
Zina Garrison
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Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963 in Houston, Texas
) is a former professional tennis
player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam
mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games
.
in Houston in 1982.
Garrison began suffering from the eating disorder bulimia when she was 19, following the death of her mother. "I had never been comfortable with my looks and felt I had lost the only person who loved me unconditionally", Garrison told the British Observer Sport Monthly in 2006. "The pressure of being labeled 'the next Althea Gibson
' only made things worse. I felt I was never going to be allowed to grow into just becoming me."
Garrison turned professional in 1982, and skipped her graduation at Ross Sterling High School to compete in the French Open, her first tournament as a professional, where she reached the quarterfinals before being knocked-out by Martina Navrátilová.
Despite battling bulimia during her first few years on the tour, Garrison enjoyed notable success on-court. She reached the Australian Open
semifinals in her first full year on the tour - 1983 - and finished the year ranked World No. 10. She won her first top-level singles titles in 1984 at the European Indoor Championships in Zürich
. She was a Wimbledon semifinalist in 1985, and in 1986, she won her first tour doubles at the Canadian Open
(partnering Gabriela Sabatini
).
At the Australian Open in 1987, Garrison won the mixed doubles (partnering Sherwood Stewart
) and finished runner-up in the women's doubles (partnering Lori McNeil
). A year later, Garrison and Stewart captured the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon.
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul
, Garrison teamed with Pam Shriver
to win the women's doubles gold medal for the United States, defeating Jana Novotná
and Helena Suková
of Czechoslovakia
in the final. And Garrison defeated Shriver in the quarterfinals of the singles event, where she won a bronze medal.
In 1989, Garrison defeated Chris Evert
7–6, 6–2 in the quarterfinals of the US Open in what proved to be the final Grand Slam
singles match of Evert's career. Garrison subsequently lost to Navrátilová in the semifinals. She finished 1989 ranked a career-high World No. 4 in singles.
The highlight of Garrison's career came in 1990 at Wimbledon. She defeated French Open champion Monica Seles
in the quarterfinals 3–6, 6–3, 9–7 and the defending Wimbledon champion and World No. 1 Steffi Graf
in the semifinals 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 to reach her first (and only) Grand Slam singles final. There, she lost to Navrátilová 6–4, 6–1 who won her record ninth women's singles title at Wimbledon. However, Garrison claimed her third Grand Slam mixed doubles title at Wimbledon that year (partnering Rick Leach
).
In 1992, Garrison finished runner-up in the Australian Open women's doubles (partnering Mary Joe Fernandez
).
Garrison retired from the professional tour in 1996. During her career, she won 14 top-level singles titles and 20 doubles titles.
Since retiring from the tour, Garrison has worked as a television commentator and maintained active roles in the community and in tennis. She founded the Zina Garrison Foundation for the Homeless in 1988, and the Zina Garrison All-Court Tennis Program, which supports inner-city tennis in Houston, in 1992. She has also served as a member of the United States President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha
sorority.
Garrison has maintained a presence on the professional tennis scene, and was the captain for the U.S. Federation Cup team
before relinquishing the role to Mary Joe Fernandez
in 2008. This role involves coaching the team and giving on-court advice. She also led the U.S. women's team at the 2008 Beijing Games tennis event
where team members Venus and Serena Williams won a doubles gold medal.
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
) is a former professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam
Grand 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...
mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
.
Career
An African-American and the youngest of seven children, Garrison started playing tennis at the age of 10 and entered her first tournament at the age of 12. Her success as a junior player quickly made the tennis world take notice. At the age of 14 she won the national girls' 18s title. And then in 1981, she won both the Wimbledon and US Open junior titles and was ranked the World No. 1 junior player. Garrison graduated from Sterling High SchoolSterling High School (Houston)
Ross Shaw Sterling High School is a secondary school located in Houston, Texas.Sterling, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District....
in Houston in 1982.
Garrison began suffering from the eating disorder bulimia when she was 19, following the death of her mother. "I had never been comfortable with my looks and felt I had lost the only person who loved me unconditionally", Garrison told the British Observer Sport Monthly in 2006. "The pressure of being labeled 'the next Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson was a World No. 1 American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the color barrier...
' only made things worse. I felt I was never going to be allowed to grow into just becoming me."
Garrison turned professional in 1982, and skipped her graduation at Ross Sterling High School to compete in the French Open, her first tournament as a professional, where she reached the quarterfinals before being knocked-out by Martina Navrátilová.
Despite battling bulimia during her first few years on the tour, Garrison enjoyed notable success on-court. She reached the 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...
semifinals in her first full year on the tour - 1983 - and finished the year ranked World No. 10. She won her first top-level singles titles in 1984 at the European Indoor Championships in Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
. She was a Wimbledon semifinalist in 1985, and in 1986, she won her first tour doubles at the Canadian Open
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...
(partnering Gabriela Sabatini
Gabriela Sabatini
Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s...
).
At the Australian Open in 1987, Garrison won the mixed doubles (partnering Sherwood Stewart
Sherwood Stewart
Sherwood Stewart played amateur and professional tennis in the 1970s and 1980s. Stewart was ranked as high as No. 60 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings on December 31, 1978, and No...
) and finished runner-up in the women's doubles (partnering 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...
). A year later, Garrison and Stewart captured the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon.
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, Garrison teamed with Pam Shriver
Pam Shriver
Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments...
to win the women's doubles gold medal for the United States, defeating 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...
and 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...
of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
in the final. And Garrison defeated Shriver in the quarterfinals of the singles event, where she won a bronze medal.
In 1989, Garrison defeated Chris Evert
Chris Evert
Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...
7–6, 6–2 in the quarterfinals of the US Open in what proved to be the final Grand Slam
Grand 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 match of Evert's career. Garrison subsequently lost to Navrátilová in the semifinals. She finished 1989 ranked a career-high World No. 4 in singles.
The highlight of Garrison's career came in 1990 at Wimbledon. She defeated French Open champion Monica Seles
Monica Seles
Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...
in the quarterfinals 3–6, 6–3, 9–7 and the defending Wimbledon champion and World No. 1 Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
in the semifinals 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 to reach her first (and only) Grand Slam singles final. There, she lost to Navrátilová 6–4, 6–1 who won her record ninth women's singles title at Wimbledon. However, Garrison claimed her third Grand Slam mixed doubles title at Wimbledon that year (partnering Rick Leach
Rick Leach
----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No...
).
In 1992, Garrison finished runner-up in the Australian Open women's doubles (partnering Mary Joe Fernandez
Mary Joe Fernández
Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player...
).
Garrison retired from the professional tour in 1996. During her career, she won 14 top-level singles titles and 20 doubles titles.
Personal life and post-tennis career
Garrison married Willard Jackson in September 1989; however the marriage ended in divorce in 1997.Since retiring from the tour, Garrison has worked as a television commentator and maintained active roles in the community and in tennis. She founded the Zina Garrison Foundation for the Homeless in 1988, and the Zina Garrison All-Court Tennis Program, which supports inner-city tennis in Houston, in 1992. She has also served as a member of the United States President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle...
sorority.
Garrison has maintained a presence on the professional tennis scene, and was the captain for the U.S. Federation Cup team
United States Fed Cup team
The United States Fed Cup team is the most successful national team in Fed Cup competition. The team has won 17 titles and finished second a further 9 times, out of 44 participations.-History:...
before relinquishing the role to Mary Joe Fernandez
Mary Joe Fernández
Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player...
in 2008. This role involves coaching the team and giving on-court advice. She also led the U.S. women's team at the 2008 Beijing Games tennis event
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament....
where team members Venus and Serena Williams won a doubles gold medal.
Singles 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 1990 | 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 | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Doubles: 2 (0 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 1987 | 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... |
Grass | ![]() 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... |
![]() ![]() Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments... |
6–1, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 1992 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player... |
![]() Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player... ![]() 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... |
6–4, 7–6(3) |
Mixed Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 1987 | 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... |
Grass | ![]() Sherwood Stewart Sherwood Stewart played amateur and professional tennis in the 1970s and 1980s. Stewart was ranked as high as No. 60 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings on December 31, 1978, and No... |
Anne Hobbs Anne Hobbs Anne Hobbs is a British former professional tennis player.-Tennis career:Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989... Andrew Castle Andrew Castle Andrew Nicholas Castle is an English retired tennis professional, former British No. 1, and now television presenter.-Biography:... |
3–6, 7–6(5), 6–3 |
Winner | 1988 | 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 | ![]() |
![]() Gretchen Magers Gretchen Anne Magers is a former professional tennis player from the United States.... ![]() |
6–1, 7–6(3) |
Runner-up | 1989 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
![]() 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... ![]() Jim Pugh Jim Pugh is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Pugh reached the World No... |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1990 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() Jim Pugh Jim Pugh is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Pugh reached the World No... |
![]() 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... Andrew Castle |
4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 1990 | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | ![]() Rick Leach ----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No... |
![]() 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.... ![]() |
7–5, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1993 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
![]() Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player... ![]() Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman... |
7–5, 6–4 |
Singles (14)
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No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
1. | November 4, 1984 | 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) | ![]() 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:... |
6–1, 0–6, 6–2 |
2. | April 21, 1985 | Amelia Island, USA | Clay | ![]() Chris Evert Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No... |
6–4, 6–3 |
3. | November 3, 1985 | Zürich, Switzerland | Carpet (I) | ![]() Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open... |
6–1, 6–3 |
4. | November 2, 1986 | Indianapolis, USA (VS of Indianapolis) VS of Indianapolis The Virginia Slims of Indianapolis is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1992. It was held in Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts from 1972 to 1985 and on indoor hard courts from 1986 to 1992.Katerina Maleeva was the most... |
Hard (I) | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
5. | January 11, 1987 | Sydney, Australia | Grass | ![]() Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments... |
6–2, 6–4 |
6. | February 15, 1987 | San Francisco, 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) | ![]() Sylvia Hanika Sylvia Hanika is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She is best remembered for finishing runner-up at the French Open in 1981, and for winning the Avon Championships in 1982. She was ranked as high as No. 5 in the world and played left-handed.-Career:Hanika turned professional in 1977... |
7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
7. | February 26, 1989 | 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) | ![]() 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... |
6–1, 6–1 |
8. | July 23, 1989 | Newport, USA Virginia Slims of Newport The Virginia Slims of Newport is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1990. It was held at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States and played on grass courts.-Singles:-Doubles:... |
Grass | ![]() |
6–0, 6–1 |
9. | November 12, 1989 | 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) | ![]() |
6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
10. | June 17, 1990 | 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 | ![]() 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... |
6–4, 6–3 |
11. | February 23, 1992 | Oklahoma City, USA Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup are tennis tournaments held in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships is a men's ATP Tour event that has been held since 1976. In previous years it has been known as the U.S. Indoor Championships, the... |
Hard (I) | ![]() 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... |
7–5, 3–6, 7–6(10) |
12. | February 21, 1993 | Oklahoma City, USA | Hard (I) | ![]() Patty Fendick Patty Fendick is a former professional women's tennis player and is the current head women's tennis coach at the University of Texas.She was born on March 31, 1965 in Sacramento, California and played collegiately at Stanford University, where the team won the NCAA title three times... |
6–2, 6–2 |
13. | October 24, 1993 | Budapest, Hungary | Carpet (I) | ![]() Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans is a former tennis player from Belgium, and was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.-Career:... |
7–5, 6–2 |
14. | June 18, 1995 | Birmingham, UK | Grass | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles (20)
Legend (Doubles) |
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Grand Slam Title (0) |
WTA Championships (0) |
Olympic Gold (1) |
Tier I (2) |
Tier II (6) |
Tier III (6) |
Tier IV & V (0) |
VS (5) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
1. | August 10, 1986 | 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 | ![]() Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s... |
![]() Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments... ![]() 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... |
7–6(2), 5–7, 6–4 |
2. | November 2, 1986 | Indianapolis, USA VS of Indianapolis The Virginia Slims of Indianapolis is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1992. It was held in Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts from 1972 to 1985 and on indoor hard courts from 1986 to 1992.Katerina Maleeva was the most... |
Hard (I) | ![]() 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... |
![]() Candy Reynolds Candy Reynolds is a former professional tennis player from the United States.-Career:During her career, Reynolds won the women's doubles title at the French Open in 1983... ![]() 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... |
4–5 retired |
3. | August 23, 1987 | Toronto, 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 | ![]() |
![]() 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:... ![]() |
6–1, 6–2 |
4. | October 7, 1987 | New Orleans, USA Virginia Slims of New Orleans The Virginia Slims of New Orleans is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1984 to 1988. It was held in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States and was played on outdoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*... |
Carpet (I) | ![]() |
![]() Peanut Louie Harper Mareen Louie Harper , better known by her nickname Peanut, is a retired American female tennis player, born in San Francisco, California to Ron and Alice Louie. Her elder sister, Marcie, also played on the WTA Tour, while her sisters Cici and Marisa, and brother Ronnie, all played at the University... ![]() Heather Ludloff Heather Ludloff is a former American professional tennis player. She attained her highest singles ranking on August 15, 1983; and her highest doubles ranking on November 9, 1987... |
6–3, 6–4 |
5. | March 13, 1988 | Boca Raton, USA Delray Beach Winter Championship The Virginia Slims of Florida is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1984 to 1995. It was held at the Frenchman's Creek Beach & Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in the United States in 1984, at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida in the United States from 1985... |
Hard | ![]() 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... |
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4–6, 5–7, 6–4 |
6. | April 11, 1988 | Amelia Island, USA | Clay | ![]() Eva Pfaff Eva Pfaff is a former German tennis player.During her career she won 5 doubles WTA titles. Her peak world rankings in the sport were 17th in singles and 16th in doubles .... |
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4–6, 6–2, 7–6(5) |
7. | April 24, 1988 | Houston, USA VS of Houston The Virginia Slims of Houston is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1970 to 1995. It was held in Houston, Texas in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts from 1970 to 1984 and on outdoor clay courts from 1985 to 1995.... |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4), 6–2, 6–4 |
8. | October 2, 1988 | Summer Olympics, Seoul Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic Games at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, having been left out since the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Tennis had been a demonstration sport at the 1984 Summer Olympics.... |
Hard | ![]() Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments... |
![]() 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... ![]() |
4–6, 6–2, 10–8 |
9. | November 27, 1988 | Tokyo, Japan (World Doubles) WTA Doubles Championships The WTA Doubles Championships is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1975 to 1997. It was held in Tokyo in Japan from 1975 to 1977, from 1979 to 1981, from 1983 to 1985, and from 1987 to 1989, in Salt Lake City, Utah in the United States in 1978, in Fort Worth, Texas in the... |
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![]() Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand... ![]() Robin White (tennis) Robin White is a former professional tennis player from the United States.White played on the WTA tour from 1983 to 1995. She won two singles titles, in Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1985 and in Auckland in 1992 but the highlight of her career was her victory with Gigi Fernández in the US Open doubles... |
7–5, 7–5 |
10. | February 5, 1989 | Tokyo, Japan (Pan Pacific) 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... |
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![]() Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player... ![]() |
6–3, 6–3, 7–6(5) |
11. | April 30, 1989 | Houston, USA | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
12. | June 25, 1989 | Eastbourne, UK | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3 retired |
13. | February 25, 1990 | Washington, DC, USA VS of Washington The Virginia Slims of Washington is a defunct Grand Prix and WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1991. It was held in Washington, D.C. in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts from 1972 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1990... |
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![]() Ann Henricksson Ann Henricksson was an American professional tennis player from 1981 to 1994.She played two fourth-round Grand Slam matches: in 1985, in the Australian Open and in 1990, at Wimbledon .Ann Henricksson won three WTA doubles tournaments.-Runner up in Singles:-Doubles titles:-Runner up in doubles... ![]() |
6–0, 6–3 |
14. | August 12, 1990 | San Diego, USA | Hard | ![]() Patty Fendick Patty Fendick is a former professional women's tennis player and is the current head women's tennis coach at the University of Texas.She was born on March 31, 1965 in Sacramento, California and played collegiately at Stanford University, where the team won the NCAA title three times... |
![]() Elise Burgin Elise Burgin was an American tennis player. Her highest ranking was # 22.-Tennis career:Before playing professionally, Burgin was an outstanding singles and doubles player at Stanford University... ![]() Rosalyn Fairbank Rosalyn Doris Fairbank-Nideffer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. She played her first grand slam in 1979, with her last appearance coming as late as 1997... |
6–4, 7–6(5) |
15. | October 21, 1990 | Filderstadt, Germany Porsche Tennis Grand Prix The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is a tennis tournament held in Stuttgart, Germany . Held since 1978, the tournament is the oldest women's indoor tournament in Europe. Currently it is a Tier II tournament on the WTA Tour. The singles champion also receives a Porsche 911 Carrera sports car in addition... |
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![]() Mercedes Paz Mercedes María Paz is a former professional tennis player from Argentina, who won three singles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. The right-hander reached her highest career ranking on April 29, 1991, when she became the number 28 of the world... ![]() Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player... |
7–5, 6–3 |
16. | March 24, 1991 | 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... |
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7–5, 6–2 |
17. | February 14, 1993 | 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... |
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![]() Amy Frazier Amy Frazier is a now inactive professional female tennis player from the United States.She debuted in 1987 and was active player until the 2006 US Open in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance... ![]() 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... |
7–6(3), 6–3 |
18. | February 21, 1993 | Oklahoma City, USA Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup are tennis tournaments held in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships is a men's ATP Tour event that has been held since 1976. In previous years it has been known as the U.S. Indoor Championships, the... |
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![]() ![]() Manon Bollegraf Manon Maria Bollegraf is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands, who finished fourth in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-History:... |
6–3, 6–2 |
19. | October 10, 1993 | 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... |
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![]() ![]() 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... |
6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
20. | June 12, 1994 | Birmingham, UK | Grass | ![]() 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... |
![]() Catherine Barclay Catherine Barclay is an Australian professional female tennis player.-External links:... ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Singles runner-ups (22)
Legend |
Grand Slams Grand 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... (1) |
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Tier IV & V (2) |
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No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
1. | August 7, 1983 | Indianapolis, USA (US Clay Courts) | Clay | ![]() Andrea Temesvari Andrea Temesvári is a former professional tennis player once ranked as high as World No. 7. She won the Italian Open at sixteen, but injuries later hampered her career. She received the Most Improved Player Award by WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. At the 1986 French Open she won the women's... |
6–2, 6–2 |
2. | January 2, 1984 | Washington, DC, USA VS of Washington The Virginia Slims of Washington is a defunct Grand Prix and WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1991. It was held in Washington, D.C. in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts from 1972 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1990... |
Carpet (I) | ![]() Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open... |
6–1, 6–1 |
3. | September 30, 1984 | New Orleans, USA Virginia Slims of New Orleans The Virginia Slims of New Orleans is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1984 to 1988. It was held in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States and was played on outdoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*... |
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6–4, 6–3 |
4. | January 20, 1985 | Denver, USA VS of Denver The VS of Denver is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1991. It was held in Denver, Colorado in the United States and played on indoor hard courts from 1972 to 1984 and on indoor carpet courts from 1985 to 1991.... |
Carpet (I) | ![]() Peanut Louie Harper Mareen Louie Harper , better known by her nickname Peanut, is a retired American female tennis player, born in San Francisco, California to Ron and Alice Louie. Her elder sister, Marcie, also played on the WTA Tour, while her sisters Cici and Marisa, and brother Ronnie, all played at the University... |
6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
5. | July 27, 1985 | Indianapolis, USA (US Clay Courts) | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(0), 6–3 |
6. | September 21, 1986 | Tampa, USA Eckerd Open The Eckerd Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1990. It was held in St. Petersburg, Florida in the United States from 1971 to 1974, Palm Harbor, Florida in the United States in 1977, in Clearwater, Florida in the United States in 1978 and in Tampa, Florida in... |
Hard | ![]() 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... |
2–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
7. | August 23, 1987 | Toronto, 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 | ![]() Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments... |
6–4, 6–1 |
8. | October 30, 1988 | Indianapolis, USA (VS of Indianapolis) VS of Indianapolis The Virginia Slims of Indianapolis is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1992. It was held in Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts from 1972 to 1985 and on indoor hard courts from 1986 to 1992.Katerina Maleeva was the most... |
Hard (I) | ![]() 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:... |
6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
9. | February 19, 1989 | Washington, DS, USA | Carpet (I) | ![]() 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... |
6–1, 7–5 |
10. | June 18, 1989 | Birmingham, UK | Grass | ![]() |
7–6(5), 6–3 |
11. | August 6, 1989 | San Diego, USA | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 7–5 |
12. | November 5, 1989 | Worcester, USA Virginia Slims of New England The Virginia Slims of New England is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1986 to 1990. It was held in Worcester, Massachusetts in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts.... |
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6–2, 6–3 |
13. | February 25, 1990 | Washington, DC, USA | Carpet (I) | ![]() |
6–1, 6–0 |
14. | July 8, 1990 | 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... |
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6–4, 6–1 |
15. | October 23, 1990 | San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Open (tennis) The Puerto Rico Open is a defunct tennis tournament. The first edition dates back to 1971 but only from 1986 to 1993 was the tournament played every year. It was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico and was played on outdoor hard courts. In 1988, when Tier categories were first introduced on the WTA Tour,... |
Hard | ![]() Jennifer Capriati Jennifer Marie Capriati is a former world number one ranked professional tennis player, and the winner of three women's singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments. Capriati made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 14 when she reached the finals of the hard court tournament in Boca... |
5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
16. | February 17, 1991 | 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... |
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6–1, 6–2 |
17. | October 27, 1991 | 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.... |
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5–7, 6–4, 6–1 |
18. | April 19, 1992 | Houston, USA VS of Houston The Virginia Slims of Houston is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1970 to 1995. It was held in Houston, Texas in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts from 1970 to 1984 and on outdoor clay courts from 1985 to 1995.... |
Clay | ![]() Monica Seles Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007... |
6–1, 6–1 |
19. | June 13, 1993 | Birmingham, UK | Grass | ![]() |
6–4, 2–6, 6–3 |
20. | August 1, 1993 | Stratton Mountain, 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 | ![]() 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... |
6–3, 6–2 |
21. | November 7, 1993 | 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... |
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6–2, 7–6(1) |
22. | June 12, 1994 | Birmingham, UK | Grass | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | Career SR |
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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 | 1R | SF | 1R | QF | NH | QF | 2R | QF | QF | 4R | 4R | 3R | 1R | 3R | A | 0 / 13 |
French Open | A | A | QF | 1R | 4R | 2R | 3R | A | 4R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 12 |
Wimbledon | A | A | 4R | 1R | 2R | SF | 2R | A | QF | 2R | F | QF | 4R | 4R | QF | 3R | A | 0 / 13 |
US Open | 1R | 1R | 4R | 4R | 3R | QF | 4R | 4R | SF | SF | QF | 4R | 4R | 3R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 0 / 17 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 55 |
- 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.