Miriam Oremans

Miriam Oremans
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	9 September 1974 (age 49); Berlicum, The Netherlands
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	182–205
Highest ranking	No. 25 (26 July 1993)
Doubles
Career record	195–187
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 19 (7 July 1997)
Medal record
Olympic Games

Miriam Oremans (born 9 September 1972) is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 26 July 1993 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 25.

She did not win any singles titles (Oremans did have two Satellite tournament wins in 1989), but did win three titles in doubles. In 1992 she was runner-up together with Jacco Eltingh in the mixed doubles finals of Wimbledon.

Her biggest achievement came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the silver medal in doubles, partnering Kristie Boogert, losing the final match to Venus and Serena Williams.

Major finals edit

Olympic finals edit

Doubles: 1 (0–1) edit

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	2000	Sydney	Hard	Kristie Boogert	Serena Williams Venus Williams	1–6, 1–6

WTA Tour finals edit

Singles 5 edit

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	Jun 1993	Eastbourne, England	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	Jun 1997	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Ruxandra Dragomir	7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	Jun 1998	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Julie Halard-Decugis	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	Oct 2000	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Dája Bedáňová	1–6, 7–5, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	Jun 2001	Birmingham, England	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	3–6, 5–7

Doubles 12 (3–9) edit

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	1
Tier III	1
Tier IV & V	1
Olympic Games	0

Titles by surface
Hard	1
Clay	0
Grass	1
Carpet	1

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	Feb 1992	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Monique Kiene	Claudia Porwik Raffaella Reggi-Concato	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	May 1995	Strasbourg, France	Hard (i)	Sabine Appelmans	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	May 1996	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Sabine Appelmans	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	Oct 1996	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet	Sabine Appelmans	Kristie Boogert Nathalie Tauziat	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	Mar 1997	Key Biscayne, Florida, USA	Hard	Sabine Appelmans	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	2–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	Feb 1998	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Sabine Appelmans	Anna Kournikova Larisa Neiland	1–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
Winner	7.	Jun 1998	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Sabine Appelmans	Cătălina Cristea Eva Melicharová	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5)
Runner-up	8.	Oct 2000	Sydney Olympics, Australia	Hard	Kristie Boogert	Venus Williams Serena Williams	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	Feb 2001	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Kristie Boogert	Sandrine Testud Roberta Vinci	5–7, 6–7^(4–7)
Runner-up	10.	May 2001	Antwerp, Belgium	Clay	Kristie Boogert	Els Callens Virginia Ruano Pascual	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	Jun 2001	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Kim Clijsters	Ruxandra Dragomir Nadia Petrova	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5), 4–6
Runner-up	12.	Dec 2001	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Åsa Svensson	Meghann Shaughnessy Justine Henin	1–6, 6–7^(6–8)

ITF finals edit

Singles Finals: (2-2) edit

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	6 November 1989	Ashkelon, Israel	Clay	Robyn Field	6–4, 7–5
Win	2.	13 November 1989	Jerusalem, Israel	Clay	Yael Segal	7–-5, 6–4
Loss	3.	14 May 1990	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Limor Zaltz	6–7, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	4.	12 November 1990	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Nicolette Rooimans	6–3, 4–6, 6–7^(5–7)

Doubles Finals: (1-2) edit

Result	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	14 May 1990	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Nicolette Rooimans	Michelle Anderson Robyn Field	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2.	11 June 1990	Modena, Italy	Hard	Heleen van den Berg	Silvia Farina Elia Simona Isidori	2–6, 3–6
Win	3.	7 December 1997	Cergy-Pontoise, France	Hard (i)	Kristie Boogert	Julie Halard-Decugis Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	7–5, 6–4

References edit

ITF site

External links edit

Miriam Oremans at the Women's Tennis Association
Miriam Oremans at the International Tennis Federation
Miriam Oremans at the Billie Jean King Cup
Miriam Oremans at Wimbledon
Miriam Oremans at Olympedia
Miriam Oremans at Olympics.com

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