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1999 French Open – Mixed Doubles
The 1999 French Open mixed doubles was the mixed event of the ninety-eighth edition of the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year. Justin Gimelstob and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but they did not compete this year. The unseeded pair of Piet Norval and Katarina Srebotnik won in the final over sixth seeds Rick Leach and Larisa Neiland, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3. Seeds All seeds receive a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 External links1999 French Open – Doubles draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1999 French 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, table tennis and badminton (where it is known as ... French Open by year – Mixed doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet Norval
Pieter ("Piet") Norval (born 7 April 1970) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. His most notable achievement was winning the mixed doubles at the French Open in 1999. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Wayne Ferreira. The pair won the silver medal, after losing the final to Boris Becker and Michael Stich from Germany. Norval reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 19 June 1989, when he became the no. 125 of the world. Retirement After retiring in 2001 from professional tennis, Norval set up and currently runs a tennis academy in Hartbeespoort Hartbeespoort, informally also known as "Harties", is a small resort town in the North West Province of South Africa, situated on slopes of the Magaliesberg mountain and the banks of the Hartbeespoort Dam. The name of the town means "gateway of t .... Major finals Olympic finals Doubles: 1 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Adams (tennis)
David Dixie Adams (born 5 January 1970) is a former tennis player from South Africa. He turned professional in 1989. In his career, he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 33 times, including at the French Open in 1992. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 9 in February 1994. Adams participated in six Davis Cup ties for South Africa between 1997 and 2003, posting a 4–2 record, all in doubles. Adams won two Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles, both with fellow South African Mariaan de Swardt Mariaan de Swardt (born 18 March 1971) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa, who was active from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996, and was a member of the South ..., taking the Australian Open title in 1999 and the French Open title in 2000. Grand Slam finals Mixed doubles: 2 (2 titles) Career finals Doubles: 52 (19 titles, 33 runner-ups) Doubles performanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cătălina Cristea
Cătălina Cristea (born 2 June 1975) is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked No. 59 in singles (21 July 1997) and No. 40 in doubles (17 August 1998). She retired from professional tennis in September 2001, before returning in 2005; she ultimately retired September 2005 aged 30. Playing for Romania Fed Cup team, Cristea has a win–loss record of 20–13. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles (0–1) WTA career finals Doubles: 4 (1–3) ITF Circuit finals Singles (1–3) Doubles (6–1) Head-to-head record ''Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.'' * Lindsay Davenport 0–2 * Mary Pierce 0–3 * Conchita Martínez 0–1 * Natasha Zvereva 1–0 * Jana Novotná 0–1 * Elena Likhovtseva 0–4 * Alexandra Fusai 0–2 * Nathalie Tauziat 0–1 * Corina Morariu 1–2 * Lisa Raymond 0–1 * Karina Habšudová 1–1 * Ai Sugiyama 1–2 * Amélie Mauresmo 1–0 * Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova (russian: Надежда В ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Grabb
Jim Grabb (born April 14, 1964) is an American former professional tennis player. In doubles, he won the 1989 French Open and the 1992 US Open. He was ranked the world No. 1 doubles player in both 1989 and 1993. His best singles ranking of world No. 24, he achieved in 1990. Tennis career Early years Grabb is Jewish, and he attended Tucson High Magnet School. Grabb was from 1984 to 1986 a three-time doubles and two-time singles all-American, helping Stanford University win the NCAA title in 1986 and finish runner-up in 1984. In 1986, he won the annual Rafael Osuna Award, presented by college coaches for good sportsmanship and valuable contributions to the sport. Professional career Grabb defeated Andre Agassi at a singles tournament in Seoul, Korea in 1987 for his first career victory. He won two doubles Grand Slam events: the 1989 French Open (with Patrick McEnroe) and the 1992 US Open (with Richey Reneberg). He won 23 doubles tour titles, with 26 finals appearances. He won t ... [...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] |
Pablo Albano
Pablo Albano (; born 11 April 1967) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player from Argentina. Albano enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won 9 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 25 in 1997. Career finals Doubles (9 wins– 9 losses) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Albano, Pablo Argentine male tennis players Tennis players from Buenos Aires Living people 1967 births Pan American Games medalists in tennis Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Tennis players at the 1987 Pan American Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Barclay
Catherine Barclay (born 12 June 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Barclay's parents were the owners of a tennis facility in Sydney, and she began playing tennis at the age of eight. In her junior career, she was a winner of the Wimbledon girls' doubles. In her professional career, she won three ITF titles in singles and 30 in doubles. She was a quarterfinalist in the Wimbledon women's doubles and mixed doubles. In the 2002 season, she won two double titles on the WTA Tour. On 30 August 2000, she was awarded the Australian Sports Medal The Australian Sports Medal is an award given to recognise achievements in Australian sport to commemorate Australian participation in major sporting events. Original recipients of the award included competitors, coaches, sports scientists, offi ... for her strong commitment to tennis. Catherine Barclay retired in 2004. In 2003, she married field hockey player Christopher Reitz of Germany, and they reside in Sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John-Laffnie De Jager
John-Laffnie de Jager (born 17 March 1973) is a South African former tour professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, de Jager reached the semi-finals for three different grand slam tournaments three times in three different years partnering three different fellow South African players. de Jager is the current non-playing captain of the South Africa Davis Cup team. Career A native of Ermelo, de Jager turned professional in 1992 during which year he played his only tour singles. He won two of five matches he played on the challenger circuit and reached through qualifying the main draw at Wimbledon, where he lost in the first round to future champion Richard Krajicek, 7–5 6–1 6–2. He played but one other event in singles, a challenger in Dublin in October, before focusing his tennis exclusively on doubles. His career high singles ranking stood at World No. 313, reached in October. De Jager won back-to-back challenger events in doubles in September 1991, partne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Tarabini
Patricia Tarabini (born 6 August 1968) is a former tennis player from Argentina. She represented her country and won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic games, with Paola Suárez, where they lost 7–9 in the third set to eventual gold medalists from China, Sun Tiantian and Li Ting. On 9 May 1988, Tarabini reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 29. Her career-high doubles ranking is No. 12, which she achieved on 17 August 1998. Patricia turned pro in 1986, and won a total of 15 top-level doubles titles in her career. She is the 1996 French Open mixed-doubles champion, partnering with Javier Frana Javier Alberto Frana (born 25 December 1966) is a former tennis player from Argentina and former tennis commentator for ESPN Latin America. He won 1996 French Open Mixed Doubles title with compatriot Patricia Tarabini. Tennis career Frana tur .... Major finals Olympic finals Doubles: 1 (1 bronze medal) Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title) WTA career finals Singles: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Carbonell
Tomás Carbonell Lladó (born 7 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He won French Open in 2001 in mixed doubles with Virginia Ruano Pascual and twice reached the semifinals of the French Open in men's doubles, in 1999 with Pablo Albano, and in 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ... with Martín García. Carbonell reached his highest singles rating of World No. 40 on 15 April 1996, and his highest doubles ranking of World No. 22 on 9 October 1995. He retired from the tour in 2001. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 2 (2 titles) ATP career finals Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 32 (22 titles, 10 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Tatarkova
Elena Tatarkova or Olena Tatarkova (Ukrainian: Олена Tатаркова, born 22 August 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine. She won four doubles titles on WTA Tour, and four singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best career result came in doubles; she reached the 1999 Wimbledon final with partner Mariaan de Swardt, which they lost to Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu. Tatarkova also made the 2001 French Open doubles semifinals with Justine Henin Justine Henin (; born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She spent a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Henin, coming from a country with limited success in te .... She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 45, and highest doubles ranking of No. 9, both in 1999. Since retiring from professional tennis in 2004, she married Timothy Feltham in September 2007 and is mother to Stanley ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Tramacchi
Peter Tramacchi (born 8 November 1970, in Gympie, Queensland, Australia), is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player from Australia. Tramacchi enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 45 in 1999. Peter Tramacchi interviews other champion tennis players and teaches tennis online. Performance timelines Singles Doubles Mixed doubles ATP career finals Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals Singles: 5 (3–2) Doubles: 14 (7–7) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tramacchi, Peter Australian male tennis players Australian people of Italian desce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |