Mariaan de Swardt

Mariaan de Swardt
Mariaan de Swardt
Country  South Africa
Residence Johannesburg, South Africa and Bluffton, South Carolina, USA
Born March 18, 1971 (1971-03-18) (age 40)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro 1988
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Career record 204–136
Career titles 1
Highest ranking 28 (April 8 1996)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 1R (1995, 1996, 1999)
French Open 3R (1999)
Wimbledon 4R (1995)
US Open 3R (1994)
Doubles
Career record 196-131
Career titles 4
Highest ranking 11 (October 19 1998)
Last updated on: 1 July 2011.

Mariaan de Swardt (born 18 March 1971 in Johannesburg) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who played as a professional from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996,[1] and was a member of the South African Fed Cup Team in 1992 and 1994-1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S. citizen.[citation needed]

De Swardt won two Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles competition: the 1999 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open with partner David Adams. In addition to that, she also holds four women's doubles titles and reached as high as No. 11 in the women's doubles world ranking. She has one WTA Tour singles title from 1998 and reached No. 28 in the world singles ranking in 1996.

Since retiring from tennis, she has been a commentator for Eurosport and South African television, and has coached at professsional, collegiate and recreational level with her base being at Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, she set up a non-profit charity, the Pet Care Fund, to help animals.[2]

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WTA Tour finals

Singles 1

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 1
Tier IV & V 0
Olympic Games 0
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
Winner 1. 16 August 1998 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Hard (o) Austria Barbara Schett 3-6, 7-6, 7-5

Doubles 10 (4-6)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 1
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 2
Olympic Games 0
Titles by Surface
Hard 1
Clay 2
Grass 1
Carpet 0
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
Runner-up 1. 30 April 1995 Barcelona, Spain Clay Croatia Iva Majoli Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Spain Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
5-7, 6-4, 5-7
Winner 2. 20 May 1995 British Clay Court Champs, UK Clay Romania Ruxandra Dragomir Australia Kerry-Anne Guse
Canada Patricia Hy
6-3, 6-5
Runner-up 3. 4 February 1996 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Romania Irina Spirlea United States Gigi Fernandez
Belarus Natalia Zvereva
6-7, 3-6
Winner 4. 19 May 1996 Cardiff, Wales Clay United States Katrina Adams Belgium Els Callens
Belgium Laurence Courtois
6-0, 6-4
Winner 5. 20 Jun3 1998 Eastbourne, England Grass Czech Republic Jana Novotna Spain Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Belarus Natalia Zvereva
6-1, 6-3
Runner-up 6. 16 August 1998 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Hard (o) United States Mary Joe Fernandez United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
4-6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 30 August 1998 New Haven, Connecticut, USA Hard (o) Czech Republic Jana Novotna France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
1-6, 0-6
Runner-up 8. 18 October 1998 Zürich, Switzerland Hard (i) Ukraine Elena Tatarkova United States Venus Williams
United States Serena Williams
7-5, 1-6, 3-6
Winner 9. 16 January 1999 Hobart, Australia Hard (o) Ukraine Elena Tatarkova France Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
France Emilie Loit
6-1, 6-2
Runner-up 10. 4 July 1999 Wimbledon, England Grass Ukraine Elena Tatarkova United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Corina Morariu
4-6, 4-6

Mixed doubles 2 (2-0)

Legend
Grand Slam 2
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 0
Olympic Games 0
Titles by Surface
Hard 1
Clay 1
Grass 0
Carpet 0
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
Winner 1. 31 January 1999 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard (o) South Africa David Adams Belarus Max Mirnyi
United States Serena Williams
6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5)
Winner 2. 11 Jun 2000 French Open, Paris, France Clay South Africa David Adams Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6-3, 3-6, 6-3

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