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Mima Jaušovec Country Yugoslavia Residence Maribor, Slovenia Born July 20, 1956
Maribor, Slovenia
back then (Yugoslavia)Height 5'3" (1.60 m) Turned pro 1975 Retired 1988 Plays Right-handed Career prize money $ 933,926 Singles Career record 351–248 (58,6%) Career titles 5 Highest ranking No. 6 (22 March 1982) Grand Slam results Australian Open SF (1980) French Open W (1977) Wimbledon QF (1978, 1981) US Open SF (1976) Doubles Career record 28–26 (51,8%) Career titles 11 Highest ranking No. 211 (21 December 1986) Last updated on: 26 March 2010. Medal record Women’s Tennis Competitor for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games Gold 1979 Split Singles Gold 1979 Split Dobules Mima Jaušovec listen (help·info) is a Slovenian female former tennis player. She was born on July 20, 1956, in Maribor, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia). In singles she reached a career high of No. 6 in 1982, in doubles she reached a career high of No. 211 in 1986.
Jaušovec's only Grand Slam success came in the 1977 French Open singles championship. The following year, 1978, she again reached the final but was defeated by Virginia Ruzici. In 1983, she reached her third French Open singles final, losing to Chris Evert. Jaušovec's other notable tournament championships include the 1978 German Open and the 1976 Italian Open.
Jaušovec teamed with Ruzici to win the women's doubles title at the 1978 French Open. They defeated Lesley Turner Bowrey and Gail Sherriff Lovera in the final. That same year, Jaušovec and Ruzici were the runners-up at Wimbledon, losing to Kerry Melville Reid and Wendy Turnbull.
Jaušovec active tennis career spanned fifteen years, from 1973 through 1988. Today, she is the head coach of the Slovenian national female tennis team. She was an unsuccessful candidate of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia for the 2004 European Parliament election.
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Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 3 finals (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final Winner 1977 French Open Clay Florenţa Mihai 6–2, 6–7, 6–1 Runner-up 1978 French Open Clay Virginia Ruzici 6–0, 6–3 Runner-up 1983 French Open Clay Chris Evert 6–1, 6–2 Women's doubles: 2 finals (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final Winner 1978 French Open Clay Virginia Ruzici Lesley Turner Bowrey
Gail Chanfreau6–4, 6–3 Runner-up 1978 Wimbledon Grass Virginia Ruzici Kerry Reid
Wendy Turnbull4–6, 9–8, 6–3 Titles (16)
Singles (5)
Legend Grand Slam (1) Titles by Surface Hard (1) Clay (3) Grass (0) Carpet (1) No. Date Location Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final 1. 23 May 1976 Rome, Italy Clay Lesley Hunt 6–1, 6–3 2. 16 August 1976 Toronto, Canada Hard Lesley Hunt 6–2, 6–0 3. 23 May 1977 French Open, Paris Clay Florenţa Mihai 6–2, 6–7, 6–1 4. 15 May 1978 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Virginia Ruzici 6–2, 6–2 5. 1 March 1982 Los Angeles, USA Carpet (i) Sylvia Hanika 6–2, 7–6 (7–4) Doubles (11)
Grand Slam events in boldface.
- 1974: Edinburgh (with Virginia Ruzici)
- 1978: Hamburg (with Virginia Ruzici)
- 1978: Rome (with Virginia Ruzici)
- 1978: French Open (with Virginia Ruzici)
- 1979: Washington, D.C. (with Virginia Ruzici)
- 1980: Stockholm (with Virginia Ruzici)
- 1981: Filderstadt (with Martina Navrátilová)
- 1982: Detroit (with Leslie Allen)
- 1982: Amelia Island (with Leslie Allen)
- 1984: Houston (with Anne White)
- 1985: Bregenz (with Virginia Ruzici)
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Career SR Australian Open A A A A / A A A SF 3R 2R A A A NH A 1R 0 / 4 French Open 2R 2R 2R W F 2R 3R QF 4R F 3R 2R 3R 1R A 1 / 14 Wimbledon 3R 4R 4R 3R QF 2R A QF 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 12 U.S. Open 2R 1R SF QF 2R 2R QF 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R A A A 0 / 12 SR 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 42 NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
See also
External links
- Mima Jaušovec at the Women's Tennis Association
- Mima Jaušovec at the International Tennis Federation
- Mima Jaušovec at the Fed Cup
Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Marijana Lubej (1968) · Nataša Urbančič (1969) · Nataša Urbančič (1970) · Nataša Urbančič (1971) · Nataša Urbančič (1972) · Nataša Urbančič (1973) · Nataša Urbančič (1974) · Mima Jaušovec (1975) · Mima Jaušovec (1976) · Mima Jaušovec (1977) · Ljuba Tkalčič (1978) · Breda Lorenci (1979) · Mima Jaušovec (1980) · Bojana Dornig (1981) · Andreja Leskovšek (1982) · Lidija Lapajne (1983) · Mateja Svet (1984) · Mateja Svet (1985) · Mateja Svet (1986) · Mateja Svet (1987) · Mateja Svet (1988) · Mateja Svet (1989) · Mateja Svet (1990) · Nataša Bokal (1991) · Marika Kardinar (1992) · Brigita Bukovec (1993) · Britta Bilač (1994) · Brigita Bukovec (1995) · Brigita Bukovec (1996) · Brigita Bukovec (1997) · Brigita Bukovec (1998) · Metka Šparovec (1999) · Špela Pretnar (2000) · Alenka Bikar (2001) · Jolanda Čeplak (2002) · Jolanda Čeplak (2003) · Jolanda Čeplak (2004) · Tina Maze (2005) · Petra Majdič (2006) · Petra Majdič (2007) · Sara Isakovič (2008) · Petra Majdič (2009) · Tina Maze (2010)
Wimbledon (Open Era) girls' singles champions 1968 Kristy Pigeon • 1969 Kazuko Sawamatsu • 1970 Sharon Walsh • 1971 Marina Kroshina • 1972 Ilana Kloss • 1973 Ann Kiyomura • 1974 Mima Jaušovec • 1975 Natasha Chmyreva • 1976 Natasha Chmyreva • 1977 Lea Antonoplis • 1978 Tracy Austin • 1979 Mary Lou Piatek • 1980 Debbie Freeman • 1981 Zina Garrison • 1982 Catherine Tanvier • 1983 Pascale Paradis • 1984 Annabel Croft • 1985 Andrea Holíková • 1986 Natalia Zvereva • 1987 Natalia Zvereva • 1988 Brenda Schultz • 1989 Andrea Strnadová • 1990 Andrea Strnadová • 1991 Barbara Rittner • 1992 Chanda Rubin • 1993 Nancy Feber • 1994 Martina Hingis • 1995 Aleksandra Olsza • 1996 Amélie Mauresmo • 1997 Cara Black • 1998 Katarina Srebotnik • 1999 Iroda Tulyaganova • 2000 María Emilia Salerni • 2001 Angelique Widjaja • 2002 Vera Dushevina • 2003 Kirsten Flipkens • 2004 Kateryna Bondarenko • 2005 Agnieszka Radwańska • 2006 Caroline Wozniacki • 2007 Urszula Radwańska • 2008 Laura Robson • 2009 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn • 2010 Kristýna Plíšková • 2011 Ashleigh Barty
French Open women's singles champions (1968) Nancy Richey · (1969) Margaret Court · (1970) Margaret Court · (1971) Evonne Goolagong · (1972) Billie Jean King · (1973) Margaret Court · (1974) Chris Evert · (1975) Chris Evert · (1976) Sue Barker · (1977) Mima Jaušovec · (1978) Virginia Ruzici · (1979) Chris Evert · (1980) Chris Evert · (1981) Hana Mandlíková · (1982) Martina Navrátilová · (1983) Chris Evert · (1984) Martina Navrátilová · (1985) Chris Evert · (1986) Chris Evert · (1987) Steffi Graf · (1988) Steffi Graf · (1989) Arantxa Sánchez · (1990) Monica Seles · (1991) Monica Seles · (1992) Monica Seles · (1993) Steffi Graf · (1994) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario · (1995) Steffi Graf · (1996) Steffi Graf · (1997) Iva Majoli · (1998) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario · (1999) Steffi Graf · (2000) Mary Pierce · (2001) Jennifer Capriati · (2002) Serena Williams · (2003) Justine Henin · (2004) Anastasia Myskina · (2005) Justine Henin · (2006) Justine Henin · (2007) Justine Henin · (2008) Ana Ivanović · (2009) Svetlana Kuznetsova · (2010) Francesca Schiavone · (2011) Li Na
French Open women's doubles champions (1968) Françoise Durr / Ann Haydon-Jones • (1969) Françoise Durr / Ann Haydon-Jones • (1970) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Durr • (1971) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Durr • (1972) Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve • (1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade • (1974) Chris Evert / Olga Morozova • (1975) Chris Evert / Martina Navrátilová • (1976) Fiorella Bonicelli / Gail Chanfreau • (1977) Regina Maršíková / Pam Teeguarden • (1978) Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici • (1979) Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull • (1980) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith • (1981) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Tanya Harford • (1982) Martina Navrátilová / Anne Smith • (1983) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Candy Reynolds • (1984) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1985) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1986) Martina Navrátilová / Andrea Temesvári • (1987) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1988) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1989) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva • (1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková • (1991) Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná • (1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1995) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1996) Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernandez • (1997) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1998) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná • (1999) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2000) Martina Hingis / Mary Pierce • (2001) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2002) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2003) Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama • (2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2005) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2006) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur • (2007) Alicia Molik / Mara Santangelo • (2008) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual • (2009) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual • (2010) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2011) Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká
Categories:- 1956 births
- Living people
- Yugoslav female tennis players
- Slovenian female tennis players
- French Open champions
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