Andrea Temesvári (born 26 April 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won the Italian Open at age sixteen, but injuries would later hamper her career.

Andrea Temesvári
French Open 2011 - Trophée des Légendes
Country (sports) Hungary
ResidenceBudapest, Hungary
Born (1966-04-26) 26 April 1966 (age 57)
Budapest
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1981
Retired1997
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,162,635
Singles
Career record241–210 (53.4%)
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 7 (23 January 1984)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1984, 1989)
French Open4R (1983)
Wimbledon4R (1984)
US Open3R (1982, 1983, 1984, 1989)
Doubles
Career record211–171 (55.2%)
Career titles7
Highest rankingNo. 13 (21 December 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1990)
French OpenW (1986)
WimbledonQF (1985, 1989)
US Open3R (1983, 1984, 1986)

Born in Budapest, Temesvári began playing tennis at age nine. She was coached by her father, Otto Temesvári, and Ferenc Polyak.

Career edit

She joined the WTA Tour in 1981, and was awarded Most Improved Player Award by WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. Temesvári reached a career-high of world No. 7 in 1983. After several injuries, she made a comeback after dropping out of top 25 for first time since 1983 in 1986. At the 1986 French Open, she won the doubles title with Martina Navratilova.

She returned to the tour 1989 after a 20-month layoff due to ankle and shoulder injuries. She had two operations on ankle in March and September 1987 and then arthroscopic surgery on right shoulder in April 1988. She played for the Hungary Fed Cup team from 1983 to 1986, 1989 to 1990, and 1992. She was also a member of the Hungarian Olympic team in 1996. She retired in 1997.

During her career she won a total of five singles titles and seven doubles titles.

Grand Slam finals edit

Doubles: 1 title edit

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1986 French Open Clay   Martina Navratilova   Steffi Graf
  Gabriela Sabatini
6–1, 6–2

WTA career finals edit

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups) edit

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
WTA Tour Championships
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (0–1)
Tier V (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, other (5–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (4–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 1982 Hershey, U.S. Hard (i)   Catherine Tanvier 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 May 1982 Lugano, Switzerland Clay   Chris Evert-Lloyd 0–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 May 1983 Perugia, Italy Clay   Bonnie Gadusek 6–1, 6–0
Win 3–1 Jul 1983 Hittfeld, West Germany Clay   Eva Pfaff 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–1 Aug 1983 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay   Zina Garrison 6–2, 6–2
Win 5–1 Jul 1985 Indianapolis, US Clay   Zina Garrison 7–6(7–0), 6–3
Loss 5–2 Aug 1989 Mahwah, U.S. Hard   Steffi Graf 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups) edit

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–2)
Tier III (1–0)
Tier IV (2–0)
Tier V (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, other (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (5–2)
Carpet (2–1)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1984 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i)   Andrea Leand   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Hana Mandlíková
6–1, 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 1985 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i)   Hana Mandlíková   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win 3–0 Mar 1986 Marco Island, U.S. Clay   Martina Navratilova   Kathy Jordan
  Elise Burgin
7–5, 6–2
Loss 3–1 May 1986 Berlin, West Germany Clay   Martina Navratilova   Steffi Graf
  Helena Suková
5–7, 2–6
Win 4–1 May 1986 French Open Clay   Martina Navratilova   Steffi Graf
  Gabriela Sabatini
6–1, 6–2
Win 5–1 Apr 1989 Tampa, U.S. Clay   Brenda Schultz   Elise Burgin
  Rosalyn Fairbank
7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss 5–2 Apr 1990 Amelia Island, U.S. Clay   Regina Rajchrtová   Mercedes Paz
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 6–2 May 1993 Strasbourg, France Clay   Shaun Stafford   Jill Hetherington
  Kathy Rinaldi
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–3 Feb 1994 Paris, France Carpet (i)   Mary Pierce   Sabine Appelmans
  Laurence Courtois
4–6, 4–6
Win 7–3 Jul 1995 Maria Lankowitz, Austria Clay   Silvia Farina Elia   Alexandra Fusai
  Wiltrud Probst
6–2, 6–2

ITF finals edit

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

Singles (3–2) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 12 April 1981 Nice, France Clay   Gail Lovera 2–6, 1–6
Loss 2. 30 August 1981 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay   Sabina Simmonds 3–6, 5–7
Win 3. 6 September 1981 Bad Hersfeld, West Germany Clay   Helga Lütten 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win 4. 15 May 1994 Budapest, Hungary Clay   Barbara Mulej 6–4, 6–1
Win 5. 24 April 1995 Budapest, Hungary Clay   Lenka Němečková 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles (4–1) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 10 June 1991 Érd, Hungary Clay   Virág Csurgó   Petra Holubová
  Markéta Štusková
6–1, 7–5
Loss 2. 15 May 1994 Budapest, Hungary Clay   Virág Csurgó   Eva Melicharová
  Helena Vildová
2–6, 4–6
Win 3. 27 February 1995 Southampton, England Carpet (i)   Dominique Monami   Seda Noorlander
  Christína Papadáki
6–4, 6–2
Win 4. 2 September 1996 Bratislava, Slovakia Clay   Denisa Krajčovičová   Petra Langrová
  Radka Zrubáková
0–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 5. 2 February 1997 Prostějov, Czech Republic Carpet (i)   Denisa Krajčovičová   Aleksandra Olsza
  Elena Tatarkova
6–2, 6–3

Grand Slam singles performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 W–L
Australian Open A A A 3R A NH A A 3R 2R A A 2R A A 1R A 6–5
French Open 1R 3R 4R 2R 1R 2R A A 2R 3R 2R A 1R A 1R 2R A 12–12
Wimbledon A 3R 3R 4R 2R A A A 1R 1R 1R A 1R A 2R A A 9–9
US Open A 3R 3R 3R 2R 2R A A 3R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R A A 10–11
GS win–loss 0–1 6–3 7–3 8–4 2–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 5–4 3–4 1–3 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 37–37
Year-end ranking 146 33 11 14 16 43 NR NR 43 116 157 71 153 132 90 181 942

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Awards
Preceded by Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year
1983
Succeeded by
Preceded by WTA Most Improved Player
1983
Succeeded by