Kathy Rinaldi

Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel

Country	United States
Residence	Palm City, Florida, USA
Born	(1967-03-24) March 24, 1967 Stuart, Florida, USA
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	1980
Retired	September 1997
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,353,737
Singles
Career record	277–217
Career titles	3 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 7 (May 26, 1986)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (1984)
French Open	QF (1981, 1986)
Wimbledon	SF (1985)
US Open	4R (1982)
Doubles
Career record	200–184
Career titles	2 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 13 (February 8, 1993)
Last updated on: December 10, 2011.

Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel (born March 24, 1967) is a former professional American tennis player, who retired in September 1997. She won three singles and two doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour, and reached the semifinals of the 1985 Wimbledon Championships.

Career

Rinaldi reached her highest career ranking on May 26, 1986, when she was ranked World No. 7.^[1] The recipient of WTA Most Impressive Newcomer Award in 1981 and WTA Comeback Player of the Year Award in 1989, she had career wins over top players such as Steffi Graf, Jana Novotná, Sue Barker, Pam Shriver, Hana Mandlíková, Wendy Turnbull, Manuela Maleeva, Dianne Fromholtz, Helena Suková, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Zina Garrison, Sylvia Hanika, Kathy Jordan, Jo Durie, and Natasha Zvereva.^[2]

Rinaldi was the youngest player to win a match at Wimbledon (14 years, 91 days) in 1981, a record that stood until 1990. After the 1987 French Open, she suffered a freak injury in Monte Carlo, slipping on stairs, and in trying to catch herself, fracturing her right thumb. This injury sidelined her for rest of the year. She was a member of the US Wightman Cup Team in 1983, 1985, and 1986.

Rinaldi married Brad Stunkel, her high school sweetheart, on December 11, 1993, and adopted his surname.^[3] She gave birth to son Bradley Benton Stunkel, Jr. on February 8, 1995.^[3] The family currently resides in Palm City, Florida.^[4]

Awards and recognitions

• 1981: WTA Most Impressive Newcomer of the Year
• 1989: WTA Comeback of the Year

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	October 18, 1981	Kyoto	Hard	Julie Harrington	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	May 24, 1982	Berlin	Clay	Bettina Bunge	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	November 13, 1983	San Diego	Hard	Tracy Austin	6–7(5), 3–6
Winner	2.	August 18, 1985	Mahwah	Hard	Steffi Graf	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	September 22, 1985	Chicago	Carpet (I)	Bonnie Gadusek	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	May 11, 1986	Houston	Clay	Chris Evert-Lloyd	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner	3.	November 16, 1986	Little Rock	Carpet (I)	Natalia Zvereva	6–4, 6–7(7), 6–0

Doubles: 12 (2–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	March 31, 1991	San Antonio	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Patty Fendick Monica Seles	6–7(2), 2–6
Winner	1.	April 21, 1991	Houston	Clay	Jill Hetherington	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	2.	August 4, 1991	San Diego	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	October 6, 1991	Leipzig	Carpet (I)	Jill Hetherington	Manon Bollegraf Isabelle Demongeot	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	February 2, 1992	Auckland	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer Raffaella Reggi-Concato	6–1, 1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	March 1, 1992	Indian Wells	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Stephanie Rehe	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	March 22, 1992	Key Biscayne	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	April 19, 1992	Houston	Clay	Jill Hetherington	Patty Fendick Gigi Fernández	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	November 1, 1992	San Juan	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Amanda Coetzer Elna Reinach	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	February 7, 1993	Auckland	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Isabelle Demongeot Elna Reinach	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	March 21, 1993	Key Biscayne	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	10.	May 23, 1993	Strasbourg	Clay	Jill Hetherington	Shaun Stafford Andrea Temesvári	7–6(5), 3–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

• 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.

References

External links

• Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kathy Rinaldi at the International Tennis Federation
• Kathy Rinaldi at the Fed Cup

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Andrea Jaeger	WTA Most Impressive Newcomer of the Year 1981	Succeeded by Zina Garrison
Preceded by Pascale Paradis	WTA Comeback of the Year 1989	Succeeded by Elizabeth Smylie