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Andrea Temesvari

Andrea Temesvári
Country Flag of Hungary Hungary
Residence Budapest, HUN
Date of birth April 26 1966 (1966--) (age 41)
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary
Height 1.82 m (5ft 11in)
Weight 61 kg (135lb)
Turned Pro 1981
Retired 1997
Plays Right; Two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money $1,162,635
Singles
Career record: 241-210
Career titles: 4
Highest ranking: No. 3
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 4th (1984)
French Open 4th (1983)
Wimbledon 4th (1984)
U.S. Open 3rd (1982, 1983, 1984, 1989)
Doubles
Career record: 211-171
Career titles: 7
Highest ranking:

Andrea Temesvari (born April 26, 1966 in Budapest, Hungary) is a former professional tennis player once ranked as high as number 3 in the world. She was a teenage phenomenon, winning 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.

WTA Tour (11)

WTA Tour singles titles (4)

Legend (Singles)
Tier I (1)
Tier II (1)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (0)
Grand Slam Title (0)
ITF Circuit (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 2 May, 1983 Italian Open, Perugia, Italy Clay Flag of the United States Bonnie Gadusek 6-1, 6-0
2. 4 July, 1983 Fila Europa Cup Hittfield, Hamburg, Germany Clay Flag of Germany Eva Pfaff 6-4, 6-2
3. 1 August, 1983 US Clay Courts, Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Flag of the United States Zina Garrison 6-2, 6-2
4. 22 July, 1985 US Clay Courts, Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Flag of the United States Zina Garrison 7-6(0), 6-3

Singles runner-ups

Doubles wins (7)

Legend (Doubles)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (4)
Tier IV (2)
Grand Slam Title (1)
ITF Circuit (0)
# Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in final Score
1. 29 October, 1984 European Indoors
Zurich, Switzerland
Carpet Flag of the United States Andrea Leand Flag of Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Flag of Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
6-1, 6-3
2. 28 October, 1985 European Indoors
Zurich, Switzerland
Carpet Flag of Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Flag of Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Flag of Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6-4, 3-6, 7-5
3. 31 March, 1986 Tournament of Champions
Marco Island, U.S.
Clay Flag of the United States Martina Navrátilová Flag of the United States Kathy Jordan
Flag of the United States Elise Burgin
6-1, 6-2
4. 26 May, 1986 French Open, Paris, France Clay Flag of the United States Martina Navrátilová Flag of Germany Steffi Graf
Flag of Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
6-4, 6-4
5. 17 April, 1989 Eckerd Open, Tampa, U.S. Clay Flag of the Netherlands Brenda Schultz Flag of the United States Elise Burgin
Flag of South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank
7-6(6), 6-4
6. 17 May, 1993 Internationaux de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
Clay Flag of the United States Shaun Stafford Flag of Canada Jill Hetherington
Flag of the United States Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel
6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4
7. 24 July, 1995 Austrian Open, Styris, Austria Clay Flag of Italy Silvia Farina Elia Flag of France Alexandra Fusai
Flag of Germany Wiltrud Probst
6-2, 6-2

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Career SR
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
U.S. 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.

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Awards
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

 
 
 

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