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1987 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Raffaella Reggi and Sergio Casal were the defending champions but did not turn up in the semifinals to play Martina Navratilova and Emilio Sánchez. Navratilova and Sánchez won in the final 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(14–12) against Betsy Nagelsen and Paul Annacone. With this win, Navratilova became only the 2nd woman in the open era after Billie Jean King to win the 'Triple Crown' i.e. Winning the singles, doubles and mixed doubles title at the same event. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. Draw Final Top half Bottom half References1987 US Open – Doubles draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1987 US Open - Mixed Doubles Mixed Doubles Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova (, ; ; born October18, 1956) is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, singles for 332 weeks (List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, second-most of all time), including as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 seven times, and was world No. 1 in women's List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, doubles for a record 237 weeks. Navratilova won 167 top-level singles titles and 177 doubles titles (both the Open Era records), including an Open Era record 59 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles: 18 in singles, a record 31 in women's doubles, and 10 in mixed doubles. Her nine Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon singles titles are an all-time record. Alongside Chris Evert, her Evert–Navratilova rivalry, greatest rival, Navratilova dominated women's tennis f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin White (tennis)
Robin White (born December 10, 1963) 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. The highlight of her career was her victory with Gigi Fernández in the US Open women's doubles in 1988. She won 11 other doubles titles, including the US Open mixed doubles in 1989 with Shelby Cannon. She was a finalist in the Australian Open mixed doubles in 1991 and reached the final of the women's doubles in 1994 with Katerina Maleeva. White's singles record includes wins over Pam Shriver, Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a Czech–Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 3 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in the mid-1980s. Mandíková won 27 WTA Tour-level sin ... and Gabriela Sabatini. Her highest rankings were world No. 15 for singles and No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rill Baxter
Rill Baxter (born October 26, 1962) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Baxter enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up at 2 doubles events. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 69 in 1987. Baxter was on the Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private university, private Christianity, Christian research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ, with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pepperdine's main campus consists ... men's tennis team from 1980-1984. Career finals Doubles (2 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baxter, Rill American male tennis players Pepperdine Waves men's tennis players Tennis players from Sarasota, Florida 1962 births Living people 20th-century American sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Hetherington
Jill Hetherington-Hultquist (born October 27, 1964) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She played college tennis for the University of Florida, and was women's tennis head coach at the University of Washington until May 2014. College career Born in Brampton, Ontario, Hetherington attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team from 1984 to 1987. While playing for the Gators, she won four straight Southeastern Conference (SEC) singles championships, three as the team's No. 2 singles player, and once as the No. 1 singles player. She also won three consecutive SEC doubles championships from 1985 to 1987. Hultquist was recognized as a four-time first-team All-SEC selection and received four All-American honors. She was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1999.F Club, Hall of Fame Gator Greats Retrieved December 19, 2014. Professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansour Bahrami
Mansour Bahrami (; born 26 April 1956) is an Iranian-French former professional tennis player. He is Iranian with French nationality since 1989. While not highly successful on the ATP Tour, his showmanship has made him a long-standing and popular figure in invitational tournaments. Early life As a child in Iran, Mansour Bahrami taught himself to play tennis using an old metal frying pan and other kitchen utensils and did not own his first tennis racquet until he was aged 13. In his early 20s, following Iran's Islamic Revolution in the late 1970s, tennis was viewed as a capitalist and elitist sport and therefore banned. Because all tennis courts in Iran were closed down, he spent the next three years playing backgammon daily in Tehran, until he won a local tournament with the prize of airplane flights to Athens. He paid to have the tickets changed to Nice and left his girlfriend and family behind. France offered Bahrami the opportunity to play small tournaments, but he saw tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Suire
Catherine Suire (born 15 September 1959) is a French former tennis player who competed 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 The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ... on 14 May 1984, when she became the number 52 of the world. Career finals Singles (1 loss) Doubles (8 wins, 8 losses) ITF finals Singles (0–3) Doubles (4–2) References External links * * * 1959 births Living people French female tennis players Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for France 20th-century French sportswomen {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Dickson (tennis)
Mark Dickson (born 8 December 1959) is a former professional tennis player. Playing college tennis at Clemson University, Dickson was selected as the 1982 ITCA Senior Player of the Year. Additionally, he was named All-American in singles in 1980, 1981 and 1982. In 1981 he was also named All-American in doubles. Dickson turned pro in 1982 after becoming the first three-time All-America at Clemson University from 1980 to 1982. As a tour pro, Dickson is best known for being a quarter-finalist in the 1983 US Open where he defeated Stefan Simonsson, Mel Purcell, Danie Visser and John Lloyd before losing to compatriot Bill Scanlon. He captured two grand prix tour titles, at Houston and Toulouse. Born in Tampa, Florida, Dickson graduated from Jesuit High School in 1978. He lived in Sarasota, Florida Sarasota () is a city in and the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It is located in Southwest Florida, the southern end of the Tampa Bay area, and north of Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Hobbs
Anne Hobbs (born 21 August 1959 in Nottingham) is a British former professional tennis player. Early life She started with Wilmslow Tennis Club. She lived at Alderley Edge. Tennis career Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989. She was ranked as the top British player for periods during her 12-year career and achieved a best WTA ranking of 33 in singles and 6 in doubles. Although primarily a doubles specialist, reaching the final of the Australian Open in 1983 and the US Open in 1984 with Wendy Turnbull and the Australian Open Mixed Doubles in 1987 with Andrew Castle, she won singles titles at Indianapolis in 1983 and in Auckland in 1985 and the British Closed in 1985. She had singles victories over Virginia Wade, Rosie Casals, Jo Durie, Carling Bassett, and Zina Garrison Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. Garrison was the runner-up in singles at the 1990 Wim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiel Schapers
Michiel Schapers (; born 11 October 1959) is a former tennis player and coach from the Netherlands. Tennis career Turning professional in 1982, Schapers represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in quarterfinals by eventual winner Miloslav Mečíř of Czechoslovakia. In 1987 at Wimbledon, he was the only player to take a set against eventual champion Pat Cash Patrick Hart Cash (born 27 May 1965) is an Australian former professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 4 in May 1988 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 6 in August 1988. Upo ... in their third-round match. His most famous victory was over reigning Wimbledon champion Boris Becker in the second round of the 1985 Australian Open. Schapers went on to reach the quarterfinals, his best singles result at a Grand Slam, and later equaled that result at the 1988 Australian Open. In 1988, he reached the fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Henricksson
Ann Henricksson (born October 31, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player whose career spanned from 1981 to 1994. She played two fourth-round Grand Slam matches: the Australian Open (defeated by Zina Garrison), and at Wimbledon (defeated by Monica Seles Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is a Serbian–American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...). Henricksson won three WTA doubles tournaments. WTA career finals Singles (0–3) Doubles (3–6) End of season ranking (singles) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henricksson, Ann 1959 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players at the 1979 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in tennis Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in tennis 20th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christo Steyn
Jan Christoffel 'Christo' Steyn (born 1 May 1961) is a former South African tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player. Steyn won two Grand Prix doubles titles during his professional career. A right-hander, Steyn reached his highest singles ATP ranking on 18 August 1986, when he became the No. 42 in the world, though he never won a Grand Prix or WCT tournaments singles title in his career. Career finals Doubles (2 titles) References External links * * Living people 1961 births South African male tennis players Sportspeople from Springs, Gauteng Tennis players from Gauteng White South African people 20th-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalyn Fairbank
Rosalyn Doris Fairbank-Nideffer (born 2 November 1960) is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa. She played her first grand slam in 1979, with her last appearance in 1997. She won a WTA Tour singles event in Richmond in 1983 and numerous doubles titles, with the highlight being her Grand Slam titles at the 1981 French Open with Tanya Harford and 1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ... with Candy Reynolds. She won 317 singles and 472 doubles matches on the tour during her career. Later on in her career she married her American sports-psychologist Bob Nideffer, and changed her nationality to compete for the United States. Grand Slam finals Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) WTA career finals Singles: 1 (1 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
