Catarina Lindqvist

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Catarina Lindqvist
Country Flag of Sweden Sweden
Residence Hollviken, Sweden and
Rumson, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of birth June 13, 1963 (1963-06-13) (age 44)
Place of birth Kristinehamn, Sweden
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 56.6 kg (125 lb/8.91 st)
Turned pro 1983
Retired 1992
Plays Right-handed
Career prize money US$ 1,126,665
Singles
Career record: 297-207
Career titles: 6
Highest ranking: No. 10 (April 15, 1985)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open SF (1987)
French Open 4r (1986)
Wimbledon SF (1989)
US Open 4r (1985, 1986, 1987)
Doubles
Career record: 105-120
Career titles: 1
Highest ranking: n/a

Infobox last updated on: May 27, 2008.

Catarina Lindqvist Ryan (born in June 13, 1963 in Kristinehamn, Sweden) is a former professional tennis player.

She turned professional in 1983. Her highest rank was #10, which she reached in April of 1985. She also won 6 WTA Tour titles. She had wins over Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Wendy Turnbull, and Pam Shriver. She reached the semifinals of Grand Slam tournaments twice, the Australian Open in 1987 and Wimbledon in 1989. She lost to Martina Navratilova in both semifinals. She retired from tennis in 1992.

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[edit] WTA Tour finals

[edit] Singles (11)

[edit] Wins (6)

Legend (Singles)
Tier IV & V (2)
Pre-Tier (4)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
1. January 9, 1984 Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S. Carpet (I) Flag of the United States Beth Herr 6-4, 6–0
2. October 15, 1984 Stuttgart, Germany Carpet (I) Flag of West Germany Steffi Graf 6–1, 6–4
3. December 31, 1984 Port St. Lucie, Florida, U.S. Hard Flag of the United States Terry Holladay 6–3, 6-1
4. July 13, 1986 Bastad, Sweden Clay Flag of Sweden Catrin Jexell 6–2, 6-0
5. April 15, 1990 Tokyo, Japan Hard Flag of Australia Elizabeth Sayers Smylie 6–3, 6-2
6. February 3, 1991 Oslo, Norway Carpet (I) Flag of Belgium Els Callens 6-4, 4-6, 6–2

[edit] Runner-ups (5)

Legend (Singles)
Tier IV & V (1)
Pre-Tier (4)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
1. March 9, 1985 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. Carpet (I) Flag of Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlikova 6-3, 7-5
2. October 20, 1985 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet (I) Flag of the United States Pam Shriver 6–1, 7-5
3. October 26, 1986 Brighton, United Kingdom Carpet (I) Flag of West Germany Steffi Graf 6–3, 6-3
4. July 12, 1987 Bastad, Sweden Clay Flag of Italy Sandra Cecchini 6–4, 6-4
5. January 15, 1989 Sydney, Australia Hard Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6-4

[edit] Doubles (3)

[edit] Wins (1)

Legend
Pre-Tier wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. July 12, 1986 Bastad, Sweden Clay Flag of Sweden Maria Lindstrom Flag of West Germany Christina Singer
Flag of West Germany Ellen Walliser		 6–3, 6–2

[edit] Runner-ups (2)

Legend
Pre-Tier wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. May 17, 1987 Berlin, Germany Clay Flag of Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen Flag of West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Flag of Czechoslovakia Helena Sukova		 6–1, 6–2
2. February 28, 1988 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. Clay Flag of Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen Flag of Czechoslovakia Jana Novotna
Flag of France Catherine Suire		 6–4, 6-4

[edit] Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Career SR
Australian Open A A 2R QF NH SF 4R QF A 2R 2R 0 / 7
French Open A 2R 2R 2R 4R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 0 / 9
Wimbledon A 1R 2R 1R QF 4R 1R SF 1R 4R 2R 0 / 10
U.S. Open 1R A 3R 4R 4R 4R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 10
SR 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 36
  • 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.

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