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1993 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Cyril Suk and Larisa Neiland were the defending champions but lost in the third round to Grant Connell and Robin White. Mark Woodforde and Martina Navratilova defeated Tom Nijssen and Manon Bollegraf in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Todd Woodbridge / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ''(semifinals)'' Mark Kratzmann / Natasha Zvereva ''(semifinals)'' Mark Woodforde / Martina Navratilova (champions) Danie Visser / Gigi Fernández ''(withdrew)'' Rick Leach / Zina Garrison-Jackson ''(third round)'' Cyril Suk / Larisa Neiland ''(third round)'' Patrick Galbraith / Kathy Rinaldi ''(quarterfinals)'' John Fitzgerald / Elizabeth Smylie ''(third round)'' Steve DeVries / Patty Fendick ''(first round)'' Glenn Michibata / Jill Hetherington ''(third round)'' Grant Connell / Robin White ''(quarterfinals)'' Tom Nijssen / Manon Bollegraf ''(final)'' Greg Van Emburgh / Helena Suková ''( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Woodforde
Mark Raymond Woodforde, OAM (born 23 September 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of " The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge. Woodforde was born in Adelaide, and joined the men's professional tennis ATP Tour in 1984. Woodforde won four singles titles, including his hometown Adelaide tournament twice. His best singles result in a Grand Slam was reaching the semi-final of the Australian Open in 1996, his 38th Grand Slam singles tournament, which remains a record for the longest time taken to reach a maiden semi-final. Woodforde is best known for his doubles success, having won twelve Grand Slam doubles titles in his career – one French Open, two Australian Opens, three US Opens, and a record six Wimbledons. Eleven of these victories came as a member of the Woodies, and he won the 1989 US Open doubles with John McEnroe. He also won five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles – one French Open, two Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathy Rinaldi
Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel (born March 24, 1967) is an American former professional tennis player, who retired in September 1997. In her career she won three singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and reached the semifinals of the 1985 Wimbledon Championships. Career Rinaldi reached her highest career ranking on May 26, 1986, when she was ranked world No. 7. The recipient of WTA Most Impressive Newcomer Award in 1981 and WTA Comeback Player of the Year Award in 1989, she had career wins over top players such as Steffi Graf, Jana Novotná, Sue Barker, Pam Shriver, Hana Mandlíková, Wendy Turnbull, Manuela Maleeva, Dianne Fromholtz, Helena Suková, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Zina Garrison, Sylvia Hanika, Kathy Jordan, Jo Durie, and Natasha Zvereva. In 1981, Rinaldi became the youngest player to win a match at Wimbledon (14 years, 91 days), a record that stood until 1990. After the 1987 French Open, she suffered a freak injury in Monte Carlo, slipping on stairs, and in trying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Kruger
Stefan Kruger (born 3 August 1966) is a former professional 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 from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won three doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional five times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 39 in 1991. Career finals Doubles (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kruger, Stefan South African male tennis players Living people Afrikaner people 1966 births Tennis players from Cape Town 20th-century South African sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy (born 28 December 1970) is a former Dutch tennis player. Primarily known by her maiden name Brenda Schultz, she married Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati, on 8 April 1995 and took his name.Sony Ericsson WTA Tour , Players , Info (Biography) , Brenda Schultz-McCartney Schultz is known for her fast serve; [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murphy Jensen
Murphy Jensen (born October 30, 1968) is an American former professional tennis player and Grand Slam doubles champion. He is the younger brother of former professional tennis player Luke Jensen, with whom he teamed to win the 1993 French Open Doubles title. He is the co-founder of WEconnect, a healthcare information technology company with a platform designed to aid addiction recovery, and currently the head coach of the Washington Kastles of World TeamTennis. Early life Murphy Jensen grew up on a Christmas-tree farm in the summer resort town of Ludington in western Michigan. He is of Danish descent. He first saw a tennis net being used to corral salmon along the Pere Marquette River as a boy. His father (who tried out with the New York Giants as an offensive guard and then became a high school tennis coach) Howard Jensen, taught Murphy and brother Luke to play tennis before they were 5 years old. Collegiate tennis career Jensen and his brother Luke both attended the Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meredith McGrath
Meredith McGrath (born April 28, 1971) is a former professional tennis player. She was born in Midland, Michigan, and made her debut on the WTA Tour in 1988. In her eight-year professional career, Meredith achieved career-high world rankings of No. 18 in singles and No. 4 in doubles. She notched victories over such players as Martina Navratilova, Martina Hingis, Anna Kournikova, Jana Novotna, Gigi Fernandez and Mary Jo Fernandez. The pinnacle of her career came in reaching the singles semifinals and doubles finals at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships (leading 7–5, 5–2 in the doubles final before losing to Suková/ Hingis). In the singles, she defeated Mana Endo, Amanda Coetzer, Nancy Feber, Katarína Studeníková and Mary Joe Fernandez before losing to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. An injury two weeks prior to the 1996 Wimbledon Championships eventually ended her career. Meredith won the 1995 US Open Mixed-Doubles Championship (she was runner-up in 1989) and was the runn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Jensen
Luke Jensen (born June 18, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player and Grand Slam doubles champion. Jensen won the 1993 French Open Doubles title with his younger brother Murphy Jensen. He attended the University of Southern California from 1986–87 and earned singles All-American honors both years (doubles in 1987). He began working for ESPN as a tennis analyst in 1994. Jensen compiled a 106-57 record in seven and a half seasons as the head coach of the Syracuse Orange women's tennis team. Jensen worked with his brother as the touring pro, tennis director and tennis pro emeritus at the Sea Island Resort until 2016. Tennis career Jensen attended East Grand Rapids High School, winning the Michigan state singles championship in 1983, and graduating in 1985. Juniors As a junior Jensen reached the No. 1 junior world ranking in both singles and doubles in 1984. Pro tour Jensen turned professional in 1987. Jensen gained the nickname of "Dual Hand Luke" because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Suková
Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and No. 4 in singles. Suková won 14 major titles: nine in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is also a two-time Olympic silver medalist in doubles, a four-time major singles runner-up, and won a total of ten singles titles and 69 doubles titles. Family Suková comes from a prominent Czech tennis family. Her mother, Věra Pužejová Suková, was a women's singles finalist at Wimbledon in 1962. Her father, Cyril Suk II, was president of the Czechoslovak Tennis Federation. Her brother, Cyril Suk III, is a former professional player on the men's tour who teamed with Suková to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, at the French Open in 1991 and at Wimbledon in 1996 and 1997. Career Suková turned professional in 1981. Her career-high world rankings were fourth in singles and firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Van Emburgh
Greg Van Emburgh (born May 10, 1966) is a former professional 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 from the United States. Van Emburgh enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 6 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 38 in 1993. Career finals Doubles (6 titles, 8 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Emburgh, Greg American male tennis players American people of Dutch descent Kentucky Wildcats men's tennis players Tennis players from New York City Summer World University Games medalists in tennis Living people 1966 births FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1991 Sum ... [...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] |
Glenn Michibata
Glenn Michibata (born 13 June 1962) is a former professional tennis player and former head coach of the Princeton University Tigers tennis team. Playing career Collegiate career Before turning pro, Michibata was an All-American player at Pepperdine University in the 1981, 1982 and 1983 seasons. Professional career – singles In 1982, Michibata won the Canadian National Tennis Championships (closed) defeating Réjean Genois in the final. An ATP touring professional from 1983 to 1993, Michibata earned a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in April 1986. His best results were the semifinals at the 1985 outdoor Tokyo, 1989 Wellington, and 1989 Schenectady Grand Prix events. Michibata reached the second round in all four Grand Slam tournaments, but never further. His first Grand Slam appearance was at the 1983 US Open, when he lost in the second round to Pat Cash. His last was also at the US Open in 1991, when he lost in the first round to Nuno Marques. Michibata on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patty Fendick
Patty Fendick (born March 31, 1965) is a former professional tennis player and the former women's tennis program head coach at University of Texas. Born in Sacramento, California, she played at the collegiate level at Stanford University, where the team won the NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ... team title three times. In 1987, she was named ITA Player of the Year, when on the Stanford tennis team she had a 57-match winning streak. She won two NCAA singles titles in 1986 and 1987. She won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1987. Her playing accomplishments, as a collegiate and professional player, has elevated her being inducted into the Stanford Hall of Fame and also recognized as the Most Outsta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |