Miriam Oremans

Miriam Oremans (born 9 September 1972) is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 26 July 1993 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 25.

She did not win any singles titles (Oremans did have two Satellite tournament wins in 1989), but did win three titles in doubles. In 1992 she was runner-up together with Jacco Eltingh in the mixed doubles finals of Wimbledon.

Her biggest achievement came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the silver medal in doubles, partnering Kristie Boogert, losing the final match to Venus and Serena Williams.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1) Result Year Championship SurfacePartnerOpponents Score Silver 2000 Sydney Hard Kristie Boogert Serena Williams Venus Williams 1–6, 1–6

WTA Tour finals

Singles 5 Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0 ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore Loss 0–1 Jun 1993 Eastbourne, England Grass Martina Navratilova 6–2, 2–6, 3–6 Loss 0–2 Jun 1997 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass Ruxandra Dragomir 7–5, 2–6, 4–6 Loss 0–3 Jun 1998 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Julie Halard-Decugis 3–6, 4–6 Loss 0–4 Oct 2000 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) Dája Bedáňová 1–6, 7–5, 3–6 Loss 0–5 Jun 2001 Birmingham, England Grass Nathalie Tauziat 3–6, 5–7

Doubles 12 (3–9) Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 1 Tier III 1 Tier IV & V 1 Olympic Games 0 Titles by surface Hard 1 Clay 0 Grass 1 Carpet 1 ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnersOpponentsScore Win 1–0 Feb 1992 Linz, Austria Hard (i) Monique Kiene Claudia Porwik Raffaella Reggi-Concato 6–4, 6–2 Loss 1–1 May 1995 Strasbourg, France Hard (i) Sabine Appelmans Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández 2–6, 3–6 Loss 1–2 May 1996 Madrid, Spain Clay Sabine Appelmans Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–7, 2–6 Loss 1–3 Oct 1996 Leipzig, Germany Carpet Sabine Appelmans Kristie Boogert Nathalie Tauziat 4–6, 4–6 Loss 1–4 Mar 1997 Key Biscayne, Florida, USA Hard Sabine Appelmans Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva 2–6, 3–6 Win 2–4 Feb 1998 Paris, France Carpet (i) Sabine Appelmans Anna Kournikova Larisa Neiland 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) Win 3–4 Jun 1998 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Sabine Appelmans Cătălina Cristea Eva Melicharová 6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5) Loss 3–5 Oct 2000 Sydney Olympics, Australia Hard Kristie Boogert Venus Williams Serena Williams 1–6, 1–6 Loss 3–6 Feb 2001 Doha, Qatar Hard Kristie Boogert Sandrine Testud Roberta Vinci 5–7, 6–7(4–7) Loss 3–7 May 2001 Antwerp, Belgium Clay Kristie Boogert Els Callens Virginia Ruano Pascual 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 Loss 3–8 Jun 2001 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Kim Clijsters Ruxandra Dragomir Nadia Petrova 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 4–6 Loss 3–9 Dec 2001 Gold Coast, Australia Hard Åsa Svensson Meghann Shaughnessy Justine Henin 1–6, 6–7(6–8)

ITF finals

Singles: (2-2) $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Result No. Date Tournament Surface OpponentScore Win 1. 6 November 1989 Ashkelon, Israel Clay Robyn Field 6–4, 7–5 Win 2. 13 November 1989 Jerusalem, Israel Clay Yael Segal 7–-5, 6–4 Loss 3. 14 May 1990 Jaffa, Israel Hard Limor Zaltz 6–7, 6–3, 2–6 Loss 4. 12 November 1990 Ashkelon, Israel Hard Nicolette Rooimans 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: (1-2)

Result No Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScore Loss 1. 14 May 1990 Jaffa, Israel Hard Nicolette Rooimans Michelle Anderson Robyn Field 5–7, 4–6 Loss 2. 11 June 1990 Modena, Italy Hard Heleen van den Berg Silvia Farina Elia Simona Isidori 2–6, 3–6 Win 3. 7 December 1997 Cergy-Pontoise, France Hard (i) Kristie Boogert Julie Halard-Decugis Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 7–5, 6–4