Andrea Temesvári


Andrea Temesvári 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

WTA career finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.1 March 1982:fr:Tournoi de Pennsylvanie|HersheyHard Catherine Tanvier6–4, 6–2
Runner-up1.10 May 1982LuganoClay Chris Evert-Lloyd0–6, 3–6
Winner2.2 May 1983PerugiaClay Bonnie Gadusek6–1, 6–0
Winner3.4 July 1983HittfeldClay Eva Pfaff6–4, 6–2
Winner4.1 August 1983IndianapolisClay Zina Garrison6–2, 6–2
Winner5.22 July 1985IndianapolisClay Zina Garrison7–6, 6–3
Runner-up2.14 August 1989MahwahHard Steffi Graf5–7, 2–6

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

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.29 October 1984ZürichCarpet Andrea Leand Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Hana Mandlíková		6–1, 6–3
Winner2.28 October 1985ZürichCarpet Hana Mandlíková Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková		6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Winner3.31 March 1986Marco IslandClay Martina Navratilova Kathy Jordan
Elise Burgin		7–5, 6–2
Runner-up1.12 May 1986BerlinClay Martina Navratilova Steffi Graf
Helena Suková		5–7, 2–6
Winner4.26 May 1986French OpenClay Martina Navratilova Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini		6–1, 6–2
Winner5.17 April 1989TampaClay Brenda Schultz Elise Burgin
Rosalyn Fairbank		7–6, 6–4
Runner-up2.9 April 1990Amelia IslandClay Regina Rajchrtová Mercedes Paz
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		6–7, 4–6
Winner6.17 May 1993StrasbourgClay Shaun Stafford Jill Hetherington
Kathy Rinaldi		6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up3.14 February 1994ParisCarpet Mary Pierce Sabine Appelmans
Laurence Courtois		4–6, 4–6
Winner7.24 July 1995Maria LankowitzClay Silvia Farina Elia Alexandra Fusai
Wiltrud Probst		6–2, 6–2

ITF finals

Singles (3–2)

Doubles (4–1)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament19811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997W–L
Australian OpenAAA3RANHAA3R2RAA2RAA1RA6–5
French Open1R3R4R2R1R2RAA2R3R2RA1RA1R2RA12–12
WimbledonA3R3R4R2RAAA1R1R1RA1RA2RAA9–9
US OpenA3R3R3R2R2RAA3R1R1R1RA1R1RAA10–11
Win–Loss0–16–37–38–42–32–20–00–05–43–41–30–11–30–11–31–20–037–37
Year-end ranking1463311141643NRNR431161577115313290181942-