Andrea Temesvári

Andrea Temesvári

Country	Hungary
Residence	Budapest, HUN
Born	(1966-04-26) 26 April 1966 Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.82 m (5ft 11in)
Weight	61 kg (135lb)
Turned pro	1981
Retired	1997
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$1,162,635
Singles
Career record	241–210
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 7 (9 January 1984)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4th (1984)
French Open	4th (1983)
Wimbledon	4th (1984)
US Open	3rd (1982, 1983, 1984, 1989)
Doubles
Career record	211–171
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 13 (21 December 1986)

The native form of this personal name is Temesvári Andrea. This article uses the Western name order.

Andrea Temesvári (born 26 April 1966 in Budapest, Hungary) is a former professional tennis player once ranked as high as World No. 7. She won the Italian Open at sixteen, but injuries later hampered her career. She received the Most Improved Player Award by WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. At the 1986 French Open she won the women's doubles title with Martina Navratilova. Temesvári retired in 1997.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title, 0 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1986	French Open	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 6–2

Titles (12)

Singles (5)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championship (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (0)
Tier V (0)
VS (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	7 March 1982	Hershey, USA	Carpet (I)	Catherine Tanvier	6–4, 6–2
2.	2 May 1983	Perugia, Italy	Clay	Bonnie Gadusek	6–1, 6–0
3.	4 July 1983	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Eva Pfaff	6–4, 6–2
4.	1 August 1983	Indianapolis, USA (U.S. Clay Courts)	Clay	Zina Garrison	6–2, 6–2
5.	22 July 1985	Indianapolis, USA (U.S. Clay Courts)	Clay	Zina Garrison	7–6(0), 6–3

Doubles (7)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (1)
WTA Championship (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV (2)
Tier V (0)
VS (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	29 October 1984	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Andrea Leand	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková	6–1, 6–3
2.	28 October 1985	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Hana Mandlíková	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
3.	31 March 1986	Marco Island, USA	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Kathy Jordan Elise Burgin	7–5, 6–2
4.	26 May 1986	French Open	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 6–2
5.	17 April 1989	Tampa, USA	Clay	Brenda Schultz	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	7–6(6), 6–4
6.	17 May 1993	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Shaun Stafford	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	6–7(5), 6–3, 6–4
7.	24 July 1995	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	Alexandra Fusai Wiltrud Probst	6–2, 6–2

Runner-ups (5)

Singles (2)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championship (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (1)
Tier V (0)
VS (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	10 May 1982	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Chris Evert	6–0, 6–3
2.	14 August 1989	Mahwah, USA	Hard	Steffi Graf	7–5, 6–2

Doubles (3)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championship (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (2)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (0)
Tier V (0)
VS (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	12 May 1986	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	7–5, 6–2
2.	9 April 1990	Amelia Island, USA	Clay	Regina Kordová	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6(5), 6–4
3.	14 February 1994	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Mary Pierce	Sabine Appelmans Laurence Courtois	6–4, 6–4

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	4R	A	NH	A	A	3R	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	0 / 5
French Open	1R	3R	4R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	2R	3R	2R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	0 / 12
Wimbledon	A	3R	3R	4R	2R	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	2R	A	0 / 9
US Open	A	3R	3R	3R	2R	2R	A	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 11
SR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 37

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

• Andrea Temesvári at the Women's Tennis Association

Awards
Preceded by Pálma Balogh	Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year 1983	Succeeded by Mária Ábrahám
Preceded by Sabina Simmonds	WTA Most Improved Player 1983	Succeeded by Kathy Jordan