Kathy Jordan

Kathy Jordan

Country	United States
Residence	King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
Born	December 3, 1959 (1959-12-03) Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	58.9 kg (130 lb; 9.28 st)
Turned pro	1979
Retired	1991
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$1,592,111
Singles
Career record	247–155
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 5 (March 19, 1984)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F (1983)
French Open	QF (1980)
Wimbledon	SF (1984)
US Open	4R (1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986)
Doubles
Career record	462–136
Career titles	41
Highest ranking	No. 6 (February 4, 1991)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1981)
French Open	W (1980)
Wimbledon	W (1980, 1985)
US Open	W (1981)
Other Doubles tournaments
WTA Championships	W (1990)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles	2
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	W (1986)
Wimbledon	W (1986)
Last updated on: February 2, 2009.

Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan (born December 3, 1959, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA) is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won 7 Grand Slam titles, 5 of them in women's doubles and 2 of them in mixed doubles. She also was the 1983 Australian Open women's singles runner-up and won 1 singles title and 41 doubles titles.

Personal life

Jordan was one of the top juniors during the 1970s. She also was a top high school basketball player, being named to the All-Conference basketball team while at Upper Merion Area High School in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. She received an athletic scholarship to Stanford University in 1978. While at Stanford, she won the 1979 AIAW Championships in singles and in doubles with her sister, Barbara Jordan. Her sister won the 1979 Australian Open women's singles title. Her father, Bob Jordan, was instrumental in development of WTA deferred compensation plan.

Career

Jordan turned professional in 1979. Her best performance in a Grand Slam singles tournament was runner-up at the 1983 Australian Open, where she lost to Martina Navratilova 6–2, 7–6.

She was the first player to defeat Chris Evert before the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament. Jordan defeated Evert 6–1, 7–6 in the third round of Wimbledon in 1983 after Evert had reached at least the semifinals of her first 34 Grand Slam singles tournaments.

In women's doubles, Jordan won five Grand Slam titles, four of which were in partnership with Anne Smith. She also won a career Grand Slam in women's doubles, winning the 1980 French Open, 1980 and 1985 Wimbledon, 1981 US Open, and 1981 Australian Open.

In the Wimbledon final on July 6, 1985, Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie teamed to snap the 109-match winning streak of Navratilova and Pam Shriver 5–7, 6–3, 6–4.

In mixed doubles, Jordan won two Grand Slam titles, 1986 French Open and 1986 Wimbledon, both of which were in partnership with Ken Flach.

Jordan retired in 1991. Her highest singles rank was world number five in 1984 and her highest doubles rank was world number 6 in 1991. She won several awards during her career, including 1979 WTA Most Impressive Newcomer Award, 1980 WTA Doubles Team of the Year Award with Smith, 1984 WTA Most Improved Player of the Year Award, and 1991 WTA Player Service Award

After retiring, Jordan returned to Stanford University and received a B.A. in political science in 1991. She was elected vice-president of the WTA in 1992. She also served as chairperson of the WTA Drug Testing Committee and served on WTA executive, deferred compensation, finance/marketing, and insurance Committees through 1992.

In 2002, Jordan was presented with a Mentor Award by Martina Navratilova, on behalf of the WTA Tour, in recognition of her contribution to the Partners for Success program and to the sport of tennis at large.

Jordan was nicknamed "KJ."

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1983	Australian Open	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 7–6(5)

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1980	French Open	Clay	Anne Smith	Ivanna Madruga Adriana Villagran	6–1, 6–0
Winner	1980	Wimbledon	Grass	Anne Smith	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	1981	Wimbledon	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–3, 7–6(6)
Winner	1981	US Open	Hard	Anne Smith	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1981	Australian Open	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	1982	Wimbledon	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	1983	French Open	Clay	Anne Smith	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1984	Wimbledon	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1985	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1987	US Open	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–4, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1984	Wimbledon	Grass	Steve Denton	Wendy Turnbull John Lloyd	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1986	French Open	Clay	Ken Flach	Rosalyn Fairbank Mark Edmondson	3–6, 7–6(3), 6–3
Winner	1986	Wimbledon	Grass	Ken Flach	Martina Navratilova Heinz Günthardt	6–3, 7–6(7)

Year-End Championships finals

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

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1990	New York City	Carpet (I)	Elizabeth Smylie	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez	7–6(4), 6–4

Titles (42)

Singles (1)

No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	March 21, 1982	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Carpet (I)	Wendy Turnbull	7–5, 1–6, 6–4

Doubles (41)

Grand slam events in boldface.

• 1979: Indianapolis U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships (with Anne Smith)
• 1980: Hilton Head (with Anne Smith)
• 1980: French Open (with Anne Smith)
• 1980: Eastbourne (with Anne Smith)
• 1980: Wimbledon (with Anne Smith)
• 1980: Las Vegas (with Anne Smith)
• 1980: Brighton (with Anne Smith)
• 1981: Cincinnati (with Anne Smith)
• 1981: Amelia Island (with Anne Smith)
• 1981: San Diego (with Candy Reynolds)
• 1981: US Open (with Anne Smith)
• 1981: Australian Open (with Anne Smith)
• 1982: Washington (with Anne Smith)
• 1982: Houston (with Pam Shriver)
• 1982: Los Angeles (with Anne Smith)
• 1982: Boston (with Anne Smith)
• 1982: San Diego (with Paula Smith)
• 1982: Atlanta (with Betsy Nagelsen)
• 1983: Palm Springs (with Ann Kiyomura)
• 1983: Detroit (with Barbara Potter)

• 1984: Amelia Island (with Anne Smith)
• 1984: Montreal (with Elizabeth Smylie)
• 1985: Key Biscayne (with Elizabeth Smylie)
• 1985: Marco Island (with Elizabeth Smylie)
• 1985: Tokyo Bridgestone Doubles (with Elizabeth Smylie)
• 1985: Wimbledon (with Elizabeth Smylie)
• 1985: Mahwah (with Elizabeth Smylie)
• 1985: Chicago (with Elizabeth Smylie)
• 1986: Wichita (with Candy Reynolds)
• 1986: Key Biscayne (with Elizabeth Smylie)
• 1986: Princeton (with Elizabeth Smylie)
• 1986: Hilversum (with Helena Suková)
• 1987: Tokyo Japan Open (with Betsy Nagelsen)
• 1987: Houston (with Martina Navratilova)
• 1987: Aptos (with Robin White)
• 1987: Brighton (with Helena Suková)
• 1990: San Antonio (with Elizabeth Smylie)
• 1990: Tokyo Japan Open (with Elizabeth Smylie)
• 1990: Nashville (with Elizabeth Smylie)
• 1990: Virginia Slims Championships (with Elizabeth Smylie)
• 1991: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Elizabeth Smylie)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	3R	A	F	A	A	NH	A	A	A	A	0 / 2
French Open	A	A	QF	3R	A	4R	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 5
Wimbledon	A	4R	4R	4R	3R	QF	SF	2R	4R	1R	A	A	1R	0 / 10
US Open	2R	4R	4R	4R	1R	4R	2R	4R	4R	1R	A	A	1R	0 / 11
SR	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 28

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

• Kathy Jordan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kathy Jordan at the International Tennis Federation
• Kathy Jordan at the Fed Cup