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Jana Novotná (Jana Novotna) (born October 2, 1968 in Brno

Brno

Brno is the second-largest city in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 1243, although the area had been settled since the 5th century. Today Brno has 403,304 inhabitants and is the seat of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court, Supreme Prosecutor's Office and Ombudsman....
, 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. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and for crying on the shoulder of the Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final in 1993. Novotná also won 12 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....
women's doubles titles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.

Career
Novotná turned professional in 1986.

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Jana Novotná (Jana Novotna) (born October 2, 1968 in Brno

Brno

Czechoslovakia

Tennis

Grand Slam (tennis)

Career

Novotná turned professional in 1986. In the early years of her career, she was known primarily for her success as a doubles player. In the early-1990s, Novotná began to have success in singles once four-time Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

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 ....
became her coach. Novotná was one of the top serve and volley

Serve and volley

Serve and volley is a style of play in tennis where the player serving moves quickly towards the net after hitting a serve . The server then attempts to hit a volley , as opposed to the baseline style, where the server would stay back following the serve and attempt to hit a groundstroke ....
ers of her time, a rarity in women's tennis.

Novotná reached her first Grand Slam singles final in 1991 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....
, where she lost to 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....
5–7, 6–3, 6–1.

Two years later, Novotná reached her first singles final at Wimbledon, where she faced 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....
. After losing a tight first set, Novotná took a 6–7, 6–1, 4–1, 40-15 lead. With victory seemingly in her grasp, she lost her nerve and began missing easy shots, sometimes hitting the ball out by wide margins (including an infamous overhead smash that hit the back tarp). Graf took the next five games and the title. During the prize presentation ceremony, a distraught Novotná burst into tears and cried on the Duchess of Kent's shoulder. The Duchess comforted her by saying that she was sure Novotná would win the title one day. But at the time, many doubted that this would happen given how dramatically she had choked

Choke (sports)

In sports, an individual athlete, or, more commonly, an athletic team collectively, is often said to have choked when failing to win a tournament or league championship and if certain other criteria are also met, especially if the player or team had been favored to win, or had squandered a large lead in the late stages of an event....
against Graf. It took four years for Novotná to reach another Wimbledon final. In 1997, she faced 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 ....
. Novotná won the first set. But she then succumbed to the Swiss player's accurate passing shots and lost 2–6, 6–3, 6–3. However, Novotná won the 1997 WTA Tour Championships

WTA Tour Championships

The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women's Tennis Association tour....
and finished the year ranked a career-high World No. 2 in singles.

Novotná's moment of Wimbledon glory finally arrived in 1998. After defeating a young 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....
in a close quarterfinal, Novotná avenged the previous year's loss by ousting Hingis in a semifinal and veteran Nathalie Tauziat

Nathalie Tauziat

Nathalie Tauziat is a former tennis from France....
in the final 6–4, 7–6.

She won 12 Grand Slam women's doubles titles (four at Wimbledon, three at the French Open, three at the US Open, and two at the Australian Open) and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (two at the Australian Open, one at Wimbledon, and one at the US Open). She was 11 times the year end top ranked doubles player.

Novotná was a member of the Czechoslovakian team that won 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 ....
in 1988. 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....
, Novotná was a women's doubles silver medalist in 1988 and 1996 and a singles bronze medalist in 1996.

Novotná retired from the professional tour in 1999. During her 14-year career, she won 100 titles (24 in singles and 76 in doubles). She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame

International Tennis Hall of Fame

File:ITHF.jpgThe International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit tennis hall of fame and museum at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island, USA....
in 2005.

Grand Slam singles finals

Win (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1998	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....	Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former tennis from France....	6–4, 7–6

Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1991	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....	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....	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
1993	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....	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....	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
1997	Wimbledon	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 ....	2–6, 6–3, 6–3

Grand Slam women's doubles finals

Wins (12)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1989	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....	Helena Suková Helena Suková Helena Sukov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles....	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		Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 7–5
1990	Wimbledon (2)		Kathy Jordan Kathy Jordan Kathryn Jordan is a former American tennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles during her career.... 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....	6–3, 6–4
1991	French Open (2)	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....	Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–0
1994	US Open	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....	Katerina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the Women's Tennis Association tour, competing in singles, Doubles and Types of tennis match between 1984 and 1997.... Robin White Robin White (tennis) Robin White is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She played on the WTA tour from 1983 to 1995. She won two singles titles, in Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1985 and in Auckland in 1992 but the highlight of her career was her victory with Gigi Fern?ndez in the US Open doubles in 1988 at Flushing Meadows....	6–3, 6–3
1995	Australian Open (2)		Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
1995	Wimbledon (3)		Natasha Zvereva	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1997	US Open (2)	Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic Games gold medal in singles....	Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–4
1998	French Open (3)	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 ....	Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 7–6
1998	Wimbledon (4)		Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 3–6, 8–6
1998	US Open (3)		Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–3

Runner-ups (11)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1990	US Open	Helena Suková Helena Suková Helena Sukov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles....	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 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...	6–2, 6–4
1991	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, 6–1
1991	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....		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....	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1991	US Open (3)		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.... Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
1992	Wimbledon (2)		Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–1
1992	US Open (3)		Natasha Zvereva	7–6, 6–1
1993	French Open		Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 7–5
1993	Wimbledon (3)		Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1994	French 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....	Natasha Zvereva	6–7, 6–4, 7–5
1994	Wimbledon (4)		Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–1
1996	US Open (4)		Natasha Zvereva	1–6, 6–1, 6–4

Grand Slam mixed doubles finals

Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1988	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....	Jim Pugh Jim Pugh Jim Pugh is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles ....	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... Tim Gullikson Tim Gullikson Timothy Edward "Tim" Gullikson was a tennis player and coach from the United States.Tim was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. In 1977, he won three tour singles titles and was named the Association of Tennis Professionals's Newcomer of the Year....	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
1988	US Open		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.... Patrick McEnroe Patrick McEnroe Patrick McEnroe also known as "P-Mac", is a former professional tennis player and the present Captain of the United States Davis Cup team.Born in Manhasset, New York, he is the younger brother of tennis legend John McEnroe....	7–5, 6–3
1989	Australian Open (2)		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.... Sherwood Stewart Sherwood Stewart Sherwood Stewart played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s.Born June 6, 1946, in Goose Creek, Texas, Stewart was ranked as high as No....	6–3, 6–4
1989	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....		Jenny Byrne Jenny Byrne Jenny Byrne is a former professional tennis player from Australia who turned professional in 1987 and retired from the tour in 1997. Her career-high world rankings were World No.... Mark Kratzmann Mark Kratzmann Mark Edward Kratzmann is a former Australian professional tennis player.As the world's #1 ranked junior player in 1984, he won the Boys Australian Open, the Boys The Championships, Wimbledon and the Boys US Open ....	6-4, 5–7, 6–4

Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1994	US Open	Todd Woodbridge Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former professional tennis player. He turned professional in 1988....	Elna Reinach Elna Reinach Elna Reinach is South African former pro tennis player.With Patrick Galbraith, she won the US Open mixed doubles championship in 1994. She played in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she lost in the first round to Jennifer Capriati.... Patrick Galbraith Patrick Galbraith Patrick Galbraith is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1993....	6–2, 6–4

Titles (100)

Singles (24)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
WTA Championships (1)
Tier I (2)
Tier II (11)
Tier III (5)
Tier IV & V (4)

Titles by Surface
Hard (5)
Clay (4)
Grass (2)
Carpet (13)

No.	Date	Tournament Name	Location	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	December 4, 1988	Danone Southern Cross Classic	Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....	Hard		7–5, 6–4
2.	May 28, 1989	Internationaux de Strasbourg Internationaux de Strasbourg The Internationaux de Strasbourg is a tennis tournament held in Strasbourg, France. Held since 1987, this Women's Tennis Association event is a Tier III-tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts....	Strasbourg, France Strasbourg Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace Regions of France in northeastern France. With 702,412 inhabitants in 2007, its metropolitan area is the Aire urbaine....	Clay	Patricia Tarabini Patricia Tarabini Patricia Tarabini was an Argentina tennis player. Tarabini represented her country and won the Bronze Olympic medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics games, with Paola Su?rez, where they lost 7?9 in the third set to eventual gold medalists from China, Sun Tiantian and Li Ting ....	6–1, 6–2
3.	August 12, 1990	Virginia Slims of Albuquerque VS of Albuquerque The Virginia Slims of Albuquerque, New Mexico was a WTA Tour event held annually in August from 1989 through 1991. The tournament was held on outdoor hard courts and was a Tier IV event....	Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque is the largest List of cities in the United States in the US state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande.... , U.S.	Hard		6–4, 6–4
4.	January 13, 1991	Holden New South Wales Open Medibank International The Medibank International Sydney is a professional tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia, played annually at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Homebush....	Sydney, Australia Sydney Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....	Hard	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....	6–4, 6–2
5.	February 24, 1991	Virginia Slims of Oklahoma	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma city Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma City may also refer to:*Oklahoma City metropolitan area... , U.S.	Hard (I)	Anne Smith Anne Smith Anne Smith is a female former professional tennis player from the United States. Smith's highest women's doubles ranking was World No. 1 in 1980 and 1981....	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
6.	February 14, 1993	World Ladies in Osaka	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)	Kimiko Date Kimiko Date is a Japanese professional tennis player. In her career, she won over 200 tournament matches, including the Japan Open Tennis Championships four times....	6–3, 6–2
7.	October 24, 1993	Autoglass Classic Brighton International The Brighton International was a tennis tournament held in Brighton, UK. It was a WTA Tour event from 1978-1995 and an ATP Tour event from 1996-2000, upon the discontinuation of the women's tournament.... (1)	Brighton, United Kingdom Brighton Brighton is a city on the south coast of England and, with its neighbours Hove and Portslade, forms the Brighton and Hove.The ancient settlement of Brighthelmston dates from before the Domesday Book , but it emerged as a health resort during the 18th Century and became a destination for day-trippers after the arrival of the railway in...	Carpet (I)	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....	6–2, 6–4
8.	October 2, 1994	International Grand Prix WTA Leipzig The WTA Leipzig, known as the Sparkassen Cup from 1995?2003 due to sponsorship reason, was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Leipzig, Germany, on the WTA Tour from 1990?2003.... (1)	Leipzig, Germany Leipzig Leipzig is, with a population of over 511,252, the largest city in the States of Germany of Saxony, Germany....	Carpet (I)	Mary Pierce Mary Pierce Mary Pierce is a tennis professional playing on the WTA Tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics....	7–5, 6–1
9.	October 23, 1994	Brighton International (2)	Brighton, United Kingdom	Carpet (I)	Helena Suková Helena Suková Helena Sukov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles....	6–7(4), 6–3, 6–4
10.	October 30, 1994	Nokia Grand Prix (1)	Essen, Germany Essen Essen is a city in the center of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Located on the Ruhr River, its population of approximately 579,000 makes it the 7th- or 8th-largest-city in Germany....	Carpet (I)	Iva Majoli Iva Majoli Iva Majoli Maric is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997....	6–2, 6–4
11.	February 26, 1995	EA-Generali Open Generali Ladies Linz The Generali Ladies Linz is a tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. Held since 1987, this Women's Tennis Association event is a Tier II-tournament and is played on indoor hardcourts.... (1)	Linz, Austria Linz Linz is the third largest city of Austria and capital of the States of Austria of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 km south of the Czech Republic border, on both sides of the river Danube....	Carpet (I)	Barbara Rittner Barbara Rittner Barbara Rittner is a former professional tennis player who comes from Germany. Her career high ranking was No. 24 in the world, a ranking she achieved on February 1, 1993....	6–7(6), 6–3, 6–4
12.	May 26, 1996	Open Paginas Amarillas Madrid Open (tennis) The Madrid Open is a defunct tennis tournament on the WTA Tour, held between 1997 and 2003. It replaced the Barcelona Ladies Open during these years, before a new tournament was started in Barcelona in 2007.... (1)	Madrid, Spain Madrid Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...	Clay	Magdalena Maleeva Magdalena Maleeva Magdalena Maleeva is a Bulgarian former tennis player. She has played in the Women's Tennis Association tour, competing in singles and doubles, since April 1989....	4–6,6–4, 6–3
13.	October 20, 1996	European Indoors	Zürich, Switzerland Zürich Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....	Carpet (I)	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 ....	6–2, 6–2
14.	November 3, 1996	Ameritech Cup Ameritech Cup Chicago The Ameritech Cup Chicago was a tennis tournament for women on the WTA Tour, held every year from 1971, until 1997, in Chicago, in the United States....	Chicago, Illinois Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents.... , U.S.	Carpet (I)	Jennifer Capriati Jennifer Capriati Jennifer Marie Capriati is a former World No. 1 women's tennis player from the United States. She has won three Grand Slam singles titles and the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
15.	November 17, 1996	Advanta Championships Advanta Championships Philadelphia The Advanta Championships Philadelphia was a WTA Tour professional tennis tournament for women played from 1972 through 2005 in Philadelphia, United States....	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Carpet (I)	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, retired
16.	May 25, 1997	Open Paginas Amarillas (2)	Madrid, Spain	Clay	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....	7–5, 6–1
17.	September 28, 1997	Sparkassen Cup International Grand Prix (2)	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet (I)	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....	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
18.	November 2, 1997	Kremlin Cup Kremlin Cup The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on Tennis court#Indoor courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a WTA Premier Tournaments on the WTA Tour....	Moscow, Russia Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....	Carpet (I)	Ai Sugiyama Ai Sugiyama is a Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world no.1 in women's doubles, and currently ranked world no. 3 in doubles, she is considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour.In singles, she has a career-high singles ranking of world no.8 achieved on February 9, 2004....	6–3, 6–4
19.	November 23, 1997	Chase Championships 1997 WTA Tour Championships The 1997 WTA Tour Championships were held in New York, United States between November 17 and November 23.=Singles=...	New York City, New York New York City The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population.... , U.S.	Carpet (I)		7–6(4), 6–2, 6–3
20.	March 1, 1998	EA-Generali Austrian Open (2)	Linz, Austria	Hard (I)		6–1, 7–6(2)
21.	June 21, 1998	Direct Line Insurance 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		6–1, 7–5
22.	July 5, 1998	Wimbledon 1998 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles Jana Novotn? defeated Nathalie Tauziat 6-4 7-6 in the final to win the 'Ladies' Singles' title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships.See also:Seeds...	London London London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former tennis from France....	6–4, 7–6(2)
23.	July 12, 1998	Skoda Czech Open ECM Prague Open The ECM Prague Open is a tennis tournament held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic . Held since 1992 but interrupted between 1999 and 2005, this Women's Tennis Association event is a Tier IV-tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts....	Prague, Czech Republic 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....	Clay	Sandrine Testud Sandrine Testud Sandrine Testud in Lyon, France is a former professional female tennis player from France....	6–3, 6–0
24.	February 21, 1999	Faber Grand Prix (2)	Hanover, Germany Hanover Hanover or Hannover#Definitions , on the river Leine, is the capital city of the Federal states of Germany of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the House of Hanover, in their dignities as the dukes of Brunswick-L?neburg ....	Carpet (I)	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....	6–4, 6–4

Doubles (76)

Grand slam events in boldface.

1987: Strasbourg (with Catherine Suire
Catherine Suire

Catherine Suire is a former tennis player from France, who competed as a lucky loser for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
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1987: San Diego (with Catherine Suire)
1987: Hamburg (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....
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1988: Oklahoma City (with Catherine Suire)
1988: Rome (with Catherine Suire)
1988: Hamburg (with Tine Scheuer-Larsen
Tine Scheuer-Larsen

Tine Scheuer-Larsen is a retired female tennis player from Denmark, who reached her highest individual ranking on September 29, 1986, when she became the number 34 of the world....
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1988: Montreal (with Helena Suková
Helena Suková

Helena Sukov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles....
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1988: Mahwah (with Helena Suková)
1989: Brisbane (with Helena Suková)
1989: Boca Raton (with Helena Suková)
1989: Key Biscayne (with Helena Suková)
1989: Barcelona (with Tine Scheuer-Larsen)
1989: Wimbledon (with Helena Suková)
1989: Zurich (with Helena Suková)
1990: Brisbane (with Helena Suková)
1990: Sydney (with Helena Suková)
1990: Australian Open (with Helena Suková)
1990: Indian Wells (with Helena Suková)
1990: Boca Raton (with Helena Suková)
1990: Key Biscayne (with Helena Suková)
1990: French Open (with Helena Suková)
1990: Wimbledon (with Helena Suková)
1990: Manhattan Beach (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....
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1991: Brisbane (with Gigi Fernández)
1991: Chicago (with Gigi Fernández)
1991: Hamburg (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland)
1991: French Open (with Gigi Fernández)
1991: Washington (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland)
1991: Zurich (with Andrea Strnadová
Andrea Strnadová

Andrea Strnadov? is a retired tennis player from the Czech Republic born on 28 May 1972. She was awarded the WTA Awards for the "Most Impressive Newcomer" in 1991....
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1991: Filderstadt (with Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova

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1991: Philadelphia (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland)
1992: Brisbane (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland)
1992: Wesley Chapel (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland)
1992: Berlin (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland)
1992: Eastbourne (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland)
1992: San Diego (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland)
1992: Leipzig (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland)
1992: Brighton (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland)
1993: Osaka (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland)
1993: Paris (with Andrea Strnadová)
1993: Key Biscayne (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland)
1993: Rome (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....
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1993: Toronto (with Larisa Savchenko Neiland)
1994: Delray Beach (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1994: Wesley Chapel (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1994: Hamburg (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1994: San Diego (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1994: US Open (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1995: Sydney (with Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport

Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic Games gold medal in singles....
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1995: Australian Open (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1995: Delray Beach (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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1995: Key Biscayne (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1995: Eastbourne (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1995: Wimbledon (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1995: WTA Tour Championships (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1996: Paris (with Kristie Boogert
Kristie Boogert

Kristie Boogert was a professional List of female tennis players from the Netherlands. On 5 February 1996 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 29....
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1996: Key Biscayne (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1996: Hilton Head (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1996: Madrid (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1996: Eastbourne (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1996: Filderstadt (with Nicole Arendt
Nicole Arendt

Nicole Arendt is a female tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1991. She won sixteen doubles titles in her career. The left-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on June 16, 1997, when she became number 49 in the world....
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1997: Paris (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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1997: Amelia Island (with Lindsay Davenport)
1997: Berlin (with Lindsay Davenport)
1997: US Open (with Lindsay Davenport)
1997: Leipzig (with Martina Hingis)
1997: Chase Championships (with Lindsay Davenport)
1998: Key Biscayne (with Martina Hingis)
1998: French Open (with Martina Hingis)
1998: Eastbourne (with Mariaan de Swardt
Mariaan de Swardt

Mariaan de Swardt is a former tennis player from South Africa, who played as a professional from 1980 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1992....
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1998: Wimbledon (with Martina Hingis)
1998: Montreal (with Martina Hingis)
1998: US Open (with Martina Hingis)
1999: Key Biscayne (with Martina Hingis)
1999: Hilton Head (with Elena Likhovtseva
Elena Likhovtseva

Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva Likhovtseva's career best appearance in a Grand Slam was when she reached the semi finals of the French Open 2005 before she was comprehensively defeated by Mary Pierce 6?1 6?1....
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1999: Toronto (with Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce

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Singles runner-ups (17)

Grand slam events in boldface.

1988: Brisbane (lost to 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....
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1989: Hamburg (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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1989: Zurich (lost to Steffi Graf)
1991: Australian Open (lost to 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....
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1991: Leipzig (lost to Steffi Graf)
1992: Chicago (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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1992: Leipzig (lost to Steffi Graf)
1992: Brighton (lost to Steffi Graf)
1993: Wimbledon (lost to Steffi Graf)
1993: Leipzig (lost to Steffi Graf)
1996: Essen (lost to Iva Majoli
Iva Majoli

Iva Majoli Maric is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997....
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1997: Hanover (lost to Iva Majoli)
1997: Eastbourne (lost to 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....
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1997: Wimbledon (lost to 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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1998: Hanover (lost to Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder

Patty Schnyder is a Swiss professional tennis. She has been playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour since 1993 and is a former World No....
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1998: Hamburg (lost to Martina Hingis)
1998: New Haven (lost to Steffi Graf)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	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....	NH	A	1R	3R	3R	F	4R	2R	QF	4R	A	A	A	3R	0 / 9
French Open French Open (tennis) The French Open is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between mid-May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the second of the Grand Slam title tournaments on the annual tennis calendar and the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world....	1R	3R	1R	QF	SF	QF	4R	QF	1R	3R	SF	3R	QF	4R	0 / 14
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....	1R	4R	2R	4R	QF	2R	3R	F	QF	SF	QF	F	W	QF	1 / 14
US Open	A	4R	1R	2R	QF	4R	1R	4R	SF	QF	QF	QF	SF	3R	0 / 13
SR	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 50

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.

External links

profile at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
International Tennis Hall of Fame

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