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.
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.
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The native form of this personal name is Temesvari Andrea This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations February 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Andrea Temesvari 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 TemesvariFrench Open 2011 Trophee des LegendesCountry sports HungaryResidenceBudapestBorn 1966 04 26 26 April 1966 age 56 Budapest HungaryHeight1 82 m 6 ft 0 in Turned pro1981Retired1997PlaysRight handed two handed backhand Prize money 1 162 635SinglesCareer record241 210Career titles5Highest rankingNo 7 23 January 1984 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open3R 1984 1989 French Open4R 1983 Wimbledon4R 1984 US Open3R 1982 1983 1984 1989 DoublesCareer record211 171Career titles7Highest rankingNo 13 21 December 1986 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian OpenSF 1990 French OpenW 1986 WimbledonQF 1985 1989 US Open3R 1983 1984 1986 Born in Budapest Temesvari began playing tennis at age nine She was coached by her father Otto Temesvari and Ferenc Polyak Contents 1 Career 2 Grand Slam finals 2 1 Doubles 1 title 3 WTA career finals 3 1 Singles 7 5 titles 2 runner ups 3 2 Doubles 10 7 titles 3 runner ups 4 ITF finals 4 1 Singles 3 2 4 2 Doubles 4 1 5 Grand Slam singles performance timeline 6 External linksCareer EditShe joined the WTA Tour in 1981 and was awarded Most Improved Player Award by WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982 Temesvari 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 EditDoubles 1 title Edit Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 1986 French Open Clay Martina Navratilova Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini 6 1 6 2WTA career finals EditSingles 7 5 titles 2 runner ups Edit Winner LegendGrand Slam tournaments 0 0 WTA Tour Championships 0 0 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 surfaceHard 1 1 Grass 0 0 Clay 4 1 Carpet 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreWin 1 0 Mar 1982 Hershey US Hard i Catherine Tanvier 6 4 6 2Loss 1 1 May 1982 Lugano Switzerland Clay Chris Evert Lloyd 0 6 3 6Win 2 1 May 1983 Perugia Italy Clay Bonnie Gadusek 6 1 6 0Win 3 1 Jul 1983 Hittfeld West Germany Clay Eva Pfaff 6 4 6 2Win 4 1 Aug 1983 Indianapolis US Clay Zina Garrison 6 2 6 2Win 5 1 Jul 1985 Indianapolis US Clay Zina Garrison 7 6 7 0 6 3Loss 5 2 Aug 1989 Mahwah US Hard Steffi Graf 5 7 2 6Doubles 10 7 titles 3 runner ups Edit Winner LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard 0 0 Grass 0 0 Clay 5 2 Carpet 2 1 Result W L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 1 0 Oct 1984 Zurich Switzerland Carpet i Andrea Leand Claudia Kohde Kilsch Hana Mandlikova 6 1 6 3Win 2 0 Oct 1985 Zurich Switzerland Carpet i Hana Mandlikova Claudia Kohde Kilsch Helena Sukova 6 4 3 6 7 5Win 3 0 Mar 1986 Marco Island US Clay Martina Navratilova Kathy Jordan Elise Burgin 7 5 6 2Loss 3 1 May 1986 Berlin West German Clay Martina Navratilova Steffi Graf Helena Sukova 5 7 2 6Win 4 1 May 1986 French Open Clay Martina Navratilova Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini 6 1 6 2Win 5 1 Apr 1989 Tampa US Clay Brenda Schultz Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank 7 6 8 6 6 4Loss 5 2 Apr 1990 Amelia Island US Clay Regina Rajchrtova Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6 7 5 7 4 6Win 6 2 May 1993 Strasbourg France Clay Shaun Stafford Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi 6 7 5 7 6 3 6 4Loss 6 3 Feb 1994 Paris France Carpet i Mary Pierce Sabine Appelmans Laurence Courtois 4 6 4 6Win 7 3 Jul 1995 Maria Lankowitz Austria Clay Silvia Farina Elia Alexandra Fusai Wiltrud Probst 6 2 6 2ITF finals EditLegend 75 000 tournaments 50 000 tournaments 25 000 tournaments 10 000 tournamentsSingles 3 2 Edit Result No Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 1 12 April 1981 Nice France Clay Gail Lovera 2 6 1 6Loss 2 30 August 1981 Stuttgart West Germany Clay Sabina Simmonds 3 6 5 7Win 3 6 September 1981 Bad Hersfeld West Germany Clay Helga Lutten 4 6 6 0 6 4Win 4 15 May 1994 Budapest Hungary Clay Barbara Mulej 6 4 6 1Win 5 24 April 1995 Budapest Hungary Clay Lenka Nemeckova 6 4 3 6 6 4Doubles 4 1 Edit Result No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 1 10 June 1991 Erd Hungary Clay Virag Csurgo Petra Holubova Marketa Stuskova 6 1 7 5Loss 2 15 May 1994 Budapest Hungary Clay Virag Csurgo Eva Melicharova Helena Vildova 2 6 4 6Win 3 27 February 1995 Southampton England Carpet i Dominique Monami Seda Noorlander Christina Papadaki 6 4 6 2Win 4 2 September 1996 Bratislava Slovakia Clay Denisa Krajcovicova Petra Langrova Radka Zrubakova 0 6 6 3 6 3Win 5 2 February 1997 Prostejov Czech Republic Carpet i Denisa Krajcovicova Aleksandra Olsza Elena Tatarkova 6 2 6 3Grand Slam singles performance timeline EditKey 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 LAustralian Open A A A 3R A NH A A 3R 2R A A 2R A A 1R A 6 5French Open 1R 3R 4R 2R 1R 2R A A 2R 3R 2R A 1R A 1R 2R A 12 12Wimbledon A 3R 3R 4R 2R A A A 1R 1R 1R A 1R A 2R A A 9 9US Open A 3R 3R 3R 2R 2R A A 3R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R A A 10 11Win 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 37Year end ranking 146 33 11 14 16 43 NR NR 43 116 157 71 153 132 90 181 942External links EditAndrea Temesvari at the Women s Tennis Association Andrea Temesvari at the International Tennis Federation Andrea Temesvari at the Billie Jean King Cup Andrea Temesvari at ESPN com Andrea Temesvari at Olympedia Andrea Temesvari at Olympics comAwardsPreceded byPalma Balogh Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year1983 Succeeded byMaria AbrahamPreceded bySabina Simmonds WTA Most Improved Player1983 Succeeded byKathy Jordan Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrea 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