Andrea Temesvári

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Andrea Temesvari
Country Flag of Hungary Hungary
Residence Budapest, HUN
Date of birth April 26, 1966 (1966-04-26) (age 42)
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. 7
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 4th (1984)
French Open 4th (1983)
Wimbledon 4th (1984)
US Open 3rd (1982, 1983, 1984, 1989)
Doubles
Career record: 211-171
Career titles: 7
Highest ranking:
The native form of this personal name is Temesvári Andrea. This article uses the Western name order.

Andrea Temesvari (Andrea Temesvári) (born April 26, 1966 in Budapest, Hungary) is a former professional tennis player once ranked as high as World No. 7. She won 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. Temesvari retired in 1997.

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[edit] WTA Tour finals (13)

[edit] Singles (6)

[edit] Wins (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 in the Final
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 West Germany Eva Pfaff 6–4, 6–2
3. 1 August 1983 U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships, Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Flag of the United States Zina Garrison Jackson 6–2, 6–2
4. 22 July 1985 U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships, Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Flag of the United States Zina Garrison Jackson 7–6(0), 6–3

[edit] Runner-ups (2)

[edit] Doubles (7)

[edit] 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 West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Flag of Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlikova
6–1, 6–3
2. 28 October 1985 European Indoors
Zurich, Switzerland
Carpet Flag of Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlikova Flag of West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Flag of Czechoslovakia Helena Sukova
6–4, 3–6, 7–5
3. 31 March 1986 Tournament of Champions
Marco Island, U.S.
Clay Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova 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 Clay Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova Flag of West 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-McCarthy 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

[edit] 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