- Kathy Jordan
Kathy Jordan (born
December 3 ,1959 ,Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania , USA) is a former Americantennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles during her career.Jordan's best performance in a Grand Slam singles tournament was runner-up at the 1983
Australian Open , where she lost toMartina Navratilova 6–2, 7–6. She also is well-known for being the first player to defeatChris Evert before the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament. Jordan defeated Evert 6–1, 7–6 in the third round of Wimbledon in 1983 after Evert had reached at least the semifinals of her first 34 Grand Slam singles tournaments.In women's doubles, Jordan won five Grand Slam titles, four of which were in partnership with
Anne Smith . She also won a career Grand Slam in women's doubles, winning each Grand Slam tournament at least once. She won an additional 36 women's doubles titles during her career. In the Wimbledon final onJuly 6 ,1985 , Jordan andElizabeth Smylie teamed to snap the 109-match winning streak of Navratilova andPam Shriver 5–7, 6–3, 6–4.In mixed doubles, Jordan won two Grand Slam titles, both of which were in partnership with
Ken Flach .Jordan was nicknamed "KJ."
Grand Slam singles final
Runner-up (1)
Women's doubles winner (41)
* 1979: U.S. Clay Court Championships (with
Anne Smith ), San Antonio (withWendy White )
* 1980:French Open (with A. Smith), Wimbledon (with A. Smith), Hilton Head (with A. Smith), Eastbourne (with A. Smith), Brighton (with A. Smith)
* 1981:Australian Open (with A. Smith), U.S. Open (with A. Smith), San Diego (withCandy Reynolds ), Cincinnati (with A. Smith), Amelia Island (with A. Smith)
* 1982: Washington, D.C. (with A. Smith), Houston (withPam Shriver ), Los Angeles (with A. Smith), Boston (with A. Smith), San Diego (with P. Smith), Atlanta (withBetsy Nagelsen )
* 1983: Palm Springs (withAnn Kiyomura Hayashi ), Detroit (withMary Lou Daniels )
* 1984: Canadian Open (with Elizabeth Sayers Smylie), Amelia Island (with A. Smith)
* 1985: Wimbledon (with Sayers Smylie), Key Biscayne (with Sayers Smylie), Marco Island (with Sayers Smylie), Chicago (with Sayers Smylie), Mahwah (with Sayers Smylie), Bridgestone (with Sayers Smylie)
* 1986:US Indoors (with Sayers Smylie), Key Biscayne (with Sayers Smylie), Wichita (with Reynolds), Hilversum (withHelena Sukova )
* 1987: Houston (withMartina Navratilova ), Tokyo (Japan Open) (with Nagelsen), Aptos (withRobin White ), Brighton (with Sukova)
* 1990:Virginia Slims Championships (with Sayers Smylie), U.S. Hardcourt Championships (with Sayers Smylie), Tokyo (Japan Open) (with Sayers Smylie), Nashville (withLarisa Savchenko Neiland )
* 1991: Tokyo (Pan Pacific) (with Sayers Smylie)Mixed doubles winner (2)
* 1986:
French Open (withKen Flach ), Wimbledon (with Flach).Grand Slam singles performance timeline
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.
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