Kathy Jordan

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Kathy Jordan (born December 3, 1959, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA) is a former American tennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles during her career.

Jordan's best performance in a Grand Slam singles tournament was runner-up at the 1983 Australian Open, where she lost to Martina Navratilova 6-2, 7-6. She also is well-known for being the first player to defeat Chris Evert before the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament. Jordan defeated Evert 6-1, 7-6 in the third round of Wimbledon in 1983 after Evert had reached at least the semifinals of her first 34 Grand Slam singles tournaments.

In women's doubles, Jordan won five Grand Slam titles, four of which were in partnership with Anne Smith. She also won a career Grand Slam in women's doubles, winning each Grand Slam tournament at least once. She won an additional 36 women's doubles titles during her career. In the Wimbledon final on July 6, 1985, Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie teamed to snap the 109-match winning streak of Navratilova and Pam Shriver 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.

In mixed doubles, Jordan won two Grand Slam titles, both of which were in partnership with Ken Flach.

Jordan was nicknamed "KJ."

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[edit] Women's doubles winner (41)

  • 1979: U.S. Clay Court Championships (with Anne Smith), San Antonio (with Wendy White)
  • 1980: French Open (with A. Smith), Wimbledon (with A. Smith), Hilton Head (with A. Smith), Eastbourne (with A. Smith), Brighton (with A. Smith)
  • 1981: Australian Open (with A. Smith), U.S. Open (with A. Smith), San Diego (with Candy Reynolds), Cincinnati (with A. Smith), Amelia Island (with A. Smith)
  • 1982: Washington, D.C. (with A. Smith), Houston (with Pam Shriver), Los Angeles (with A. Smith), Boston (with A. Smith), San Diego (with P. Smith), Atlanta (with Betsy Nagelsen)
  • 1983: Palm Springs (with Anne Kiyomura), Detroit (with Mary Lou Daniels)
  • 1984: Canadian Open (with Elizabeth Smylie), Amelia Island (with A. Smith)
  • 1985: Wimbledon (with Smylie), Key Biscayne (with Smylie), Marco Island (with Smylie), Chicago (with Smylie), Mahwah (with Smylie), Bridgestone (with Smylie)
  • 1986: U.S. Indoor Championships (with Smylie), Key Biscayne (with Smylie), Wichita (with Reynolds), Hilversum (with Sukova)
  • 1987: Houston (with Martina Navratilova), Tokyo (with Nagelsen), Aptos (with Robin White), Brighton (w/Sukova)
  • 1990: Virginia Slims Championships (with Smylie), U.S. Hardcourt Championships (with Smylie), Tokyo (with Smylie), Nashville (with Larisa Neiland)
  • 1991: Tokyo (with Smylie)

[edit] Mixed doubles winner (2)

[edit] Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Career SR
Australian Open A A A 3R A F A A NH A A A A 0 / 2
French Open A A QF 3R A 4R 2R A 1R A A A A 0 / 5
Wimbledon A 4R 4R 4R 3R QF SF 2R 4R 1R A A 1R 0 / 10
U.S. Open 2R 4R 4R 4R 1R 4R 2R 4R 4R 1R A A 1R 0 / 11
SR 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 28

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

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