Mima Jaušovec

Mima Jaušovec (Slovene pronunciation: [ˈmìːma jaˈùːʃɔʋɛts] ^ⓘ; born 20 July 1956) is a retired Yugoslavian tennis player.^[1] She won the 1977 French Open singles championship.

Mima Jaušovec

ITF name	Mima Jausovec
Country (sports)	Yugoslavia
Born	(1956-07-20) 20 July 1956 (age 67) Maribor, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1975
Retired	1988
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$933,926
Singles
Career record	351–248 (58.6%)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 6 (22 March 1982)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (1980)
French Open	W (1977)
Wimbledon	QF (1978, 1981)
US Open	SF (1976)
Doubles
Career record	254–190
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 211 (21 December 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1980)
French Open	W (1978)
Wimbledon	F (1978)
US Open	SF (1976, 1983)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 1979 Split Women's Singles 1979 Split Women's Doubles

Early life

Jaušovec was born in Maribor, in present-day Slovenia, when it was part of Yugoslavia.^[2]

Career

As a girl, she was coached by Jelena Genčić. In singles, Jaušovec reached a career high of No. 6 in 1982. Her only Grand Slam triumph came in the 1977 French Open singles championship.^[3][4] In 1978, she again reached the final but was defeated by Virginia Ruzici.^[5] In 1983, she reached her third French Open singles final, losing to Chris Evert.^[6] Jaušovec's other tournament wins include the 1976 Italian Open and the 1978 German Open.^[7][8]

Jaušovec teamed with Ruzici to win the women's doubles title at the 1978 French Open. They defeated Lesley Turner Bowrey and Gail Sherriff Lovera in the final.^[5] In the same year, Jaušovec and Ruzici were the runners-up at Wimbledon, losing to Kerry Melville Reid and Wendy Turnbull.

Jaušovec's other victories at Grand Slam tournaments include wins over Martina Navratilova at the 1974 Wimbledon Championships, Virginia Wade at 1976 US Open, Wendy Turnbull at 1978 Wimbledon Championships, Evonne Goolagong at 1980 Australian Open, Andrea Jaeger at 1981 Wimbledon Championships, and Sylvia Hanika at 1983 French Open.

Jaušovec retired from playing in 1988. Today, she is the head coach of the Slovenian national female tennis team. She was an unsuccessful candidate of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia for the 2004 European Parliament election.^{[citation needed]}

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1977	French Open	Clay	Florența Mihai	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–1
Loss	1978	French Open	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1983	French Open	Clay	Chris Evert	1–6, 2–6

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1978	French Open	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Gail Sherriff Lovera   Lesley Turner Bowrey	5–7, 6–4, 8–6
Loss	1978	Wimbledon	Grass	Virginia Ruzici	Kerry Melville Reid   Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 9–8^(10–8), 6–3

WTA career finals

Singles: 14 (5–9)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (1–2) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (4–7)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (4–5) Carpet (1–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 July 1974	Kitzbühel	Clay	Mirka Koželuhová	3–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	23 May 1976	Rome	Clay	Lesley Hunt	6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	16 August 1976	Toronto	Clay	Lesley Hunt	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	23 May 1977	French Open	Clay	Florența Mihai	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–1
Runner-up	2.	22 August 1977	Charlotte	Clay	Martina Navrátilová	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	15 May 1978	Hamburg	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	29 May 1978	French Open	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	16 March 1981	Boston	Carpet (i)	Chris Evert	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	19 October 1981	Brighton	Carpet (i)	Sue Barker	6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	1 February 1982	Detroit	Carpet (i)	Andrea Jaeger	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	1 March 1982	Los Angeles	Carpet (i)	Sylvia Hanika	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	7.	8 March 1982	Dallas	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	23 May 1983	French Open	Clay	Chris Evert	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	15 July 1985	Bregenz	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 20 (11–9)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (1–1) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (10–8)

Titles by surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–1) Clay (5–2) Carpet (6–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	4 November 1974	Edinburgh	Carpet (i)	Virginia Ruzici	María-Isabel Fernández   Raquel Giscafré	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	24 January 1977	Minneapolis	Carpet (i)	Virginia Ruzici	Rosie Casals   Martina Navrátilová	2–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	15 May 1978	Hamburg	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Katja Ebbinghaus   Helga Niessen Masthoff	6–4, 5–7, 6–0
Winner	3.	22 May 1978	Rome	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Florența Mihai   Betsy Nagelsen	6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Winner	4.	29 May 1978	French Open	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Gail Sherriff Lovera   Lesley Turner Bowrey	5–7, 6–4, 8–6
Runner-up	2.	26 June 1978	Wimbledon	Grass	Virginia Ruzici	Kerry Melville Reid   Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 8–9^(8–10), 3–6
Runner-up	3.	23 October 1978	Filderstadt	Carpet (i)	Virginia Ruzici	Tracy Austin   Betty Stöve	3–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	1 January 1979	Washington, D.C.	Carpet (i)	Virginia Ruzici	Renée Richards   Sharon Walsh	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	20 August 1979	Mahwah	Hard	Regina Maršíková	Tracy Austin   Betty Stöve	6–7, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	7 January 1980	Cincinnati	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	Laura duPont   Pam Shriver	3–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	27 October 1980	Stockholm	Carpet (i)	Virginia Ruzici	Hana Mandlíková   Betty Stöve	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	10 November 1980	Amsterdam	Carpet (i)	JoAnne Russell	Hana Mandlíková   Betty Stöve	6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	7.	6 April 1981	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Pam Shriver	Rosie Casals   Wendy Turnbull	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	19 October 1981	Brighton	Carpet (i)	Pam Shriver	Barbara Potter   Anne Smith	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	26 October 1981	Filderstadt	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Barbara Potter   Anne Smith	6–4, 6–1
Winner	8.	1 February 1982	Detroit	Carpet (i)	Leslie Allen	Rosie Casals   Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 6–0
Winner	9.	19 April 1982	Amelia Island	Clay	Leslie Allen	Barbara Potter   Sharon Walsh	6–1, 7–5
Winner	10.	30 January 1983	Houston	Carpet (i)	Anne White	Barbara Potter   Sharon Walsh	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	9.	16 April 1984	Amelia Island	Clay	Anne Hobbs	Kathy Jordan   Anne Smith	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	11.	15 July 1985	Bregenz	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Andrea Holíková   Kateřina Skronská	6–2, 6–3

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	3R	2R	A	A	A	NH	A	1R	0 / 4
French Open	2R	2R	2R	W		F	2R	3R	QF	4R	F	3R	2R	3R	1R	A	1 / 14
Wimbledon	3R	4R	4R	3R		QF	2R	A	QF	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 12
US Open	2R	1R	SF	QF		2R	2R	QF	2R	2R	3R	3R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 12
SR	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	1 / 3		0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 1	1 / 42
Year End Ranking		40	11	11		19	20	17	11	12	23	87	71	184	233	362

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References

1. "Film – Mima Jausovec". Retrieved 30 January 2021. The documentary film follows the story of Mima Jausovec, Slovenian tennis player who reached the biggest success of Slovenian and Yugoslavian tennis at that time.
2. "Mima Jausovec Bio & Career – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
3. Amdur, Neil (6 June 1977). "Vilas Trounces Gottfried For First Big 4 Victory". The New York Times.
4. Clarey, Christopher (31 August 2020). "Attach an Asterisk to This U.S. Open? Tennis History Mocks That Idea". The New York Times.
5. "Ruzici honoured 40 years after victory". rollandgarros.com. 6 June 2018.
6. Echikson, William (5 June 1983). "Evert, Given Grand Reason, Quickly Wins French Open". The Washington Post.
7. Amdur, Neil (5 September 1976). "Borg Is Winner, Miss Wade Bows". The New York Times.
8. "It had been four years since Mima Jausovec had..." United Press International. 8 March 1982.

External links

• Mima Jausovec at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Mima Jausovec at the International Tennis Federation  
• Mima Jausovec at the Billie Jean King Cup  

Awards
Preceded by Branka Batinić	Yugoslav Sportswoman of the Year 1976, 1977	Succeeded by Bojana Šumonja