Erica Kathleen "Kathy" Horvath (born August 25, 1965, in Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois

Illinois

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, U.S.) is a former professional tennis

Tennis

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 player.

Career

Horvath was the youngest player to win the U.S. National 16s in 1979. She also is the only player to ever win all four age groups in the U.S. Girls Clay Courts in all consecutive years.

She played on the WTA Tour

Women's Tennis Association

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 from 1979 to 1989, winning six singles titles and reaching a career high rank of World No. 10 in 1984. She reached the quarterfinals at the French Open in 1983 and 1984. She retired with a 179–154 singles record.

Horvath was the only player to defeat Martina Navratilova in the 1983 season

1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

The 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 11th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 3, 1983, and concluded on December 11, 1983 after 56 events....

 (at the 1983 French Open). She stunned Navratilova in the fourth round 6–4, 0–6, 6–3 while Navratilova's coaches (Renee Richards and Nancy Lieberman) argued in the stands over strategy, something Navratilova noticed during the match.

Singles 8 (5–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	March 6, 1983	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Carpet (I)	Marcela Skuherská	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	May 23, 1983	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Chris Evert-Lloyd Chris Evert Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...	4–6, 6–7 (1)
Winner	3.	November 13, 1983	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Carpet (I)	Carling Bassett Carling Bassett-Seguso Carling Kathrin Bassett-Seguso is a former Canadian professional tennis player. Bassett is the daughter of John F. Bassett and Susan Carling, and the granddaughter of media baron John Bassett and politician and brewery executive John Carling.-Tennis career:In 1981, Bassett won the Canadian junior...	4–6, 6-2, 7–6 (1)
Runner-up	4.	January 29, 1984	Marco Island, Florida, USA	Clay	Bonnie Gadusek Bonnie Gadusek Bonnie Gadusek is a former professional tennis player from the United States, who retired in April 1987....	6–3, 0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	May 20, 1984	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player. During her career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won 10 singles titles and 26 doubles titles.-Career:...	6–7 (8), 1–6
Winner	6.	March 10, 1985	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Carpet (I)	Elise Burgin Elise Burgin Elise Burgin was an American tennis player. Her highest ranking was # 22.-Tennis career:Before playing professionally, Burgin was an outstanding singles and doubles player at Stanford University...	6–2, 6–4
Winner	7.	March 31, 1985	Palm Beach Palm Beach Cup The Palm Beach Cup is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1982 to 1985. It was held at the Frenchman's Creek Beach & Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in the United States and played on outdoor clay courts.... , Florida, USA	Clay	Petra Delhees-Jauch	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	8.	July 12, 1987	Knokke Belgian Open (tennis) The Belgian Open was a WTA Tour tennis event held over three different periods from 1987-2002. It was competed in July from 1987–1989 and 2001, and May from 1992-1993 to 1999-2001. From 2000-2001 it was sponsored by Dutch clothing chain Mexx and was temporarily renamed the Benelux Open. In 2002, it... , Belgium	Clay	Bettina Bunge Bettina Bunge Bettina Bunge is a retired German tennis player. She was born in Adliswil, Switzerland. She was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia Hanika, and Eva Pfaff.-Career:With German nationality as the daughter of a...	6–1, 7–6 (5)

Doubles 9 (3–6)

Titles by Surface
Hard	1
Clay	2
Grass	0
Carpet	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	9 May 1982	Perugia Perugia Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area.... , Italy	Clay	Yvonne Vermaak Yvonne Vermaak Yvonne Vermaak is a former tour tennis player who represented her native South Africa.Vermaak's best result was defeating Virginia Wade in the quarter-finals of the 1983 Wimbledon Championships.Late in her playing career, Vermaak became an American citizen....	Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...     Ilana Kloss Ilana Kloss Ilana Sheryl Kloss is a former professional tennis player and the commissioner of World Team Tennis.-Tennis career:Kloss was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Before turning professional, in 1972 she won the Wimbledon juniors singles title. In 1974 she won U.S...	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	2.	7 August 1983	US Clay Courts, USA	Clay	Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She was born in Câmpia Turzii, Romania and turned professional in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her powerful forehand....	Gigi Fernández Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand...     Beth Herr Beth Herr Beth Herr is an American tennis player. She became the number 1 junior tennis player in the world at age 16. She was the #1 college recruit in 1985 and went on to play for the University of Southern California where she won the NCAA singles title and team title in her freshman year...	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	20 May 1984	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She was born in Câmpia Turzii, Romania and turned professional in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her powerful forehand....	Anne Hobbs Anne Hobbs Anne Hobbs is a British former professional tennis player.-Tennis career:Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989...     Candy Reynolds Candy Reynolds Candy Reynolds is a former professional tennis player from the United States.-Career:During her career, Reynolds won the women's doubles title at the French Open in 1983...	3–6, 6–4, 6–7
Runner-up	4.	27 May 1984	Perugia Perugia Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area.... , Italy	Carpet	Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She was born in Câmpia Turzii, Romania and turned professional in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her powerful forehand....	Iva Budařová Iva Budarová Iva Budařová is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia.Budařová played on the WTA Tour from 1978 until 1991, winning four doubles titles. She achieved a career high singles ranking of World No. 24 and a doubles ranking of World No. 55...     Helena Suková Helena Suková Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. 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, 6–1, 4–6
Winner	5.	10 March 1985	Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S... , Indiana, USA	Hard	Elise Burgin Elise Burgin Elise Burgin was an American tennis player. Her highest ranking was # 22.-Tennis career:Before playing professionally, Burgin was an outstanding singles and doubles player at Stanford University...	Jennifer Mundel    Molly Van Nostrand	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	28 April 1985	Orlando, Florida Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... , USA	Clay	Elise Burgin Elise Burgin Elise Burgin was an American tennis player. Her highest ranking was # 22.-Tennis career:Before playing professionally, Burgin was an outstanding singles and doubles player at Stanford University...	Martina Navratilova    Pam Shriver Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments...	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	24 May 1987	Strasbourg Internationaux de Strasbourg The Internationaux de Strasbourg is a tennis tournament held in Strasbourg, France. Held since 1987, this WTA Tour event is an International-level tournament played on outdoor clay courts.... , France	Clay	Marcella Mesker Marcella Mesker Marcella Mesker is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.Mesker was active on the WTA tour from 1979 to 1988 and reached the final of the Australian Open Women's Doubles in 1979. She also reached the semi finals of the U.S. Open Women's Doubles in 1984...	Jana Novotná Jana Novotná Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...     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. She won eight doubles titles in her professional career, and reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on May 14, 1984, when she became the...	0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	12 July 1987	Belgian Open Belgian Open (tennis) The Belgian Open was a WTA Tour tennis event held over three different periods from 1987-2002. It was competed in July from 1987–1989 and 2001, and May from 1992-1993 to 1999-2001. From 2000-2001 it was sponsored by Dutch clothing chain Mexx and was temporarily renamed the Benelux Open. In 2002, it... , Belgium	Clay	Marcella Mesker Marcella Mesker Marcella Mesker is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.Mesker was active on the WTA tour from 1979 to 1988 and reached the final of the Australian Open Women's Doubles in 1979. She also reached the semi finals of the U.S. Open Women's Doubles in 1984...	Bettina Bunge Bettina Bunge Bettina Bunge is a retired German tennis player. She was born in Adliswil, Switzerland. She was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia Hanika, and Eva Pfaff.-Career:With German nationality as the daughter of a...     Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	11 October 1987	Athens, Greece	Clay	Dianne Van Rensburg Dianne Van Rensburg Dianne Van Rensburg is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Known as Dinky, she won one singles title and three doubles titles from 1986 to 1990.-Singles 2 :-Doubles 8 :-References:...	Andrea Betzner    Judith Wiesner Judith Wiesner Judith Wiesner is a former professional tennis player from Austria. During her career, she won six top-level singles titles and three tour doubles titles. Her career high rankings were World Number 12 in singles , and World Number 29 in doubles...	4–6, 6–7

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