Andrea Temesvári

Andrea Temesvári (born 26 April 1966) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. She won the Italian Open at age 16, and injuries later hampered her career.

Born in Budapest, Temesvári began playing tennis at age 9. She was coached by her father Otto Temesvári and Ferenc Polyak.

Career She joined the WTA Tour in 1981 and won the Most Improved Player Award by the WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. Temesvári reached a career-high of world No. 7 in 1983. She fell out of the top 25 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

Doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1986 French Open Clay Martina Navratilova Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini 6–1, 6–2

WTA career finals Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups) Winner — LegendGrand Slam tournamentsWTA Tour ChampionshipsTier 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)

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

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

Singles (3–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 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 Lütten 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 Němečková 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles (4–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 10 June 1991 Érd, Hungary Clay Virág Csurgó Petra Holubová Markéta Štusková 6–1, 7–5Loss 2. 15 May 1994 Budapest, Hungary Clay Virág Csurgó Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová 2–6, 4–6Win 3. 27 February 1995 Southampton, England Carpet (i) Dominique Monami Seda Noorlander Christína Papadáki 6–4, 6–2Win 4. 2 September 1996 Bratislava, Slovakia Clay Denisa Krajčovičová Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková 0–6, 6–3, 6–3Win 5. 2 February 1997 Prostějov, Czech Republic Carpet (i) Denisa Krajčovičová Aleksandra Olsza Elena Tatarkova 6–2, 6–3

Grand Slam singles performance timeline