Sabrina Goleš (born 3 June 1965) is a former Croatian tennis player who competed for

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Biography

Sabrina Goleš was ranked no. 3 among juniors in the world in 1983 (in the juniors, she won the Italian Open and Rolex Port Washington, reached the semifinals at Roland Garros and the Orange Bowl, and the quarterfinals at the US Open). Goleš competed for

at the

1984 Los Angeles Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, where she made it to the finals, losing 6–1, 3–6, 4–6 to

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. The same year, Goleš was part of the Yugoslav team that reached the

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semifinals. In 1987, Goleš won the WTA tournament in Paris and four titles in doubles. She also competed in 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul where she beat Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Goleš has career wins over top 10 players

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, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario,

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, Kathy Rinaldi,

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, Katerina Maleeva, Manuela Maleeva,

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, Andrea Temesvári,

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, and Virginia Wade. Goleš was the captain of the Fed Cup team of Yugoslavia and coached the Fed Cup team of Croatia from 1992 to 1994.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 4 (1–3)

Doubles 8 (3–5)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (1–2)

Doubles (0–2)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goles, Sabrina 1965 births Living people People from Stari Mikanovci Croatian female tennis players Hopman Cup competitors Olympic tennis players of Yugoslavia Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Yugoslav female tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade gold medalists for Yugoslavia Universiade bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade