Sandra Wasserman

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Sandra Wasserman
Country Flag of Belgium Belgium
Residence
Date of birth March 10, 1970 (1970-03-10) (age 38)
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Height
Weight
Turned pro
Plays
Career prize money $287,310
Singles
Career record: 133-138
Career titles: 0
Highest ranking: No. 48 (August 14 1989)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 3rd round 1990
French Open 3rd round 1987 1992
Wimbledon 2nd round 1993
US Open 3rd round 1988 1989
Doubles
Career record: 36-57
Career titles: 1
Highest ranking: No. 75 (January 30 1989)

Sandra Wasserman (born March 10, 1970) is a former professional Belgian tennis player from Antwerp. She is most famous for being the youngest Belgian Fed Cup player.

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[edit] Fed Cup

Wasserman became Belgium's youngest Fed Cup player when she lost 6-3 7-6 (9-7) to Csilla Bartos of Hungary in October 1985 in Japan.[1] She also lost the longest tie-break played by the Belgian Fed Cup team, losing 13-11 to Jennifer Capriati of the United States in 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia after losing the first set 6-0.

[edit] Results

Wasserman won her only doubles title at Barcelona, Spain on April 25 1988, partnering Iva Budařová and beating Anna-Karin Olsson and Maria Jose Llorca 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the final.

She reached the finals of the singles of the Clarins Open in its first two years, 1998, when she lost 7-5, 6-1 to Sabrina Goleš, and 1989, when she lost 7-6 (7-0), 6-2 to Petra Langrová.

Her five 3rd round defeats in Grand Slam tournaments were:

[edit] Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Career SR
Australian Open A 2R 2R 3R 1R A 2R 1R 0 / 6
French Open 3R 1R 2R 1R A 3R 2R A 0 / 6
Wimbledon A 1R A 1R A A 2R A 0 / 3
U.S. Open A 3R 2R 3R A A 1R A 0 / 4
SR 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 19

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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[edit] References

  1. ^ World Group 1985 1st Round Hungary defeated Belgium 3-0 in Japan. Fed Cup Official Website. ITF. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
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