Country | Australia |
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Residence | Sydney, Australia |
Born | 10 August 1956 Albury, Australia |
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Turned pro | 1973 |
Retired | 1990 |
Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Career prize money | US $1,145,377 |
Singles | |
Career record | 429–223[1] |
Career titles | 15 |
Highest ranking | No. 4 (19 March 1979) |
Grand Slam results | |
Australian Open | F (Jan. 1977) |
French Open | SF (1979, 1980) |
Wimbledon | QF (1979, 1987) |
US Open | SF (1976) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 134–141 |
Last updated on: 3 June 2010. |
Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat (born 10 August 1956, in Albury, Australia) is a former professional tennis player.
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Balestrat began playing tennis at the age of 7. She left school at the age of 16 to play in international tournaments. She turned pro in 1973 and joined the WTA Tour.
She reached the finals of the Australian Open in January 1977, losing to fellow Australian Kerry Melville Reid. She was a semifinalist twice at the French Open, in 1979 and 1980. She also reached the semifinals of the US Open in 1976.
Balestrat won six singles titles and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 in 1979. Partnering with Helen Gourlay Cawley, she won the Australian Open women's doubles in January 1977. She had career wins over Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Margaret Court, Virginia Wade, Pam Shriver, and Gabriela Sabatini. She holds an 8-7 career record over King.
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 1977[2] | Australian Open | Grass | Kerry Reid | 7–5, 6–2 |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 1977[3] | Australian Open | Grass | Helen Gourlay-Cawley | Betsy Nagelsen Kerry Reid |
5–7, 6–1, 7–5 |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 1980 | Wimbledon | Grass | Mark Edmondson | Tracy Austin John Austin |
4–6, 7–6(6), 6–3 |
Tournament | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | Career SR | |
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Australian Open | 1R | A | QF | 2R | 3R | A | F | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 3R | NH | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 13 |
French Open | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | A | A | A | SF | SF | 3R | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | |
Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | A | 4R | QF | 4R | 3R | A | 1R | A | 2R | 4R | QF | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 14 | |
US Open | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | SF | 4R | 3R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 13 | |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 47 |
A = did not participate in the tournament.
NH = tournament not held.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
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