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1987 French Open – Women's Singles
Steffi Graf defeated Martina Navratilova in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1987 French Open. It was her first major title, and the first of an eventual 22 such titles. Chris Evert was the two-time defending champion, but was defeated by Navratilova in the semifinals in a rematch of the previous three years' finals. This tournament marked the major debut for future world No. 1 and French Open champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Seeds Qualifying Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References External links1987 French Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, the second-most since the start of the Open Era in 1968 and the third-most of all-time. In 1988, Graf became the first tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four major singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year. Furthermore, she is the only tennis player, male or female, to have won each major tournament at least four times. Graf was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a record 377 total weeks: the longest period for which any player, female or male, has held a singles number-one ranking since the WTA and the Association of Tennis Professionals, respectively, began issuing rankings. She won 107 singles titles, ranking her third on the WTA's all-time list af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Hanika
Sylvia Hanika (born 30 November 1959) 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 Year End Championships in 1982. She was ranked as high as No. 5 in the world and played left-handed. Career Hanika turned professional in 1977. In 1981, Hanika reached the women's singles final at the French Open, where she was defeated 6–2, 6–4 by Hana Mandlíková. In 1982, Hanika posted the biggest win of her career when she defeated world No. 2 Martina Navratilova 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final of the Avon Series Championships at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Garden was also the site of Hanika's last big singles win: a 6–4, 6–4 defeat of No. 3 Chris Evert in the first round of the Virginia Slims Championships in 1987. Hanika won her final top-level singles title in Athens, Greece in 1986. She retired from the tour in 1990, having won six professional singles titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Maria Fernandez
Anna-Maria Fernandez (born October 22, 1960) is an American former professional tennis player active during the 1980s. She won five WTA titles during her career, all in doubles. Her career high ranking in singles was number 19, in approximately 1979–1980. She was a member of the University of Southern California's national championship team (1979 and 1980) and captured the AIAW singles national championship title in 1981. She was named the National Collegiate Player of the Year (1981) winning the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate tennis player. She earned a BA degree in Broadcast Journalism from USC (1983). She is married to former tennis player Ray Ruffels and is the mother of professional golfers Ryan Ruffels Ryan Ruffels (born 29 April 1998) is an Australian professional golfer. Early life and amateur career Ruffels was born in Florida to tennis professionals Ray Ruffels and Anna-Maria Fernandez, but moved at a young a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Jagerman
Nicole Jagerman (born 23 July 1967) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands. Jagerman represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ... in Barcelona, Spain. As a pro, she reached her career-high singles on 14 May 1990 when she became world No. 43. WTA career finals Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (0–3) Doubles (4–2) External links * * * 1967 births Living people Dutch female tennis players Olympic tennis players of the Netherlands Sportspeople from Amstelveen Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Kim (tennis)
Grace Kim (born April 16, 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Kim grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey but was born in South Korea. She twice made the third round of the US Open, the first time in 1983 was as a 15-year old. Turning professional in 1984, she was a quarter-finalist that year at the Canadian Open, which included a win over Kathy Horvath. At the 1985 US Open she reached the third round again by beating Bettina Bunge and Mary-Lou Piatek, before falling to top seed Chris Evert. One of her biggest wins came in 1986 when she defeated Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini (; born 16 May 1970) is an Argentine-Italian former professional tennis player. A former world No. 3 in both singles and doubles, Sabatini was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, amassing 41 ... en route to the quarter-finals in Zurich. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Grace 1968 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (born 3 May 1970) is a former professional tennis player from France. In her career, she reached three finals on the WTA Tour: at Taranto in 1990, she lost to Raffaella Reggi, and in New York in 1991, she lost to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy at Schenectady, both Tier V tournaments. At the Tier IV event in Cardiff in 1997, she lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, in three sets. Her best Grand Slam performance was the fourth round at the 1994 French Open. As a wildcard entrant and the world No. 197, she beat Emanuela Zardo, Wiltrud Probst and Marzia Grossi, then lost to third seed Conchita Martínez, 1–6, 2–6. She achieved more notable success in doubles, winning six titles, four with Florencia Labat, and ranking as high as No. 22 in the WTA rankings. On 17 August 1992, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 46. She retired after a first-round defeat at the hands of Emmanuelle Gagliardi, at the 2000 Australian Open. On Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Mundel
Jennifer Mundel (born 20 January 1962) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. She reached the quarterfinals of the singles event at the 1983 Wimbledon championships after victories against seeded players Sylvia Hanika and Hana Mandlíková. Her only professional singles title came at the 1983 Bakersfield Open which was part of the Ginny Circuit. She was a doubles finalist at the 1982 Hong Kong Open, the 1984 Central Fidelity Banks International, and the 1985 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis The Virginia Slims of Indianapolis is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1973 and from 1983 to 1992. It was held in Indianapolis in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts from 1972 to 1973 and from .... Career finals Singles (1 win) References External links * * South African female tennis players Living people 1962 births Sportspeople from Rustenburg White South African people {{SouthAfrica-tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Tanvier
Catherine ("Cathy") Tanvier (born 28 May 1965) is a former tennis player from France. She peaked at number 20 in 1984, and won one singles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Career In 1982, Tanvier became Wimbledon girls' singles champion after defeating first-seeded Helena Suková in the final in straight sets. Tanvier won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 1983 Freiburg Open clay court tournament, defeating Laura Arraya in the final in straight sets. At the Wimbledon Championships she reached the fourth round in the singles event in 1985, which she lost to eight-seeded Zina Garrison. Reaching the fourth round was also her best singles result at the Australian Open (1989, 1990, 1991) and French Open (1983, 1988). Her best career result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semifinal of the 1983 French Open women's doubles event with Ivanna Madruga. Tanvier published two biographies; in 2007 she wrote ''Déclassée – de Roland-Garros au RMI'', and in 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariana Pérez Roldán
Mariana Pérez Roldán (born 7 November 1967) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. She won the French Open girls' doubles championship and ITF World girls' doubles championship in 1985 with Patricia Tarabini. During her career, she did not win any titles on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tou ..., but won four ITF titles, including three women's doubles. Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' doubles (1–1) WTA career finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ITF finals Singles (1–3) Doubles (3–4) External links * * Pérez Roldán, Academia de Tenis Sources Argentine female tennis players 1967 births Living people French Open junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles South American Games gold medalists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manon Bollegraf
Manon Maria Bollegraf (born 10 April 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands, who was a quarterfinalist at the singles event of the 1992 French Open, a finalist in doubles at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships, and a four-time mixed doubles Grand Slam champion. She also finished fourth in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Career Bollegraf reached her highest ranking on the WTA Tour on 9 July 1990, when she became world No. 29. She won 26 doubles tournaments in her career and her highest WTA doubles ranking was No. 4, achieved on 16 February 1998. She was a member of the Dutch team that reached the Fed Cup final 1997, losing to France. Bollegraf won four Grand Slam mixed-doubles titles, the 1989 French Open and the 1991 US Open, both teaming up with Tom Nijssen. Partnering Rick Leach, she won the Australian Open and US Open mixed doubles titles in 1997. Bollegraf was a member of the Idaho Sneakers Team Tennis with Amy Frazier and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydie Vanhille
Lydie Vanhille (born 23 April 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. Vanhille, who had a best singles world ranking of 231, featured as a wildcard in the singles main draw of the 1987 French Open. She won her first round match over Alexia Dechaume, then lost in the second round to Petra Huber Petra Huber (born 15 February 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. Biography Junior career Before turning professional, Huber competed with success on the junior circuit. In 1982 she partnered with Judith Polz to make the g .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanhille, Lydie 1967 births Living people French female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Villagrán
Adriana Villagrán (born 7 August 1956) is an Argentine tennis player, who played professionally in the 1980s. She is also known under the married name Adriana Villagrán-Reami. Career In 1980, with compatriot Ivanna Madruga, she reached the women's doubles final at Roland Garros (losing to Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith). She participated in seven Grand Slam tournaments. Adriana Villagrán represented her country in Federation Cup Federation Cup or Fed Cup is the former name of the premier world team competition in women's tennis. Federation Cup may also refer to: * Capital Football Federation Cup, an Australian territory-based association football tournament *Federation Cup ... from 1979 to 1985. Grand Slam finals Women's doubles: (1 runner–up) WTA Tour finals Singles (2 runner-ups) Doubles (6 runner-ups) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Villagran, Adriana 1956 births Argentine female tennis players Living people 20th-century Argentine women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
