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  • Born: 22 October 1971
  • Birthplace: Hoopstad, South Africa
  • Best Known As: South Africa's top tennis star

Amanda Coetzer is South Africa's best-known female tennis player. Coetzer turned pro in 1988 and began a steady if unspectacular career: her highest world ranking was #3 late in the 1997 season. By the end of 2000 she had won seven singles and seven doubles tournament titles; her best showing in Grand Slam tournaments came in reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open (1996 and '97) and the French Open (1997). She is sometimes called a "giant-killer" thanks to her height (5'2") and her habit of beating higher-ranked players, including multiple victories over Steffi Graf in the 1990s. As with Anna Kournikova and Martina Hingis, Coetzer's blonde good looks have made her a favorite with Internet fans.

Coetzer played for South Africa in the Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000.

 
 
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Amanda Coetzer
Country Flag of South Africa South Africa
Residence
Date of birth October 22 1971 (1971--) (age 36)
Place of birth Hoopstad, South Africa
Height 158 cm (5 ft 2¼ in)
Weight 54 kg (119 lb)
Turned Pro 1988
Retired 2004
Plays Right; Two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money $5,594,821
Singles
Career record: 568-337
Career titles: 9
Highest ranking: No. 3 (November 3, 1997)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open SF (1996, 1997)
French Open SF (1997)
Wimbledon 4R (1994)
U.S. Open QF (1994, 1996, 1998)
Doubles
Career record: 269-219
Career titles: 9
Highest ranking: No. 15 (September 27, 1993)

Infobox last updated on: September 15, 2006.

Amanda Coetzer (born October 22 1971 in Hoopstad, South Africa) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

Coetzer turned professional in 1988. She won her first top-level singles title in 1993 in Melbourne, and her second later that year in Tokyo.

Coetzer entered the top-20 on the women's world rankings in 1992 and remained there for most of the next 10 years. She developed a reputation for regularly beating players who were higher ranked than her as she climbed to her career high ranking of World No. 3 in 1997.

Career

At the Canadian Open in 1995, Coetzer defeated three players ranked in the world's top-5 – Steffi Graf (No. 1), Jana Novotna (No. 4) and Mary Pierce (No. 5) – before finally losing to Monica Seles in the final. The defeat of Graf ended a 32-match winning-streak for the German.

At the Australian Open in 1996, Coetzer became the first South African woman in the Open era to reach a Grand Slam semi-final, where she lost in three sets to Anke Huber.

1997 was the best season of Coetzer's career. In reaching the Australian Open semi-finals for the second consecutive year, she defeated World No. 1 Graf in the fourth round. She then beat Graf for a second time in the quarter-finals at Berlin, handing her her worst-ever loss by defeating her 6-0, 6-1 in just 56 minutes. And then in the quarter-finals of the French Open she defeated Graf yet again to become one of just six players to beat Graf three times in one year, and one of only four to defeat her more than once in Grand Slam play. Coetzer lost in the French Open semi-finals to eventual-champion Iva Majoli. Later in the year in Leipzig, Coetzer beat Martina Hingis who by then had taken over the World No. 1 ranking. Coetzer won two singles titles that year in Budapest and Luxembourg.

Coetzer won the biggest title of her career in 1998 at Hilton Head (Tier 1 event).

In 1999 Coetzer became the only player ever to defeat Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport while they were ranked No. 1.

In 2000, Coetzer teamed-up with Wayne Ferreira to win the Hopman Cup for South Africa. She also played of South Africa's Fed Cup team for six years and represented South Africa in the Olympic Games three times.

In 2001 she qualified for her ninth consecutive year-end championship.

During her career, Coetzer won nine top-level singles titles and nine doubles titles. Her final singles title was won in Acapulco in 2003. Her career prize-money earnings totalled US$5,594,821.

Coetzer retired from the professional tour in 2004.

Singles (9)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I Event (1)
Tier II Event (1)
Tier III Event (3)
Tier IV Event (4)
ITF Circuit (4)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. March 13, 1988 Flag of IsraelHaifa Hard Flag of the NetherlandsMarielle Rooimans 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
2. March 27, 1988 Flag of IsraelRamat Hasharon Hard Flag of the NetherlandsMarielle Rooimans 6-3, 6-1
3. June 12, 1988 Flag of ItalyModena Clay Flag of the Czech RepublicMichaela Frimmelova 7-5, 7-6
4. July 11, 1988 Flag of GermanyVaihingen Clay Flag of GermanyAndrea Betzner 6-2, 6-3
5. January 17, 1993 Flag of AustraliaMelbourne Hard Flag of JapanNaoko Sawamatsu 6-2, 6-3
6. September 26, 1993 Flag of JapanTokyo Hard Flag of JapanKimiko Date 6-3, 6-2
7. May 15, 1994 Flag of the Czech RepublicPrague Hard Flag of SwedenAsa Carlsson 6-1, 7-6
8. April 27, 1997 Flag of HungaryBudapest Clay Flag of BelgiumSabine Appelmans 6-1, 6-3
9. October 26, 1997 Flag of LuxembourgLuxembourg Carpet Flag of AustriaBarbara Paulus 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
10. April 5, 1998 Flag of the United StatesHilton Head Clay Flag of RomaniaIrina Spirlea 6-3, 6-4
11. May 21, 2000 Flag of BelgiumAntwerp Clay Flag of SpainCristina Torrens Valero 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
12. March 4, 2001 Flag of MexicoAcapulco Clay Flag of RussiaElena Dementieva 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
13. March 2, 2003 Flag of MexicoAcapulco Clay Flag of ArgentinaMariana Diaz-Oliva 7-5, 6-3

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