Country | Hungary |
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Residence | Budapest, HUN |
Born | 26 April 1966 Budapest, Hungary |
Height | 1.82 m (5ft 11in) |
Turned pro | 1981 |
Retired | 1997 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Career prize money | $1,162,635 |
Singles | |
Career record | 241–210 |
Career titles | 5 |
Highest ranking | No. 7 (9 January 1984) |
Grand Slam results | |
Australian Open | 4th (1984) |
French Open | 4th (1983) |
Wimbledon | 4th (1984) |
US Open | 3rd (1982, 1983, 1984, 1989) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 211–171 |
Career titles | 7 |
Highest ranking | No. 13 (21 December 1986) |
Andrea Temesvári (born 26 April 1966 in Budapest, Hungary) is a former professional tennis player once ranked as high as World No. 7. She won the Italian Open at sixteen, but injuries later hampered her career. She received the Most Improved Player Award by WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. At the 1986 French Open she won the women's doubles title with Martina Navratilova. Temesvári retired in 1997.
Contents |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 1986 | French Open | Clay | Martina Navratilova | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini |
6–1, 6–2 |
Legend (Singles) |
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Grand Slam (0) |
WTA Championship (0) |
Tier I (0) |
Tier II (0) |
Tier III (0) |
Tier IV (0) |
Tier V (0) |
VS (5) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
1. | 7 March 1982 | Hershey, USA | Carpet (I) | Catherine Tanvier | 6–4, 6–2 |
2. | 2 May 1983 | Perugia, Italy | Clay | Bonnie Gadusek | 6–1, 6–0 |
3. | 4 July 1983 | Hamburg, West Germany | Clay | Eva Pfaff | 6–4, 6–2 |
4. | 1 August 1983 | Indianapolis, USA (U.S. Clay Courts) | Clay | Zina Garrison | 6–2, 6–2 |
5. | 22 July 1985 | Indianapolis, USA (U.S. Clay Courts) | Clay | Zina Garrison | 7–6(0), 6–3 |
Legend (Doubles) |
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Grand Slam (1) |
WTA Championship (0) |
Tier I (0) |
Tier II (0) |
Tier III (1) |
Tier IV (2) |
Tier V (0) |
VS (3) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
1. | 29 October 1984 | Zürich, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | Andrea Leand | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková |
6–1, 6–3 |
2. | 28 October 1985 | Zürich, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | Hana Mandlíková | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková |
6–4, 3–6, 7–5 |
3. | 31 March 1986 | Marco Island, USA | Clay | Martina Navratilova | Kathy Jordan Elise Burgin |
7–5, 6–2 |
4. | 26 May 1986 | French Open | Clay | Martina Navratilova | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini |
6–1, 6–2 |
5. | 17 April 1989 | Tampa, USA | Clay | Brenda Schultz | Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank |
7–6(6), 6–4 |
6. | 17 May 1993 | Strasbourg, France | Clay | Shaun Stafford | Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi |
6–7(5), 6–3, 6–4 |
7. | 24 July 1995 | Maria Lankowitz, Austria | Clay | Silvia Farina Elia | Alexandra Fusai Wiltrud Probst |
6–2, 6–2 |
Legend (Singles) |
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Grand Slam (0) |
WTA Championship (0) |
Tier I (0) |
Tier II (0) |
Tier III (0) |
Tier IV (1) |
Tier V (0) |
VS (1) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
1. | 10 May 1982 | Lugano, Switzerland | Clay | Chris Evert | 6–0, 6–3 |
2. | 14 August 1989 | Mahwah, USA | Hard | Steffi Graf | 7–5, 6–2 |
Legend (Doubles) |
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Grand Slam (0) |
WTA Championship (0) |
Tier I (0) |
Tier II (2) |
Tier III (0) |
Tier IV (0) |
Tier V (0) |
VS (1) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
1. | 12 May 1986 | Berlin, West Germany | Clay | Martina Navratilova | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini |
7–5, 6–2 |
2. | 9 April 1990 | Amelia Island, USA | Clay | Regina Kordová | Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
7–6(5), 6–4 |
3. | 14 February 1994 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Mary Pierce | Sabine Appelmans Laurence Courtois |
6–4, 6–4 |
Tournament | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | Career SR |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | 4R | A | NH | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | 0 / 5 |
French Open | 1R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 2R | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 12 |
Wimbledon | A | 3R | 3R | 4R | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | 0 / 9 |
US Open | A | 3R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 11 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 37 |
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.
Awards | ||
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Preceded by Pálma Balogh |
Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year 1983 |
Succeeded by Mária Ábrahám |
Preceded by Sabina Simmonds |
WTA Most Improved Player 1983 |
Succeeded by Kathy Jordan |