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Hana Mandlikova (Hana Mandlíková) (born
19 February 1962, in
Prague,
Czechoslovakia) is a former professional
tennis player from the
Czech Republic. During her career, she won four
Grand Slam singles titles – two at the
Australian Open, one at the
French Open, and one at the
U.S. Open. She was the runner-up at four Grand Slam singles events and won one Grand Slam women's doubles title, the U.S. Open in 1989 with
Martina Navratilova. Beginning with the 1980 US Open and extending through Wimbledon in 1981, Mandlikova played in four consecutive Grand Slam singles finals.
Struggling with injuries and a lack of confidence, Mandlikova retired at the relatively early age of 28.
Personal life
Mandlikova is the daughter of
Vilem Mandlik, who was an
Olympic 200 meter semifinalist for Czechoslovakia in
1956.
Career
Junior
Mandlikova first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player. In
1978, the
International Tennis Federation launched the world junior rankings, and Mandlikova became the first ever female World No. 1 junior player.
Open
Mandlikova captured her first
Grand Slam singles title at the
Australian Open in
1980, defeating
Wendy Turnbull in straight sets in the final. Her second came a year later at the
French Open with straight-sets wins over the "Queen of Clay",
Chris Evert Lloyd, in the semis, and over West German left-hander,
Sylvia Hanika, in the final. Mandlikova was also runner-up at the
U.S. Open in 1980 and
1982 and at
Wimbledon in
1981, losing in all three finals to Evert.
In
1983, Mandlikova led Czechoslovakia to the first of three consecutive
Fed Cup titles.
In
1984, Mandlikova defeated
Martina Navratilova in three sets in the final at
Oakland, California, ending Navratilova's 54 match winning streak, two short of tying the record held by Evert at the time. Navratilova then embarked on a 74 match winning streak, a record that still stands.
In
1985, Mandlikova became the first woman since
Tracy Austin to beat both Evert and Navratilova in the same tournament when she beat the top seeded Evert 4–6 6–2 6–3 in the semi-final and the second seeded Navratilova in a thrilling 7–6 1–6 7–6 final at the U.S. Open.
In
1986, Mandlikova teamed with Turnbull to win the women's doubles title at the
WTA Tour Championships. In doing so, they defeated the top two teams of the time, Navratilova and
Pam Shriver in the semifinals and
Claudia Kohde Kilsch and
Helena Sukova in the final. Mandlikova and Turnbull were also runners-up to Navratilova and Shriver at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 1986. Mandlikova also lost in the Wimbledon singles final that year to Navratilova but not before avenging her 1981 final loss to Evert in the semis. Another high point of Mandlikova's summer that year was a win over
Steffi Graf in the quarter-finals of the French Open. Graf had been the hottest player on the clay court circuit that season, winning four titles with wins over Mandlikova, Evert, Navratilova, Kohde Kilsch, and
Gabriela Sabatini, and even held a match point in the second set of their quarter-final before Mandlikova stopped Graf's run with a 2–6 7–6 6–1 triumph.
In
1987, Mandlikova won her fourth and final Grand Slam singles title when she beat Navratilova in straight sets in the final of the Australian Open. Her last consistent performance in a Grand Slam event was at the 1988 Australian Open, where, as the defending champion, she reached the quarter-finals and lost 2–6 2–6 to the eventual champion, Graf.
Mandlikova and Navratilova then teamed up in
1989 to win the U.S. Open women's doubles title, beating Shriver and
Mary Joe Fernandez in the final.
Mandlikova assumed
Australian citizenship in
1988. She retired from the professional tennis tour in
1990, having won 27 singles titles and 6 doubles titles. Her career-high singles ranking was World No. 3.
Since retiring from the tour, Mandlikova has become a successful tennis coach. She coached
Jana Novotna for 9 years, during which time Novotna won Wimbledon and reached the World No. 2 ranking. Mandlikova has also captained the Czech Republic's Fed Cup team.
Mandlikova was inducted into the
International Tennis Hall of Fame in
1994.
Grand Slam singles finals
Wins (4)
Runner-ups (4)
Singles titles (27)
1979 - Montreal [Futures], Kitzbuhel, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney
1980 - Australian Open, Adelaide, Stockholm, Mahwah, Atlanta, Amsterdam
1981 - French Open, Houston, Mahwah
1984 - Oakland, Dallas, Boston, Houston, Washington DC
1985 - US Open, US Indoors, Oakland
1987 - Australian Open, Washington DC, Brisbane
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
NH = tournament not held.
A = didn't participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
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