Sylvia Hanika

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**Sylvia Hanika**

Country	Germany^[1]
Residence	La Manga, Spain
Date of birth	November 30, 1959 (1959-11-30) (age 48)
Place of birth	Munich, West Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	68.0 kg (150 lb/10.71 st)
Turned pro	1977
Retired	1990
Plays	Left-handed
Career prize money	$1,296,560
Singles
Career record:	378-223
Career titles:	6
Highest ranking:	No. 5 (September 12, 1983)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (1983)
French Open	F (1981)
Wimbledon	4R (1982, 1987)
US Open	QF (1979, 1981, 1983, 1984)
Doubles
Career record:	47-48
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:

Sylvia Hanika (born November 30, 1959 in Munich, West Germany) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She is best remembered for finishing runner-up at the French Open in 1981, and for winning the Avon Championships in 1982. She was ranked as high as No. 5 in the world.

1 Career
2 Grand Slam singles finals
- 2.1 Runner-ups (1)
3 WTA Tour
- 3.1 Singles titles (6)
- 3.2 Doubles titles (1)
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Career

Hanika turned professional in 1977. Her first professional title was the German Indoor championships in 1978.

In 1981, Hanika reached the women's singles final at the French Open, where she was defeated 6–2, 6–4 by Hana Mandlíková.

The crowning achievement of Hanika's career came in 1982, when she defeated World No. 1 Martina Navrátilová 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final of the Avon Series Championships at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Garden was also the site of Hanika's last big singles win: a 6–4 6–4 defeat of #3 Chris Evert in the first round of the Virginia Slims Championships in 1987.

Hanika won her final top-level singles title in Athens in 1986. She retired from the tour in 1990, having won six professional singles titles and one doubles title.