Brenda Schultz-McCarthy

Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy (born 28 December 1970) is a former Dutch tennis player. Primarily known by her maiden name Brenda Schultz, she married Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati, on 8 April 1995 and took his name. Schultz is known for her fast serve; she has the eighth-fastest serve ever recorded by a female tennis player.

Tennis career Schultz' career high was in 1996 when she reached World No. 9. She reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the US Open in 1995. She retired from tennis in 1999 with longstanding injuries. She came out of retirement in 2005, playing Fed Cup and WTA tournaments in 2006. The best result of her comeback came in June 2006 at the Tier III Ordina Open in the Netherlands, reaching the quarterfinals with wins over two players ranked in the top 70 on the WTA Tour.

In July 2006, Schultz-McCarthy claimed her place as the fastest server in WTA history, recording a 130 mph (209 km/h) serve in the first round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open qualifying tournament, held in Cincinnati, Ohio. Venus Williams previously held the women's record set in 1998 of 127 mph (204 km/h) in a match in a quarter-finals win against Mary Pierce in Zurich. Williams would tie the record in 2008. In June 2007, Schultz-McCarthy won an ITF tournament in Surbiton.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1995US Open Hard Rennae Stubbs Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva 5–7, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1988French Open Clay Michiel Schapers Lori McNeil Jorge Lozano 5–7, 2–6

WTA career finals

Singles (7 wins, 9 losses) Legend Grand Slam (0–0) WTA Tour Championship (0–0) Tier I (0–1) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (5–3) Tier IV & V (2–5) ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Feb 1988 Oklahoma City, U.S. Carpet (i) Lori McNeil 3–6, 2–6Loss 0–2 Apr 1988 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) Stephanie Rehe 4–6, 4–6Loss 0–3 Jan 1989 Brisbane, Australia Hard Helena Suková 6–7(6–8), 6–7(6–8) Win 1–3 Aug 1991 Schenectady, U.S. Hard Alexia Dechaume 7–6(7–5), 6–2 Win 2–3 Jun 1992 Birmingham, UK Grass Jenny Byrne 6–2, 6–2Loss 2–4 Jul 1992 Palermo, Italy Clay Mary Pierce 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6Loss 2–5 Aug 1992 Schenectady, U.S. Hard (i) Barbara Rittner 6–7(3–7), 3–6 Win 3–5 May 1993 Taranto, Italy Clay Debbie Graham 7–6(7–5), 6–2Loss 3–6 Feb 1994 Oklahoma City, U.S. Hard (i) Meredith McGrath 6–7(6–8), 6–7(4–7)Loss 3–7 May 1994 Berlin, Germany Clay Steffi Graf 6–7(6–8), 4–6Loss 3–8 Jul 1994 Palermo, Italy Clay Irina Spîrlea 4–6, 6–1, 6–7(5–7)Loss 3–9 Nov 1994 Quebec City, Canada Carpet (i) Katerina Maleeva 3–6, 3–6 Win 4–9 Feb 1995 Oklahoma City, U.S. Hard (i) Elena Likhovtseva 6–1, 6–2 Win 5–9 Nov 1995 Quebec City, Canada Hard (i) Dominique Monami 7–6(7–5), 6–2 Win 6–9 Feb 1996 Oklahoma City, U.S. Hard (i) Amanda Coetzer 6–3, 6–2 Win 7–9 Oct 1997 Quebec City, Canada Hard (i) Dominique Van Roost 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–5

Doubles (9 wins - 10 losses) Legend Grand Slam WTA Tour Championship Tier I Tier II Tier III Tier IV & V

ITF finals Singles (3–2) $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Doubles (1–1)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline