Miriam Oremans
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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.
She did not win any singles titles (Oremans did have two Satellite tournament wins in 1989), but did win three titles in doubles. In 1992 she was runner-up together with Jacco Eltingh
in the Mixed Doubles finals of Wimbledon.
Her biggest achievement came in during the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney
where she won the silver medal in doubles, partnering Kristie Boogert
, losing the final match to Venus
and Serena Williams
.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. On 26 July 1993 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 25.
She did not win any singles titles (Oremans did have two Satellite tournament wins in 1989), but did win three titles in doubles. In 1992 she was runner-up together with Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Folkert Eltingh is a former professional male tennis player and former World No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis...
in the Mixed Doubles finals of Wimbledon.
Her biggest achievement came in during the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
where she won the silver medal in doubles, partnering 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....
, losing the final match to Venus
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...
and 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...
.
Singles 5
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 0 |
Olympic Games | 0 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
Runner-up | 1. | 19 June 1993 | Eastbourne, England | Grass | Martina Navratilova | 6-2, 2-6, 3-6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 22 June 1997 | Rosmalen, Netherlands | Grass | 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... |
7-5, 2-6, 4-6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 15 June 1998 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | 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... |
3-6, 4-6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 23 October 2000 | Bratislava WTA Bratislava The WTA Bratislava was a women's tennis tournament held in Bratislava, Slovakia, from 1999 until 2002. The tournament was a Tier IVa and V event on the WTA Tour. It was held in October and played on indoor hard courts at Sibamac Arena... , Slovakia |
Hard (i) | Dája Bedáňová Dája Bedánová Dája Bedáňová is a former professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. She lives in Leonberg, Germany. Bedáňová turned pro in 2000 and retired in 2005.-Singles wins :... |
1-6, 7-5, 3-6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 11 June 2001 | Birmingham 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... , England |
Grass | 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.... |
3-6, 5-7 |
Doubles 12 (3-9)
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 1 |
Tier III | 1 |
Tier IV & V | 1 |
Olympic Games | 0 |
Titles by Surface | |
Hard | 1 |
Clay | 0 |
Grass | 1 |
Carpet | 1 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
Winner | 1. | 16 February 1992 | Linz 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... , Austria |
Hard (i) | Monique Kiene | Claudia Porwik Claudia Porwik Claudia Porwik is a former professional tennis player. She was born on 14 November 1968 in Coburg, West Germany and played on the WTA tour from 1986 to 1996... Raffaella Reggi-Concato |
6-4, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 28 May 1995 | 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 |
Hard (i) | Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans is a former tennis player from Belgium, and was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.-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... Mary Joe Fernandez Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player... |
2-6, 3-6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 25 May 1996 | Madrid Madrid Open (tennis) The Madrid Open is a tournament for male and female professional tennis players, currently held in Madrid, Spain, during the first week of May... , Spain |
Clay | Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans is a former tennis player from Belgium, and was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.-Career:... |
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... Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player... |
6-7, 2-6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 6 October 1996 | Leipzig, Germany | Carpet | Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans is a former tennis player from Belgium, and was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.-Career:... |
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.... 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.... |
4-6, 4-6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 29 March 1997 | Key Biscayne, Florida, USA | Hard | Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans is a former tennis player from Belgium, and was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.-Career:... |
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player... 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... |
2-6, 3-6 |
Winner | 6. | 15 February 1998 | Paris 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.... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Carpet (i) | Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans is a former tennis player from Belgium, and was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.-Career:... |
Anna Kournikova Anna 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 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... |
1–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
Winner | 7. | 21 June 1998 | 's-Hertogenbosch Ordina Open The Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, now sponsored by UNICEF and called the UNICEF Open, is a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour and WTA Tour held in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.-Singles:-Doubles:-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:*... , Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
Grass | Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans is a former tennis player from Belgium, and was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.-Career:... |
Cătălina Cristea Catalina Cristea Cătălina Cristea is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked 59 in the singles WTA Tour and 40th in the doubles. She retired from professional competitions in September 2001.-External links:... Eva Melicharová Eva Melicharová Eva Melicharová was a Czech professional tennis player from the 1980s to 2001. She won two WTA Tour tournaments in doubles.-Doubles 5 :-References:*... |
6–7, 7–6, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 1 October 2000 | Sidney Olympics, Australia | Hard | 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.... |
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... |
1-6, 1-6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 18 February 2001 | Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar... , Qatar |
Hard | 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.... |
Sandrine Testud Sandrine Testud Sandrine Testud is a former professional female tennis player from France.-Career:Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 1999, she became the fourth Frenchwoman after Françoise Durr, Mary Pierce and Nathalie Tauziat to break into singles top 10 rankings... Roberta Vinci Roberta Vinci Roberta Vinci is an Italian tennis player. As of 29 August 2011, Vinci is ranked World No. 20, on the WTA Tour Rankings. Vinci has won thirteen WTA Tour titles, six in singles and seven in doubles.... |
5-7, 6-7(4) |
Runner-up | 10. | 19 May 2001 | Antwerp, Belgium | Clay | 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.... |
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... Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles Between 2002... |
3-6, 6-3, 4-6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 18 June 2001 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Kim Clijsters Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. As of 7 November 2011, Clijsters is ranked No. 13 in singles. Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles.... |
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... Nadia Petrova Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player.Overall, she has won 28 WTA Titles, ten in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005... |
6-7(5), 7-6(5), 4-6 |
Runner-up | 12. | 30 December 2001 | Gold Coast, Australia | Hard | Åsa Svensson Åsa Svensson Åsa Svensson is a female tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1992. She won two singles and seven doubles titles in her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 1 April 1996, when she became the number 28 of the world.-Singles :-Won :-... |
Meghann Shaughnessy Meghann Shaughnessy Meghann Shaughnessy is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of #11 in 2001, and has won six WTA Tour singles titles... Justine Henin |
1-6, 6-7(6) |