach, USA | Hard | Julie Halard |
Jana Novotná 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... |
6–1, 0–6, 6–1 |
| 9. | 31 October 1994 | Quebec City, Canada Bell Challenge The Bell Challenge is a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada since 1993. The tournament is played on indoor hardcourts.... |
Carpet (i) |  Elna ReinachElna Reinach 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... |
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... Linda WildLinda 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... |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 10. | 22 February 1995 | Linz, Austria Generali Ladies Linz The Generali Ladies Linz is a tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. Held since 1987, this WTA Tour event is a Tier II-tournament and is played on indoor hardcourts... |
Carpet (i) | Meredith McGrath Meredith McGrath Meredith McGrath is a former professional tennis player. She was born on April 28, 1971 in Midland, Michigan, USA and made her debut on the Women's Tennis Association tour in 1988. She won three singles titles in a ten year career, at Oklahoma City and Eastbourne in 1994 and Birmingham in 1996. ... |
 Iva MajoliIva 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... Petra Schwarz |
6–1, 6–2 |
| 11. | 30 September 1996 | Leipzig, Germany WTA Leipzig The Sparkassen Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1990 to 2003. It was held in Leipzig in Germany and played on indoor carpet courts.... |
Carpet (i) | Kristie Boogert Kristie Boogert Kristie Boogert was a professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 5 February 1996 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 29.... |
 Sabine AppelmansSabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans is a former tennis player from Belgium, and was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.-Career:... Miriam OremansMiriam Oremans Miriam Oremans is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 26 July 1993 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 25.... |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 12. | 21 October 1996 | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Carpet (i) | Kristie Boogert |
Dominique Monami Dominique Monami Dominique Monami is a former Belgian professional female tennis player.In 1995, she married her coach Bart Van Roost, with whom she has a daughter, and played under the name Dominique Van Roost until their divorce in 2003.Her biggest achievement came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where... Barbara RittnerBarbara Rittner Barbara Rittner is a former professional tennis player who comes from Germany. Her career high ranking was No. 24 in the world, a ranking she achieved on 1 February 1993. She currently is the captain of the German Fed Cup team.... |
2–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 13. | 3 February 1997 | Linz, Austria | Carpet (i) | 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... |
Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová |
4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 14. | 3 November 1997 | Chicago, USA Ameritech Cup Chicago The Ameritech Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament held every year from 1971 until 1997 in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Its sponsors were Virginia Slims from 1971 to 1978 and again from 1983 to 1994, Avon from 1979 to 1982 and Ameritech from 1995 to 1997... |
Carpet (i) | Alexandra Fusai |
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... Monica SelesMonica 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... |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 15. | 23 February 1998 | Linz, Austria | Carpet (i) | Alexandra Fusai |
 Anna KournikovaAnna Kournikova Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian retired professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite the fact that she never won a WTA singles title. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name...  Larisa NeilandLarisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983... |
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 16. | 18 May 1998 | Strasbourg, France 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.... |
Clay | Alexandra Fusai |
 Yayuk BasukiYayuk 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 VisCaroline 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... |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 17. | 22 August 1998 | New Haven, USA Pilot Pen Tennis This 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.... |
Hard | Alexandra Fusai |
Jana Novotná Mariaan de Swardt Mariaan de Swardt Mariaan de Swardt is a former tennis player from South Africa, who played as a professional from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996, and was a member of the South African Fed Cup Team in 1992 and 1994-1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S... |
6–1, 6–0 |
| 18. | 8 February 1999 | Prostějov, Czech Republic ECM Prague Open The Strabag Prague Open is a tennis tournament held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic . Held since 1992 but interrupted between 1999 and 2005, this WTA Tour event is a WTA International Tournaments and is played on outdoor clay courts... |
Carpet (i) | Alexandra Fusai |
Květa Peschke Kveta Peschke Květoslava Peschke, also known as Květa Peschkeová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. She plays mostly on the baseline, with her best shot being the forehand. Her favourite surfaces are hard court and carpet... Helena Vildová |
3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 19. | 10 May 1999 | Berlin, Germany | Clay | Alexandra Fusai |
Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini Patricia Tarabini Patricia Tarabini was an Argentine tennis player. Tarabini represented her country and won the Bronze Olympic medal at the 2004 Athens games, with Paola Suárez, where they lost 7–9 in the third set to eventual gold medalists from China, Sun Tiantian and Li Ting. On May 9, 1988, Tarabini reached... |
6–3, 7–5 |
| 20. | 19 June 2000 | Eastbourne, UK | Grass |  Ai SugiyamaAi Sugiyama is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992... |
Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
2–6, 6–3, 7–6(3) |
| 21. | 14 August 2000 | Montreal, Canada Canada Masters The 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... |
Hard |  Martina HingisMartina Hingis Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles... |
Julie Halard-Decugis Julie Halard-Decugis Julie Halard-Decugis is a former professional female tennis player.Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland... Ai SugiyamaAi Sugiyama is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992... |
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 22. | 25 September 2000 | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Carpet (i) | Alexandra Fusai |
Lubomira Bacheva  Cristina Torrens |
6–3, 7–6(0) |
| 23. | 19 March 2001 | Key Biscayne, USA Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... |
Hard | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player... |
Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
6–0, 6–4 |
| 24. | 6 August 2001 | Manhattan Beach, USA | Hard | Kimberly Po Kimberly Po Kimberly Po-Messerli is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During her career, Po won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000... |
Nicole Arendt Nicole Arendt Nicole J. Arendt is an American professional tennis player. Arendt won sixteen doubles titles in her career. The left-hander reached her highest singles ranking on the WTA Tour on June 16, 1997, when she was ranked forty-ninth in the world... Caroline Vis |
6–3, 7–5 |
| 25. | 24 September 2001 | Leipzig, Germany | Carpet (i) | Elena Likhovtseva Elena Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva is a Russian tennis player, currently inactive. She turned professional in January 1992 at the age of 16.Likhovtseva's career best appearance in a Grand Slam was when she reached the semi finals of the French Open 2005 before she was defeated by Mary Pierce, 6–1 6–1... |
Květa Peschke Kveta Peschke Květoslava Peschke, also known as Květa Peschkeová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. She plays mostly on the baseline, with her best shot being the forehand. Her favourite surfaces are hard court and carpet... Barbara RittnerBarbara Rittner Barbara Rittner is a former professional tennis player who comes from Germany. Her career high ranking was No. 24 in the world, a ranking she achieved on 1 February 1993. She currently is the captain of the German Fed Cup team.... |
6–4, 6–2 |
Singles (14)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 11 July 1988 | Nice, France WTA Nice Open The WTA Nice Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played in 1988. It was held at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club in Nice in France and played on outdoor clay courts.-Women's Singles:-Women's Doubles:-References:*... |
Clay | Sandra Cecchini Sandra Cecchini Anna-Maria Cecchini is a former Italian professional tennis player.Cecchini or Sandra as she was known on the WTA tour, played from 1981 to 1998 and won 11 singles titles. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came in her first appearance at Roland Garros in 1984, when she reached the quarter... |
7–5, 6–4 |
| 2. | 22 August 1988 | Mahwah, USA WTA New Jersey The 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.... |
Hard | 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... |
6–0, 6–1 |
| 3. | 5 February 1990 | Wichita, USA VS of Kansas The VS of Kansas is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1978 to 1990. It was held in Kansas City, Kansas in the United States from 1978 to 1983 and in Wichita, Kansas in the United States from 1986 to 1990 and was played on indoor hard courts in 1978 and from 1988 to 1990,... |
Hard (i) |  Dinky Van Rensburg |
2–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
| 4. | 7 October 1991 | Zürich, Switzerland 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... |
Carpet (i) | Steffi Graf |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 5. | 23 March 1992 | San Antonio, USA Pilot Pen Tennis This 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.... |
Hard | Martina Navrátilová |
6–2, 6–1 |
| 6. | 28 September 1992 | Bayonne, France 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.... |
Hard (i) | Manuela Maleeva Manuela Maleeva Manuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994... |
6–7(4), 6–2, 6–3 |
| 7. | 10 June 1996 | Birmingham, UK DFS Classic The AEGON Classic, formerly known as the DFS Classic, is an International series tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts... |
Grass | Meredith McGrath Meredith McGrath Meredith McGrath is a former professional tennis player. She was born on April 28, 1971 in Midland, Michigan, USA and made her debut on the Women's Tennis Association tour in 1988. She won three singles titles in a ten year career, at Oklahoma City and Eastbourne in 1994 and Birmingham in 1996. ... |
2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 8. | 13 October 1997 | Zürich, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | 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... |
7–6(3), 7–5 |
| 9. | 3 November 1997 | Chicago, USA Ameritech Cup Chicago The Ameritech Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament held every year from 1971 until 1997 in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Its sponsors were Virginia Slims from 1971 to 1978 and again from 1983 to 1994, Avon from 1979 to 1982 and Ameritech from 1995 to 1997... |
Carpet (i) | Lindsay Davenport |
6–0, 7–5 |
| 10. | 22 June 1998 | Wimbledon, London, UK 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... |
Grass | 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... |
6–4, 7–6(2) |
| 11. | 2 November 1998 | Leipzig, Germany WTA Leipzig The Sparkassen Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1990 to 2003. It was held in Leipzig in Germany and played on indoor carpet courts.... |
Carpet (i) | Steffi Graf |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 12. | 7 June 1999 | Birmingham, UK | Grass | Julie Halard-Decugis Julie Halard-Decugis Julie Halard-Decugis is a former professional female tennis player.Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland... |
6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 13. | 14 June 1999 | Eastbourne, UK | Grass | Natasha Zvereva Natasha Zvereva Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings... |
0–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 14. | 19 February 2001 | Dubai, UAE Dubai Tennis Championships The Dubai Tennis Championships is a professional tennis tournament owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free and held annually in Dubai, United Arab... |
Hard | Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles... |
6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles (33)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 11 July 1988 | Nice, France WTA Nice Open The WTA Nice Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played in 1988. It was held at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club in Nice in France and played on outdoor clay courts.-Women's Singles:-Women's Doubles:-References:*... |
Clay | 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... |
Catherine Suire Catherine Suire Catherine Suire is a former tennis player from France, who competed as a lucky loser for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She won eight doubles titles in her professional career, and reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on May 14, 1984, when she became the... Catherine TanvierCatherine 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... |
6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
| 2. | 24 October 1988 | Brighton, UK Brighton International The Brighton International was a tennis tournament held in Brighton, UK. It was a WTA Tour event from 1978-1995 and an ATP Tour event from 1996-2000, upon the discontinuation of the women's tournament. The women's event was held in October.... |
Carpet | Isabelle Demongeot |
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... Betsy NagelsenBetsy Nagelsen Betsy Nagelsen McCormack is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. Nagelsen won the doubles championship at the 1978 and 1980 Australian Opens . She reached the singles final of the 1978 Australian Open, losing to Christine O'Neil... |
7–6(5), 2–6, 7–6(3) |
| 3. | 16 October 1989 | Zürich, Switzerland 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... |
Carpet (i) | Judith Wiesner Judith Wiesner Judith Wiesner is a former professional tennis player from Austria. During her career, she won six top-level singles titles and three tour doubles titles. Her career high rankings were World Number 12 in singles , and World Number 29 in doubles... |
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... Helena SukováHelena Suková Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles... |
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 4. | 12 February 1990 | Chicago, USA Ameritech Cup Chicago The Ameritech Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament held every year from 1971 until 1997 in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Its sponsors were Virginia Slims from 1971 to 1978 and again from 1983 to 1994, Avon from 1979 to 1982 and Ameritech from 1995 to 1997... |
Carpet (i) | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player... |
Martina Navrátilová Anne Smith Anne Smith Anne Smith is a female former professional tennis player from the United States. Smith's highest women's doubles ranking was World No. 1 in 1980 and 1981. Her highest singles ranking was World No. 12 in 1982... |
6–7(9), 6–4, 6–3 |
| 5. | 22 April 1991 | Barcelona, Spain Barcelona Kia The Barcelona Ladies Open is a tennis tournament for women held in Barcelona in Spain and is played on outdoor clay courts. It is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour with total prize money of $220,000.... |
Clay | Judith Wiesner |
Martina Navrátilová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player... |
6–1, 6–3 |
| 6. | 29 July 1991 | San Diego, USA | Hard | 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... |
 Jill HetheringtonJill 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 Stunkel |
6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 7. | 20 April 1992 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Judith Wiesner |
Conchita Martínez Conchita Martínez Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998... Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6–4, 6–1 |
| 8. | 1 November 1993 | Quebec City, Canada Bell Challenge The Bell Challenge is a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada since 1993. The tournament is played on indoor hardcourts.... |
Carpet (i) | Katerina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990.-Biography:... |
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... Manon BollegrafManon 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:... |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 9. | 18 April 1994 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Julie Halard-Decugis Julie Halard-Decugis Julie Halard-Decugis is a former professional female tennis player.Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland... |
Larisa Neiland Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983... Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 10. | 12 February 1996 | Paris, France Open Gaz de France Open GDF Suez, formerly Open Gaz de France, is a Premier level tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Paris, France. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on indoor hardcourts.... |
Carpet (i) | Julie Halard-Decugis |
Kristie Boogert Kristie Boogert Kristie Boogert was a professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 5 February 1996 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 29.... Jana NovotnáJana 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... |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 11. | 4 March 1996 | Indian Wells, USA | Hard | Julie Halard-Decugis |
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... Brenda Schultz |
6–1, 6–4 |
| 12. | 10 June 1996 | Birmingham, UK DFS Classic The AEGON Classic, formerly known as the DFS Classic, is an International series tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts... |
Grass | 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... |
Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie is an Australian 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.... Linda WildLinda 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... |
6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
| 13. | 4 November 1996 | Oakland, USA Bank of the West Classic The Bank of the West Classic is a week-long tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, United States. The 2011 event will be held on July 25th to July 31st. Started in 1971, the tournament is the oldest women's-only tournament in the world... |
Carpet (i) |  Irina SpîrleaIrina 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... |
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... Mary Joe FernándezMary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player... |
6–1, 6–3 |
| 14. | 3 March 1997 | Indian Wells, USA | Hard | 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... |
Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva |
7–5, 6–2 |
| 15. | 9 June 1997 | Birmingham, UK | Grass | 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... |
Katrina Adams Larisa Neiland |
6–2, 6–3 |
| 16. | 18 August 1997 | Atlanta, USA Pilot Pen Tennis This 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.... |
Hard | 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... |
Nicole Arendt Nicole Arendt Nicole J. Arendt is an American professional tennis player. Arendt won sixteen doubles titles in her career. The left-hander reached her highest singles ranking on the WTA Tour on June 16, 1997, when she was ranked forty-ninth in the world... Manon BollegrafManon 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:... |
6–7(5), 6–3, 6–2 |
| 17. | 20 October 1997 | Quebec City, Canada | Hard (i) | Alexandra Fusai |
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 StubbsRennae 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.... |
6–4, 5–7, 7–5 |
| 18. | 17 November 1997 | Chase Championships, New York City, USA WTA Tour Championships The 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... |
Carpet (i) | Alexandra Fusai |
Lindsay Davenport 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... |
6–7(5), 6–3, 6–2 |
| 19. | 2 March 1998 | Indian Wells, USA | Hard | Alexandra Fusai |
Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva |
6–4, 2–6, 6–4 |
| 20. | 11 May 1998 | Berlin, Germany | Clay | Alexandra Fusai |
Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva |
6–3, 6–0 |
| 21. | 3 August 1998 | San Diego, USA | Hard | Alexandra Fusai |
Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva |
6–2, 6–1 |
| 22. | 16 November 1998 | Chase Championships, New York City, USA | Carpet (i) | Alexandra Fusai |
Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva |
6–7(6), 7–5, 6–3 |
| 23. | 15 February 1999 | Hanover, Germany Faber Grand Prix The Faber Grand Prix is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1992 to 2000. It was held in Essen in Germany from 1992 to 1994 and in Hanover in Germany from 1996 to 2000. The tournament was played on indoor carpet courts.-Singles:... |
Carpet (i) | Alexandra Fusai |
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... Venus WilliamsVenus 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... |
5–7, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 24. | 3 May 1999 | Rome, Italy Rome Masters The 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... |
Clay | Alexandra Fusai |
Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles... Anna KournikovaAnna Kournikova Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian retired professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite the fact that she never won a WTA singles title. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name... |
6–2, 6–2 |
| 25. | 17 May 1999 | Strasbourg, France 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.... |
Clay | Alexandra Fusai |
Elena Likhovtseva Elena Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva is a Russian tennis player, currently inactive. She turned professional in January 1992 at the age of 16.Likhovtseva's career best appearance in a Grand Slam was when she reached the semi finals of the French Open 2005 before she was defeated by Mary Pierce, 6–1 6–1... Ai SugiyamaAi Sugiyama is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992... |
2–6, 7–6(6), 6–1 |
| 26. | 11 October 1999 | Zürich, Switzerland | Hard (i) | Natasha Zvereva Natasha Zvereva Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings... |
Lindsay Davenport 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.... |
6–2, 6–2 |
| 27. | 31 January 2000 | Tokyo, Japan (Pan Pacific Open) 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... |
Carpet (i) | Alexandra Fusai |
Martina Hingis Mary Pierce Mary Pierce Mary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles... |
6–4, 6–1 |
| 28. | 16 October 2000 | Linz, Austria Generali Ladies Linz The Generali Ladies Linz is a tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. Held since 1987, this WTA Tour event is a Tier II-tournament and is played on indoor hardcourts... |
Carpet (i) | Ai Sugiyama Ai Sugiyama is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992... |
Amélie Mauresmo Amélie Mauresmo Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; is a French former professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon.... Chanda RubinChanda 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, 6–4 |
| 29. | 5 February 2001 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Kimberly Po Kimberly Po Kimberly Po-Messerli is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During her career, Po won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000... |
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... Virginie RazzanoVirginie Razzano Virginie Razzano , is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 4. Razzano, who was born in Dijon, has won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007 in Guangzhou and Tokyo. Razzano reached her career high ranking of World No. 16 on September 14, 2009. As of May 2011, she is ranked... |
6–3, 7–5 |
| 30. | 12 February 2001 | Nice, France Internationaux de Tennis Feminin Nice The Internationaux de Tennis Feminin Nice is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played in 2001. It was held in Nice in France and played on indoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*... |
Carpet (i) | Kimberly Po |
Émilie 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... Anne-Gaëlle SidotAnne-Gaëlle Sidot Anne-Gaelle Sidot is a former professional tennis player from France.-Career:... |
1–6, 6–2, 6–0 |
| 31. | 11 June 2001 | Birmingham, UK | Grass | Kimberly Po |
 Cara BlackCara Black Cara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She has won 7 singles titles and 63 women's doubles titles. She has won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and three of the four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles. She is currently ranked World No. 28 in women's doubles... Elena LikhovtsevaElena Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva is a Russian tennis player, currently inactive. She turned professional in January 1992 at the age of 16.Likhovtseva's career best appearance in a Grand Slam was when she reached the semi finals of the French Open 2005 before she was defeated by Mary Pierce, 6–1 6–1... |
6–1, 6–2 |
| 32. | 27 August 2001 | US Open, New York City | Hard | Kimberly Po |
Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
6–2, 5–7, 7–5 |
| 33. | 10 June 2002 | Birmingham, UK DFS Classic The AEGON Classic, formerly known as the DFS Classic, is an International series tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tournament is played on outdoor grass courts... |
Grass | Kimberly Po |
Shinobu Asagoe Shinobu Asagoe Shinobu Asagoe is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1997, and retired in 2006.-Career:2000 was the first year in which she finished in the WTA top 100 . In the US Open that year, she defeated Patty Schnyder, a top 50 player... Els CallensEls 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... |
6–4, 6–3 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | Career SR | Career Win-Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | 4R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 4-3 |
| French Open | 1R | 3R | 2R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 4R | QF | 4R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 18 | 30-18 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 4R | QF | 4R | 3R | 3R | 3R | QF | F | QF | 1R | QF | 0 / 16 | 40-16 |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 3R | QF | 4R | 0 / 16 | 27-16 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 53 | 101-53 |
NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
See also
- Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam finalTennis performance timeline comparison (women)This article presents in a tabular form the career tennis Grand Slam, World Hard Court Championships and Olympic singles results of every woman who has reached the singles final of at least one Grand Slam, World Hard Court Championships or Olympic tournament during her career...