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
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.
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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
The year 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 Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
with
Candy Reynolds
Candy Reynolds (born March 24, 1955) 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 (partnering Rosalyn Fairbank). She was also a runner ...
. She won 317 singles and 472 doubles matches on the tour during her career.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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1960 births
South African people of British descent
Sportspeople from Durban
South African female tennis players
South African people of English descent
Living people
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
French Open champions
White South African people