Mariaan de Swardt

Mariaan de Swardt
Country  South Africa
Residence Johannesburg, South Africa and Bluffton, South Carolina, USA
Born March 18, 1971 (1971-03-18) (age 40)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro 1988
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Career record 204–136
Career titles 1
Highest ranking 28 (April 8 1996)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 1R (1995, 1996, 1999)
French Open 3R (1999)
Wimbledon 4R (1995)
US Open 3R (1994)
Doubles
Career record 196-131
Career titles 4
Highest ranking 11 (October 19 1998)
Last updated on: 1 July 2011.

Mariaan de Swardt (born 18 March 1971 in Johannesburg) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who played as a professional from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996,[1] and was a member of the South African Fed Cup Team in 1992 and 1994-1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S. citizen.

De Swardt won two Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles competition: the 1999 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open with partner David Adams. In addition to that, she also holds four women's doubles titles and reached as high as No. 11 in the women's doubles world ranking. She has one WTA Tour singles title from 1998 and reached No. 28 in the world singles ranking in 1996.

Since retiring from tennis, she has been a commentator for Eurosport and South African television, and has coached at professsional, collegiate and recreational level with her base being at Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, she set up a non-profit charity, the Pet Care Fund, to help animals.[2]

Contents

WTA Tour finals

Singles 1

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 1
Tier IV & V 0
Olympic Games 0
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
Winner 1. 16 August 1998 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Hard (o) Barbara Schett 3-6, 7-6, 7-5

Doubles 10 (4-6)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 1
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 2
Olympic Games 0
Titles by Surface
Hard 1
Clay 2
Grass 1
Carpet 0
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
Runner-up 1. 30 April 1995 Barcelona, Spain Clay Iva Majoli Larisa Savchenko
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario		 5-7, 6-4, 5-7
Winner 2. 20 May 1995 British Clay Court Champs, UK Clay Ruxandra Dragomir Kerry-Anne Guse
Patricia Hy		 6-3, 6-5
Runner-up 3. 4 February 1996 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Irina Spirlea Gigi Fernandez
Natalia Zvereva		 6-7, 3-6
Winner 4. 19 May 1996 Cardiff, Wales Clay Katrina Adams Els Callens
Laurence Courtois		 6-0, 6-4
Winner 5. 20 Jun3 1998 Eastbourne, England Grass Jana Novotna Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Natalia Zvereva		 6-1, 6-3
Runner-up 6. 16 August 1998 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Hard (o) Mary Joe Fernandez Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs		 4-6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 30 August 1998 New Haven, Connecticut, USA Hard (o) Jana Novotna Alexandra Fusai
Nathalie Tauziat		 1-6, 0-6
Runner-up 8. 18 October 1998 Zürich, Switzerland Hard (i) Elena Tatarkova Venus Williams
Serena Williams		 7-5, 1-6, 3-6
Winner 9. 16 January 1999 Hobart, Australia Hard (o) Elena Tatarkova Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
Emilie Loit		 6-1, 6-2
Runner-up 10. 4 July 1999 Wimbledon, England Grass Elena Tatarkova Lindsay Davenport
Corina Morariu		 4-6, 4-6

Mixed doubles 2 (2-0)

Legend
Grand Slam 2
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 0
Olympic Games 0
Titles by Surface
Hard 1
Clay 1
Grass 0
Carpet 0
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
Winner 1. 31 January 1999 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard (o) David Adams Max Mirnyi
Serena Williams		 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5)
Winner 2. 11 Jun 2000 French Open, Paris, France Clay David Adams Todd Woodbridge
Rennae Stubbs		 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

References

  1. ^ Olympic results
  2. ^ "Mariaan de Swardt Biography". http://www.middlestates.usta.com/Events---New/20234_Mariaan_de_Swardt/. Retrieved 2011-11-09. 

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