Helena SukovÃ¡

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Helena SukovÃ¡

Helena Suková (born February 23, 1965, in Prague

Prague

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, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918 until 1992 . On January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia....
) is a former professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention....
titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles. She also was a four-time Grand Slam singles runner-up.

Suková comes from a prominent Czech tennis family. Her mother, Vera Pužejová Suková

Vera Suková

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Helena Suková (born February 23, 1965, in Prague

Prague

Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City....
, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Tennis

Grand Slam (tennis)

Vera Suková

Vera Pu?ejov? Sukov? was a tennis player from Czechoslovakia. She was the women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon Championships in 1962, losing to Karen Hantze Susman 6?4, 6?4....
, was a women's singles finalist at Wimbledon in 1962. Her father, Cyril Suk II, was president of the Czechoslovakian Tennis Federation. Her brother, Cyril Suk III

Cyril Suk

Cyril Suk III is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia, and then the Czech Republic. A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career....
, is a former professional player on the men's tour who teamed with Suková to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, at the French Open in 1991 and at Wimbledon in 1996 and 1997.

Suková turned professional in 1981. Her career-high world rankings were fourth in singles and first in women's doubles.

Suková was a singles runner-up at the Australian Open

Australian Open

The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....
twice (in 1984 and 1989) and at the US Open twice (in 1986 and 1993). Suková's most memorable Grand Slam singles win was against Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...
in a semifinal of the 1984 Australian Open, where she ended Navratilova's 74-match winning streak and her chance at winning a calendar year Grand Slam.

Suková was a particularly outstanding doubles player. She had a career Grand Slam in women's doubles, winning four titles at Wimbledon, two at the US Open, one at the Australian Open, and one at the French Open. She won three mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon, one at the US Open, and one at the French Open. She also was a women's doubles silver medalist at the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
in 1988 and 1996 (both times partnering Jana Novotná

Jana Novotná

Jana Novotn? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1998 and for crying on the shoulder of the Katharine, Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final in 1993....
).

Suková helped Czechoslovakia win the Fed Cup

Fed Cup

Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 Federation Cup to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation ....
four times, in 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1988. She also teamed with Miloslav Mecír

Miloslav Mecír

Miloslav Mec?r is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. He is best remembered for having won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the former Czechoslovakia and for having played in two Grand Slam singles finals....
to win the inaugural Hopman Cup

Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup is an annual international team tennis tournament founded by Paul McNamee and Charlie Fancutt, and held in Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia in early-January each year, which plays mixed teams on a country by country basis....
for Czechoslovakia in 1989.

Over the course of her career, Suková won 10 singles titles and 69 doubles titles.

Despite retiring from the professional tour in 1998, she was given a wild card into the 2006 Wimbledon mixed doubles tournament with her brother Cyril Suk. They lost their first round match.

Grand Slam singles finals

Runner-ups (4)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1984	Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....	Chris Evert Chris Evert Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 7 at the French Open....	6–7, 6–3, 6-1
1986	US Open	Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...	6–3, 6–2
1989	Australian Open (2)	Steffi Graf Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....	6–4, 6–4
1993	US Open (2)		6–3, 6–3

Grand Slam women's doubles finals

Wins (9)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1985	US Open	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former Germany tennis player. She was born Claudia Kohde, but added the hyphenated "-Kilsch" to her name which came from her adoptive father Jurgen Kilsch, an attorney....	Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the... Pam Shriver Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster from the United States. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and 1 mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments....	6–7, 6–2, 6–3
1987	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....		Betsy Nagelsen Betsy Nagelsen Betsy Nagelsen McCormack is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. Nagelsen won the doubles championship at the 1978 Australian Open and 1980 Australian Opens .... Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie, born 11 April 1963 in Perth, Western Australia. She is a former Australian tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985....	7–5, 7–5
1989	Wimbledon (2)	Jana Novotná Jana Novotná Jana Novotn? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1998 and for crying on the shoulder of the Katharine, Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final in 1993....	Larisa Neiland Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a retired Ukrainians-born tennis player who represented Latvia in play. She turned professional in 1988, one of a group of other Soviet players that emerged in time for tennis's full re-entry into the Olympics.... Natasha Zvereva Natasha Zvereva Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva is a retired tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she be able to keep her tournament earnings....	6–1, 6–2
1990	Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....		Patty Fendick Patty Fendick Patty Fendick is a former professional women's tennis player and is the current head women's tennis coach at the Texas Longhorns.She was born on March 31, 1965 in Sacramento, California and played collegiately at Stanford University, where the team won the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship title three times.... Mary Joe Fernandez Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernandez Godsick is a former professional tennis player from the United States and is of Spanish and Cubans descent. She was the runner-up in three Grand Slam singles tournaments and won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles and two Olympic Games gold medals....	7–6, 7–6
1990	French Open		Larisa Neiland Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a retired Ukrainians-born tennis player who represented Latvia in play. She turned professional in 1988, one of a group of other Soviet players that emerged in time for tennis's full re-entry into the Olympics.... Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 7–5
1990	Wimbledon (3)		Kathy Jordan Kathy Jordan Kathryn Jordan is a former American tennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles during her career.... Elizabeth Smylie	6–4, 6–0
1992	Australian Open (2)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Arantxa Sánchez Vicario *Ar?nzazu Arantxa* Isabel Maria S?nchez Vicario** is a Spanish professional tennis player. She won four Grand Slam singles titles, six Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....	Zina Garrison Zina Garrison Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon Championships in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games....	6–4, 7–6
1993	US Open (2)		Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer is the most accomplished female professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004.... Inés Gorrochategui Ines Gorrochategui In?s Gorrochategui is a former professional female tennis player from Argentina. She reached her career-high singles ranking World No. 19 on October 17, 1994....	6–4, 6–2
1996	Wimbledon (4)	Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles ....	Meredith McGrath Meredith McGrath Meredith McGrath is a former professional tennis player. She was born on April 28, 1971 in Midland, Michigan, Michigan, USA and made her debut on the Women's Tennis Association tour in 1988.... Larisa Neiland	5–7, 7–5, 6–1

Runner-ups (5)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1984	Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former Germany tennis player. She was born Claudia Kohde, but added the hyphenated "-Kilsch" to her name which came from her adoptive father Jurgen Kilsch, an attorney....	Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the... Pam Shriver Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster from the United States. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and 1 mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments....	6–3, 6–4
1985	French Open		Pam Shriver	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1985	Australian Open (2)		Pam Shriver	6–3, 6–4
1988	French Open (2)		Pam Shriver	6–2, 7–5
1990	US Open	Jana Novotná Jana Novotná Jana Novotn? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1998 and for crying on the shoulder of the Katharine, Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final in 1993....	Gigi Fernández Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fern?ndez is a former professional Puerto Rico tennis player. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest doubles players of all time.... Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–4

Grand Slam mixed doubles finals

Wins (5)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1991	French Open	Cyril Suk Cyril Suk Cyril Suk III is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia, and then the Czech Republic. A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career....	Paul Haarhuis Paul Haarhuis Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Netherlands former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.... Caroline Vis Caroline Vis Caroline Vis is a retired professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Vis turned pro in 1989. A doubles specialist, Vis won nine titles during her career on the WTA Tour....	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1993	US Open	Todd Woodbridge Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former professional tennis player. He turned professional in 1988....	Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the... Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. He is most famously remembered as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....	6–3, 7–6
1994	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....		T.J. Middleton T.J. Middleton T.J. Middleton is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He turned professional in 1990 and had a career that spanned 10 years before his retirement at the end of 2000.... Lori McNeil Lori McNeil Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison....	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
1996	Wimbledon (2)		Larisa Neiland Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a retired Ukrainians-born tennis player who represented Latvia in play. She turned professional in 1988, one of a group of other Soviet players that emerged in time for tennis's full re-entry into the Olympics.... Mark Woodforde	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1997	Wimbledon (3)		Andrei Olhovskiy Andrei Olhovskiy Andrei Olhovskiy is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he reached the quarter finales on a wild card before falling to Brazil's Fernando Meligeni.... Larisa Neiland	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1992	US Open	Tom Nijssen Tom Nijssen Tom Nijssen is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.A doubles specialist, he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Manon Bollegraf, the French Open in 1989 and the U.S....	Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. He is most famously remembered as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1994	Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....	Todd Woodbridge Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former professional tennis player. He turned professional in 1988....	Andrei Olhovskiy Andrei Olhovskiy Andrei Olhovskiy is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he reached the quarter finales on a wild card before falling to Brazil's Fernando Meligeni.... Larisa Neiland Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a retired Ukrainians-born tennis player who represented Latvia in play. She turned professional in 1988, one of a group of other Soviet players that emerged in time for tennis's full re-entry into the Olympics....	7–5, 6–7, 6–2
1998	Australian Open (2)	Cyril Suk Cyril Suk Cyril Suk III is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia, and then the Czech Republic. A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career....	Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. He won the 1998 Australian Open and French Open mixed doubles titles with Venus Williams as his partner.... Venus Williams Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players American tennis player who, as of February 23, 2009, is ranked World No....	6–2, 6–1

Titles (79)

Singles (10)

Legend
Tier IV & V (4)
VS (6)

Titles by Surface
Hard (4)
Clay (0)
Grass (2)
Carpet (4)

No.	Date	Tournament Name	Location	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	January 17, 1982	Newport News	Newport, Rhode Island Newport, Rhode Island Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles south of Providence, Rhode Island.... , U.S.	Carpet (I)		6–2, 6–7, 6–0
2.	November 18, 1984	National Panasonic Brisbane International File:Radek Stepanek at the 2008 Rogers Cup.jpgFile:Lleyton hewitt medibank international 2006 02.jpgFile:Azarenka Brisbane 2009 1.jpgFile:Sugiyama Ai.jpgFile:Patty Schnyder US Open 08.jpg... (1)	Brisbane, Australia Brisbane Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....	Grass	Elizabeth Sayers Smylie Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie, born 11 April 1963 in Perth, Western Australia. She is a former Australian tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985....	6–4, 6–4
3.	August 10, 1986	Player's Canadian Open Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Communications Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is an ATP Masters Series event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour....	Montreal Montreal Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....	Hard	Pam Shriver Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster from the United States. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and 1 mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments....	6–2, 7–5
4.	October 5, 1986	Hewlett-Packard Trophy Hilversum Trophy The Hilversum Trophy, also known as the Hewlett-Packard Trophy, was a women's tennis tournament played in Hilversum, the Netherlands, in 1985 and 1986....	Hilversum, Netherlands Hilversum is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Located in the region called "'t Gooi", it is the largest town in that area....	Carpet (I)	Catherine Tanvier Catherine Tanvier Catherine Tanvier is a former tennis player from France, who emerged in the mid-1980s as one of the brightest young talents in the game. Peaking at number 20 on September 17, 1984 her elegant game lacked the power needed to dominate at the highest level, but she continued to play on the Women's Tennis Association for another decade, winning...	6–2, 7–5
5.	April 4, 1987	US Indoors US Indoors The US Indoors, known formally as the U.S. Indoor Championships, was a national tennis championship for women that was sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association and held 79 times from 1907 through 2001 at various locations and on various surfaces....	Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.	Carpet (I)	Lori McNeil Lori McNeil Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison....	6–0, 6–3
6.	June 20, 1987	Pilkington Glass Championships	Eastbourne, United Kingdom Eastbourne Eastbourne is a large town and borough of East Sussex, on the south coast of England, with an estimated population of 94,816 as of 2007. The area has seen human activity since the stone age and it remained one of small settlements until the 19th century when its four hamlets gradually merged to form a town....	Grass	Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...	7–6, 6–3
7.	January 8, 1989	Danone Hardcourt Championships (2)	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy is a Netherlands tennis player. She is married to Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati....	7–6, 7–6
8.	January 6, 1991	Danone Open (3)	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Akiko Kijimuta Akiko Kijimuta is a former Japanese professional tennis player . She was born on May 1, 1968 in Japan and played on the WTA tour from 1986 to 1992. She reached the 4th round at Roland Garros in 1992. She retired with a 63-100 singles record....	6–4, 6–3
9.	February 9, 1992	Mizuno World Ladies	Osaka, Japan Osaka is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....	Carpet (I)		6–2, 4–6, 6–1
10.	November 15, 1992	Jello Classic	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Hard (I)	Linda Harvey Wild Linda Wild Linda Harvey Wild is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. Wild turned pro in 1987. During her career on the WTA Tour, she won 5 singles and 5 doubles titles....	6–4, 6–3

Doubles (69)

Grand slam events in boldface.

1984: Marco Island (with Hana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková

Hana Mandl?kov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles ? two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open ....
)
1984: Rome (with Iva Budarová
Iva Budarová

Iva Budarov? is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia. She played on the WTA Tour from 1978 until 1991, winning four doubles titles....
)
1984: Filderstadt (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former Germany tennis player. She was born Claudia Kohde, but added the hyphenated "-Kilsch" to her name which came from her adoptive father Jurgen Kilsch, an attorney....
)
1984: Sydney (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1984: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1985: Berlin (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1985: Lugano (with Bonnie Gadusek
Bonnie Gadusek

Bonnie Gadusek is a former professional tennis player from the United States, who retired in April 1987. She won 5 singles and 3 doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour....
)
1985: Los Angeles (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1985: US Open (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1985: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1986: Boca Raton (with Pam Shriver
Pam Shriver

Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster from the United States. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and 1 mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments....
)
1986: Dallas (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1986: Amelia Island (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1986: Berlin (with Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf

Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....
)
1986: Hilversum (with Kathy Jordan
Kathy Jordan

Kathryn Jordan is a former American tennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles during her career....
)
1986: Brighton (with Steffi Graf)
1986: Chicago (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1987: Tokyo Bridgestone Doubles (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1987: Berlin (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1987: Wimbledon (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1987: Brighton (with Kathy Jordan)
1987: Chicago (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1988: San Antonio (with Lori McNeil
Lori McNeil

Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison....
)
1988: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Pam Shriver)
1988: Montreal (with Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná

Jana Novotn? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1998 and for crying on the shoulder of the Katharine, Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final in 1993....
)
1988: Mahwah (with Jana Novotná)
1989: Brisbane (with Jana Novotná)
1989: Boca Raton (with Jana Novotná)
1989: Key Biscayne (with Jana Novotná)
1989: Wimbledon (with Jana Novotná)
1989: Zurich (with Jana Novotná)
1990: Brisbane (with Jana Novotná)
1990: Sydney (with Jana Novotná)
1990: Australian Open (with Jana Novotná)
1990: Indian Wells (with Jana Novotná)
1990: Boca Raton (with Jana Novotná)
1990: Key Biscayne (with Jana Novotná)
1990: French Open (with Jana Novotná)
1990: Wimbledon (with Jana Novotná)
1990: Brighton (with Nathalie Tauziat
Nathalie Tauziat

Nathalie Tauziat is a former tennis from France....
)
1990: Worcester (with Gigi Fernández
Gigi Fernández

Beatriz "Gigi" Fern?ndez is a former professional Puerto Rico tennis player. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest doubles players of all time....
)
1991: Sydney (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Ar?nzazu Arantxa Isabel Maria S?nchez Vicario is a Spanish professional tennis player. She won four Grand Slam singles titles, six Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....
)
1991: Tarpon Springs (with Gigi Fernández)
1991: Amelia Island (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1992: Sydney (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1992: Australian Open (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1992: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1992: Osaka (with Rennae Stubbs
Rennae Stubbs

Rennae Stubbs is an Australian professional female tennis player. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at three successive Olympic Games....
)
1992: Rome (with Monica Seles
Monica Seles

Monica Seles is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Hungarians in Vojvodina parents but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994....
)
1992: Manhattan Beach (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1992: Zurich (with Natasha Zvereva
Natasha Zvereva

Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva is a retired tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she be able to keep her tournament earnings....
)
1992: Filderstadt (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1992: Virginia Slims Championships (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1993: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...
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1993: Indian Wells (with Rennae Stubbs)
1993: Lucerne (with Mary Joe Fernandez
Mary Joe Fernández

Mary Joe Fernandez Godsick is a former professional tennis player from the United States and is of Spanish and Cubans descent. She was the runner-up in three Grand Slam singles tournaments and won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles and two Olympic Games gold medals....
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1993: Stratton Mountain (with Elizabeth Smylie
Elizabeth Smylie

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1993: San Diego (with Gigi Fernández)
1993: Manhattan Beach (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1993: US Open (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1993: Essen (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1995: Oakland (with Lori McNeil)
1995: Philadelphia (with Lori McNeil)
1996: Wimbledon (with Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles ....
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1996: Karlovy Vary (with Karina Habšudová
Karina Habšudová

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1996: Zurich (with Martina Hingis)
1997: Strasbourg (with Natasha Zvereva)
1997: Luxembourg (with Larisa Neiland
Larisa Neiland

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1998: Sydney (with Martina Hingis)

Singles runner-ups (21)

Grand slam events in boldface.

1982: Austin (lost to Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch

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1982: Indianapolis US Women's Clay Court Championships (lost to Virginia Ruzici
Virginia Ruzici

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1984: Boston (lost to Hana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková

Hana Mandl?kov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles ? two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open ....
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1984: Australian Open (lost to Chris Evert
Chris Evert

Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 7 at the French Open....
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1985: Virgina Slims Championships (lost to Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...
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1985: Eastbourne (lost to Martina Navratilova)
1986: Princeton (lost to Martina Navratilova)
1986: Eastbourne (lost to Martina Navratilova)
1986: US Open (lost to Martina Navratilova)
1986: Zurich (lost to Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf

Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....
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1987: Boca Raton (lost to Steffi Graf)
1988: Sydney (lost to Pam Shriver
Pam Shriver

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1988: Tokyo Pan Pacific (lost to Pam Shriver)
1988: Berlin (lost to Steffi Graf)
1989: Australian Open (lost to Steffi Graf)
1990: Indian Wells (lost to Martina Navratlova)
1990: Birmingham (lost to Zina Garrison
Zina Garrison

Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon Championships in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games....
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1990: Brighton (lost to Steffi Graf)
1993: US Open (lost to Steffi Graf)
1994: Brighton (lost to Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná

Jana Novotn? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1998 and for crying on the shoulder of the Katharine, Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final in 1993....
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1996: s-Hertogenbosch (lost to Anke Huber
Anke Huber

Anke Huber is a German retired professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was fourth, also in 1996....
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Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	Career SR
Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....	3R	1R	3R	F	QF	NH	4R	4R	F	SF	3R	3R	A	3R	2R	3R	1R	1R	0 / 16
French Open	A	2R	4R	1R	2R	SF	4R	QF	2R	A	2R	A	A	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 13
Wimbledon	A	A	A	4R	QF	QF	QF	QF	4R	4R	1R	3R	QF	4R	2R	2R	4R	1R	0 / 15
US Open	A	1R	3R	QF	QF	F	SF	4R	QF	4R	3R	4R	F	A	2R	3R	1R	A	0 / 15
SR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 59

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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Grand Slam singles finals

Runner-ups (4)

Grand Slam women's doubles finals

Wins (9)

Runner-ups (5)

Grand Slam mixed doubles finals

Wins (5)

Runner-ups (3)

Titles (79)

Singles (10)

Doubles (69)

Singles runner-ups (21)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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