- Mariaan de Swardt
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Mariaan de Swardt Country South Africa Residence Johannesburg, South Africa and Bluffton, South Carolina, USA Born March 18, 1971
Johannesburg, South AfricaHeight 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Turned pro 1988 Plays Right-handed Singles Career record 204–136 Career titles 1 Highest ranking 28 (April 8 1996) Grand Slam results Australian Open 1R (1995, 1996, 1999) French Open 3R (1999) Wimbledon 4R (1995) US Open 3R (1994) Doubles Career record 196-131 Career titles 4 Highest ranking 11 (October 19 1998) Last updated on: 1 July 2011. Mariaan de Swardt (born 18 March 1971 in Johannesburg) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who played as a professional from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996,[1] and was a member of the South African Fed Cup Team in 1992 and 1994-1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S. citizen.[citation needed]
De Swardt won two Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles competition: the 1999 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open with partner David Adams. In addition to that, she also holds four women's doubles titles and reached as high as No. 11 in the women's doubles world ranking. She has one WTA Tour singles title from 1998 and reached No. 28 in the world singles ranking in 1996.
Since retiring from tennis, she has been a commentator for Eurosport and South African television, and has coached at professsional, collegiate and recreational level with her base being at Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, she set up a non-profit charity, the Pet Care Fund, to help animals.[2]
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WTA Tour finals
Singles 1
Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 1 Tier IV & V 0 Olympic Games 0 Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final Winner 1. 16 August 1998 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Hard (o) Barbara Schett 3-6, 7-6, 7-5 Doubles 10 (4-6)
Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 1 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 2 Olympic Games 0 Titles by Surface Hard 1 Clay 2 Grass 1 Carpet 0 Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final Runner-up 1. 30 April 1995 Barcelona, Spain Clay Iva Majoli Larisa Savchenko
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario5-7, 6-4, 5-7 Winner 2. 20 May 1995 British Clay Court Champs, UK Clay Ruxandra Dragomir Kerry-Anne Guse
Patricia Hy6-3, 6-5 Runner-up 3. 4 February 1996 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Irina Spirlea Gigi Fernandez
Natalia Zvereva6-7, 3-6 Winner 4. 19 May 1996 Cardiff, Wales Clay Katrina Adams Els Callens
Laurence Courtois6-0, 6-4 Winner 5. 20 Jun3 1998 Eastbourne, England Grass Jana Novotna Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Natalia Zvereva6-1, 6-3 Runner-up 6. 16 August 1998 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Hard (o) Mary Joe Fernandez Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs4-6, 4–6 Runner-up 7. 30 August 1998 New Haven, Connecticut, USA Hard (o) Jana Novotna Alexandra Fusai
Nathalie Tauziat1-6, 0-6 Runner-up 8. 18 October 1998 Zürich, Switzerland Hard (i) Elena Tatarkova Venus Williams
Serena Williams7-5, 1-6, 3-6 Winner 9. 16 January 1999 Hobart, Australia Hard (o) Elena Tatarkova Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
Emilie Loit6-1, 6-2 Runner-up 10. 4 July 1999 Wimbledon, England Grass Elena Tatarkova Lindsay Davenport
Corina Morariu4-6, 4-6 Mixed doubles 2 (2-0)
Legend Grand Slam 2 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0 Olympic Games 0 Titles by Surface Hard 1 Clay 1 Grass 0 Carpet 0 Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final Winner 1. 31 January 1999 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard (o) David Adams Max Mirnyi
Serena Williams6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5) Winner 2. 11 Jun 2000 French Open, Paris, France Clay David Adams Todd Woodbridge
Rennae Stubbs6-3, 3-6, 6-3 References
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French Open mixed doubles champions (1968) Françoise Durr / Jean-Claude Barclay • (1969) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen • (1970) Billie Jean King / Bob Hewitt • (1971) Françoise Durr / Jean-Claude Barclay • (1972) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Kim Warwick • (1973) Françoise Durr / Jean-Claude Barclay • (1974) Martina Navrátilová / Iván Molina • (1975) Fiorella Bonicelli / Thomas Koch • (1976) Ilana Kloss / Kim Warwick • (1977) Mary Carillo / John McEnroe • (1978) Renáta Tomanová / Pavel Složil • (1979) Wendy Turnbull / Bob Hewitt • (1980) Anne Smith / Billy Martin • (1981) Andrea Jaeger / Jimmy Arias • (1982) Wendy Turnbull / John Lloyd • (1983) Barbara Jordan / Eliot Teltscher • (1984) Anne Smith / Dick Stockton • (1985) Martina Navrátilová / Heinz Günthardt • (1986) Kathy Jordan / Ken Flach • (1987) Pam Shriver / Emilio Sánchez Vicario • (1988) Lori McNeil / Jorge Lozano • (1989) Manon Bollegraf / Tom Nijssen • (1990) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Jorge Lozano • (1991) Helena Suková / Cyril Suk • (1992) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Mark Woodforde • (1993) Eugenia Maniokova / Andrei Olhovskiy • (1994) Kristie Boogert / Menno Oosting • (1995) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Todd Woodbridge • (1996) Patricia Tarabini / Javier Frana • (1997) Rika Hiraki / Mahesh Bhupathi • (1998) Venus Williams / Justin Gimelstob • (1999) Katarina Srebotnik / Piet Norval • (2000) Mariaan de Swardt / David Adams • (2001) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Tomas Carbonell • (2002) Cara Black / Wayne Black • (2003) Lisa Raymond / Mike Bryan • (2004) Tatiana Golovin / Richard Gasquet • (2005) Daniela Hantuchová / Fabrice Santoro • (2006) Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić • (2007) Nathalie Dechy / Andy Ram • (2008) Victoria Azarenka / Bob Bryan • (2009) Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan • (2010) Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić • (2011) Casey Dellacqua / Scott Lipsky
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