Brenda Schultz-McCarthy

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Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy (born December 28, 1970 in Haarlem) is a Dutch tennis player. She is married to Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati. Schultz is known for her fast serve, holding the record for the fastest serve in the WTA tour.

Schultz turned professional in 1986. She married McCarthy in April 8, 1995. Thereafter, she is known as "Brenda Schultz-McCarthy".

Schultz' career high was in 1996 when she reached World No. 9. She reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the US Open in 1995. She retired from tennis in 1999 with longstanding injuries. She came out of retirement in 2005, playing Fed Cup and WTA tournaments in 2006. The best result of her comeback came in June of 2006 at the Tier III Ordina Open in the Netherlands, reaching the quarterfinals with wins over two players ranked in the top 70 on the WTA Tour.

In July of 2006, Schultz-McCarthy reclaimed her place as the fastest server in WTA history, recording a 130 MPH serve in the first round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open qualifying tournament, held in Mason, Ohio. Venus Williams previously held the women's record, having recorded a 127 MPH serve at a tournament in Zurich in the late 1990s, surpassing Schultz' record at that time.