Andrea Temesvári

The native form of this personal name is Temesvári Andrea. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Andrea Temesvári
French Open 2011 - Trophée des Légendes
Country (sports) Hungary
Residence Budapest, Hungary
Born 26 April 1966
Budapest
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 1981
Retired 1997
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,162,635
Singles
Career record 241–210 (53.4%)
Career titles 5
Highest ranking No. 7 (23 January 1984)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1984, 1989)
French Open 4R (1983)
Wimbledon 4R (1984)
US Open 3R (1982, 1983, 1984, 1989)
Doubles
Career record 211–171 (55.2%)
Career titles 7
Highest ranking No. 13 (21 December 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open SF (1990)
French Open W (1986)
Wimbledon QF (1985, 1989)
US Open 3R (1983, 1984, 1986)

Andrea Temesvári (born 26 April 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won the Italian Open at age sixteen, but injuries would later hamper her career.

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

Career

She joined the WTA Tour in 1981, and was awarded Most Improved Player Award by WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. Temesvári reached a career-high of world No. 7 in 1983. After several injuries, she made a comeback after dropping out of top 25 for first time since 1983 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

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 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 — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
WTA Tour Championships
Tier 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 surface
Hard (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (4–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 1982 Hershey, U.S. Hard (i) Catherine Tanvier 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 May 1982 Lugano, Switzerland Clay Chris Evert-Lloyd 0–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 May 1983 Perugia, Italy Clay Bonnie Gadusek 6–1, 6–0
Win 3–1 Jul 1983 Hittfeld, West Germany Clay Eva Pfaff 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–1 Aug 1983 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Zina Garrison 6–2, 6–2
Win 5–1 Jul 1985 Indianapolis, US Clay Zina Garrison 7–6(7–0), 6–3
Loss 5–2 Aug 1989 Mahwah, U.S. Hard Steffi Graf 5–7, 2–6

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

Winner — Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (5–2)
Carpet (2–1)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1984 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) Andrea Leand Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Hana Mandlíková 		6–1, 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 1985 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) Hana Mandlíková Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková 		6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win 3–0 Mar 1986 Marco Island, U.S. Clay Martina Navratilova Kathy Jordan
Elise Burgin 		7–5, 6–2
Loss 3–1 May 1986 Berlin, West Germany Clay Martina Navratilova Steffi Graf
Helena Suková 		5–7, 2–6
Win 4–1 May 1986 French Open Clay Martina Navratilova Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini 		6–1, 6–2
Win 5–1 Apr 1989 Tampa, U.S. Clay Brenda Schultz Elise Burgin
Rosalyn Fairbank 		7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss 5–2 Apr 1990 Amelia Island, U.S. Clay Regina Rajchrtová Mercedes Paz
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 		6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 6–2 May 1993 Strasbourg, France Clay Shaun Stafford Jill Hetherington
Kathy Rinaldi 		6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–3 Feb 1994 Paris, France Carpet (i) Mary Pierce Sabine Appelmans
Laurence Courtois 		4–6, 4–6
Win 7–3 Jul 1995 Maria Lankowitz, Austria Clay Silvia Farina Elia Alexandra Fusai
Wiltrud Probst 		6–2, 6–2

ITF finals

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

Singles (3–2)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 12 April 1981 Nice, France Clay Gail Lovera 2–6, 1–6
Loss 2. 30 August 1981 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay Sabina Simmonds 3–6, 5–7
Win 3. 6 September 1981 Bad Hersfeld, West Germany Clay Helga Lütten 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win 4. 15 May 1994 Budapest, Hungary Clay Barbara Mulej 6–4, 6–1
Win 5. 24 April 1995 Budapest, Hungary Clay Lenka Němečková 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles (4–1)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 10 June 1991 Érd, Hungary Clay Virág Csurgó Petra Holubová
Markéta Štusková 		6–1, 7–5
Loss 2. 15 May 1994 Budapest, Hungary Clay Virág Csurgó Eva Melicharová
Helena Vildová 		2–6, 4–6
Win 3. 27 February 1995 Southampton, England Carpet (i) Dominique Monami Seda Noorlander
Christína Papadáki 		6–4, 6–2
Win 4. 2 September 1996 Bratislava, Slovakia Clay Denisa Krajčovičová Petra Langrová
Radka Zrubáková 		0–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 5. 2 February 1997 Prostějov, Czech Republic Carpet (i) Denisa Krajčovičová Aleksandra Olsza
Elena Tatarkova 		6–2, 6–3

Grand Slam singles performance 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 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 W–L
Australian Open A A A 3R A NH A A 3R 2R A A 2R A A 1R A 6–5
French Open 1R 3R 4R 2R 1R 2R A A 2R 3R 2R A 1R A 1R 2R A 12–12
Wimbledon A 3R 3R 4R 2R A A A 1R 1R 1R A 1R A 2R A A 9–9
US Open A 3R 3R 3R 2R 2R A A 3R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R A A 10–11
GS win–loss 0–1 6–3 7–3 8–4 2–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 5–4 3–4 1–3 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 37–37
Year-end ranking 146 33 11 14 16 43 NR NR 43 116 157 71 153 132 90 181 942