Amanda Coetzer
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971, in Hoopstad) is a South African former professional tennis player. Coetzer finished in the WTA rankings top 20 for ten consecutive seasons (1992–2001), peaking at world No. 3. She reached three Grand Slam semifinals (Australian Open 1996 and 1997, French Open 1997) and one Grand Slam doubles final (US Open 1993). Coetzer earned a reputation for regularly beating players who were ranked higher than her. By virtue of scoring so many upset wins in spite of her five-foot-two (1.58m) stature, she gained the nickname: "The Little Assassin".[1]
Personal life
Coetzer was born in Hoopstad, South Africa, to Nico and Suska Coetzer. She started playing tennis at the age of six. During her career, she resided primarily in Hilton Head, South Carolina and was coached by Gavin Hopper, later by Lori McNeil. As a photographer's model she appeared as a Sunshine Girl in the Canadian Sun newspaper chain. She is married to the Hollywood film producer Arnon Milchan.[2] They have two children, Shimon (born 2009) and Olivia (born 2011).[3]
In 1998, Coetzer was featured in All Star Tennis '99, a tennis video game released on PlayStation and Nintendo 64.[4]
Career
Coetzer's breakthrough year was in 1992. She beat world No. 3, Gabriela Sabatini, in Boca Raton, and Jennifer Capriati at the Italian Open, entering into the top 20 in August.
In 1993, Coetzer won her first WTA Tour title in Melbourne, defeating Naoko Sawamatsu in the final, and reached the final of the US Open women's doubles with Inés Gorrochategui.
At the Canada Masters in 1995, Coetzer defeated three players ranked in the world's top 5 – Steffi Graf (No. 1), Jana Novotná (No. 4) and Mary Pierce (No. 5) – before finally losing to Monica Seles in the final. The defeat of Graf ended a 32-match winning-streak for the German. At the end of the year, Coetzer was awarded the WTA Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award (voted for by other players).
At the Australian Open in 1996, Coetzer became the first South African woman in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam semifinal, where she lost in three sets to Anke Huber.
In 1997, she reached the Australian Open semifinals for the second consecutive year, defeating world No. 1, Steffi Graf, in the fourth round. She beat Graf for a second time that year at the German Open in May (inflicting Graf's worst-ever loss: 6–0, 6–1 in just 56 minutes), and then, in the quarterfinals of the French Open, she defeated Graf yet again to become one of only four to defeat her more than once in Grand Slam matches. Coetzer lost in the French Open semifinals to eventual champion Iva Majoli. She broke into the top 10 in June and top 5 in August, and in Leipzig Coetzer beat Martina Hingis, who by then had taken over the world No. 1 ranking. Coetzer won two singles titles that year – in Budapest and Luxembourg, reached 15 semifinals (or better) in total and was awarded the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award for a second time, the Most Improved Player and Diamond Aces awards (all WTA).
Coetzer won the biggest title of her career in 1998, at the Charleston Open. She also beat Conchita Martínez on her way to a third quarterfinals showing at the US Open.
In 1999, Coetzer defeated world No. 1, Lindsay Davenport, and world No. 4, Monica Seles, on her way to the final of Tokyo, thereby becoming the only player to ever defeat Graf, Hingis and Davenport while they were ranked number one.
Coetzer teamed-up with Wayne Ferreira to win the 2000 Hopman Cup for South Africa. She beat world No. 3, Venus Williams, in Hamburg and also reached the final of the German Open in Berlin.
In 2001, she qualified for her ninth consecutive Year-end championships, and finished her tenth consecutive season in the world's top 20.
Coetzer retired in 2004. Overall, she won 18 WTA tournament titles, nine in singles and nine in doubles. Her final singles title was won in Acapulco in 2003, and her career prize-money earnings totalled $6 million.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 runner–up
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 1993 | US Open | Hard | Template:Flagicon Inés Gorrochategui | Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Template:Flagicon Helena Suková |
6–4, 6–2 |
WTA career finals
Singles: 21 (9 titles, 12 runner-ups)
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Doubles: 23 (9 titles, 14 runner-ups)
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Grand Slam singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | SR | W–L | W% | ||||
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | SF | SF | 4R | 4R | 2R | QF | 4R | 4R | 2R | 0 / 12 | 31–12 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | ||||
| French Open | A | 4R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 4R | SF | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 15 | 23–15 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | ||||
| Wimbledon | Q3 | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 14 | 17–14 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | ||||
| US Open | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | QF | 1R | QF | 4R | QF | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | A | 0 / 15 | 25–15 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | ||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 11–4 | 4–4 | 13–4 | 14–4 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 1–1 | 0 / 56 | 96–56 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | ||||
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| Tour Championships | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 9 | 2–9 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | ||||
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| Boca Raton | Tier II | 2R | SF | Tier II | Not Held | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | ||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | NH | T III | Tier II | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | A | QF | QF | A | 0 / 6 | 8–6 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | ||||||||||
| Miami | A | 3R | 2R | 2R | QF | 4R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 4R | QF | QF | 4R | 4R | 2R | A | 0 / 15 | 26–15 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | ||||
| Charleston | Tier II | A | 2R | 3R | QF | 3R | 3R | 2R | QF | W | 3R | QF | QF | QF | 3R | A | 1 / 13 | 28–12 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | |||||
| Berlin | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | SF | 3R | 1R | F | QF | 1R | A | A | 0 / 11 | 15–11 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | ||||
| Rome | T IV | T II | 2R | 2R | SF | 3R | 2R | 3R | A | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 10 | 13–10 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | ||||
| San Diego | T V | T IV | Tier III | Tier II | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Montreal / Toronto | Tier II | A | A | 3R | 3R | 3R | F | 3R | QF | 3R | QF | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | A | 0 / 12 | 22–12 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | |||||
| Moscow | NH | Tier V | Not Held | Tier III | A | A | A | A | A | SF | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | |||||||||
| Zürich | T IV | T III | Tier II | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 8 | 7–8 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | ||||||
| Philadelphia | Not Held | Tier II | QF | 1R | 1R | Tier II | Not Held | Tier II | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | Script error: No such module "Percentage". | |||||||||||||
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| Year-end ranking | 157 | 63 | 76 | 67 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 286 | |||||||
Best Grand Slam results details
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Wins over top 10 players
| Season | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Total |
| Wins | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Coetzer Rank |
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| 1992 | |||||||
| 1. | Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini | 3 | Virginia Slims of Florida, U.S. | Hard | Quarterfinal | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 | 61 |
| 2. | Template:Flagicon Jennifer Capriati | 6 | Italian Open | Clay | 3R | 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 | 31 |
| 1993 | |||||||
| 3. | Template:Flagicon Jennifer Capriati | 6 | Amelia Island, U.S. | Hard | 2R | 6–2, 1–6, 6–4 | 15 |
| 4. | Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 2 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Semifinal | 6–3, 6–4 | 17 |
| 5. | Template:Flagicon Mary Joe Fernández | 6 | WTA Tour Championships | Carpet (i) | 1R | 6–3, 6–4 | 16 |
| 1994 | |||||||
| 6. | Template:Flagicon Mary Joe Fernández | 7 | Evert Cup, U.S. | Hard | Quarterfinal | 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(4) | 16 |
| 7. | Template:Flagicon Kimiko Date | 6 | French Open | Clay | 1R | 6–2, 6–1 | 18 |
| 1995 | |||||||
| 8. | Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf | 1 | Canadian Open | Hard | 2R | 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(6) | 27 |
| 9. | Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce | 5 | Canadian Open | Hard | Quarterfinal | 6–4, 5–7, 6–0 | 27 |
| 10. | Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná | 4 | Canadian Open | Hard | Semifinal | 6–4, 6–3 | 27 |
| 11. | Template:Flagicon Magdalena Maleeva | 8 | Brighton, UK | Carpet | Semifinal | 6–3, 6–3 | 23 |
| 1996 | |||||||
| 12. | Template:Flagicon Chanda Rubin | 10 | Oklahoma City, U.S. | Hard | Semifinal | 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(4) | 17 |
| 13. | Template:Flagicon Anke Huber | 5 | US Open | Hard | 1R | 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 | 17 |
| 1997 | |||||||
| 14. | Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf | 1 | Australian Open | Hard | 4R | 6–2, 7–5 | 14 |
| 15. | Template:Flagicon Irina Spîrlea | 10 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | 2R | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 | 12 |
| 16. | Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 4 | Family Circle Cup, U.S. | Clay | 3R | 6–2, 5–7, 6–0 | 15 |
| 17. | Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná | 4 | Amelia Island, U.S. | Clay | 3R | 6–2, 1–6, 6–1 | 14 |
| 18. | Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf | 2 | German Open | Clay | Quarterfinal | 6–0, 6–1 | 10 |
| 19. | Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez | 7 | French Open | Clay | 4R | 6(4)–7, 6–4, 6–3 | 11 |
| 20. | Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf | 2 | French Open | Clay | Quarterfinals | 6–1, 6–4 | 11 |
| 21. | Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná | 3 | New Haven Open, U.S. | Hard | Quarterfinal | 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 | 5 |
| 22. | Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis | 1 | Leipzig Cup, Germany | Carpet | Semifinal | 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(3) | 6 |
| 1998 | |||||||
| 23. | Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez | 7 | US Open | Hard | 4R | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | 11 |
| 24. | Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 4 | Philadelphia, U.S. | Hard | 2R | 6–4, 6–1 | 15 |
| 1999 | |||||||
| 25. | Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport | 1 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | Quarterfinal | 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 | 15 |
| 26. | Template:Flagicon Monica Seles | 4 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | Semifinal | 6–4, 6–2 | 15 |
| 27. | Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce | 8 | Miami Open, U.S. | Hard | 3R | 6–1, 4–2(ret) | 9 |
| 2000 | |||||||
| 28. | Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez | 7 | Key Biscayne, U.S. | Hard | 3R | 6–1, 6–2 | 20 |
| 29. | Template:Flagicon Venus Williams | 3 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Quarterfinal | 6–3, 6–4 | 18 |
| 30. | Template:Flagicon Julie Halard-Decugis | 10 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | 3R | 6–2, 6–2 | 16 |
| 31. | Template:Flagicon Anke Huber | 10 | New Haven, U.S. | Hard | Quarterfinal | 7–6(3), 6–1 | 14 |
| 2001 | |||||||
| 32. | Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva | 10 | Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | Final | 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 | 11 |
| 2002 | |||||||
| 33. | Template:Flagicon Jelena Dokic | 5 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | 3R | 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–1 | 26 |
| 2003 | |||||||
| 34. | Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová | 5 | Indian Wells, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 3R | 6–4, 6–4 | 19 |
Longest winning streaks
First 8–match singles winning streak (1992)
| # | Tournament | Category | Start date | Surface | Rd | Opponent | Rank | Score | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />ACRScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| – | Family Circle Cup, United States | Tier I | 30 March 1992 | Clay | 3R | Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini (1) | No. 3 | 5–7, 4–6 | No. 35 |
| 1 | Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Greece | Team event | 13 April 1992 | Clay | - | Template:Flagicon Anne Kremer | No. NR | 6–0, 6–0 | No. 35 |
| 2 | - | Template:Flagicon Helene Holter | No. 828 | 6–0, 6–0 | |||||
| 3 | - | Template:Flagicon Gina Niland | No. 514 | 6–1, 6–1 | |||||
| 4 | Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Greece | - | Template:Flagicon Ljudmila Pavlov | No. NR | 6–3, 6–0 | ||||
| 5 | - | Template:Flagicon Barbara Mulej | No. 141 | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 | |||||
| 6 | - | Template:Flagicon Nadin Ercegović | No. 131 | 7–5, 4–6, 6–2 | |||||
| 7 | Ilva Trophy, Italy | Tier V | 27 April 1992 | Clay | 1R | Template:Flagicon Cristina Salvi (WC) | No. 180 | 6–3, 6–2 | No. 32 |
| 8 | 2R | Template:Flagicon Nathalie Herreman | No. 115 | 4–6, 6–0, 7–5 | |||||
| – | QF | Template:Flagicon Linda Ferrando | No. 95 | 4–6, 2–6 |
Second 8–match singles winning streak (1994)
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| – | Italian Open, Italy | Tier I | 2 May 1994 | Clay | 2R | Template:Flagicon Radka Zrubáková (Q) | No. 168 | 0–6, 5–7 | No. 18 |
| 1 | BVV Prague Open, Czech Republic | Tier IV | 9 May 1994 | Clay | 1R | Template:Flagicon Eva Martincová | No. 122 | 6–3, 6–3 | No. 18 |
| 2 | 2R | Template:Flagicon Janette Husárová | No. 93 | 6–2, 6–4 | |||||
| 3 | QF | Template:Flagicon Barbara Schett (8) | No. 82 | 6–3, 6–1 | |||||
| 4 | SF | Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez (Q) | No. 154 | 7–5, 6–2 | |||||
| 5 | F | Template:Flagicon Åsa Carlsson | No. 84 | 6–1, 7–6(16–14) | |||||
| 6 | French Open, France | Grand Slam | 23 May 1994 | Clay | 1R | Template:Flagicon Kimiko Date (6) | No. 6 | 6–2, 6–1 | No. 18 |
| 7 | 2R | Template:Flagicon Radka Bobková | No. 77 | 6–4, 6–4 | |||||
| 8 | 3R | Template:Flagicon Marketa Kochta | No. 55 | 6–0, 6–3 | |||||
| – | 4R | Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce (12) | No. 12 | 1–6, 1–6 |
Third 8–match singles winning streak (1997)
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| – | Amelia Island Championships, United States | Tier II | 7 April 1997 | Clay | SF | Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport (6) | No. 8 | 5–7, 2–6 | No. 14 |
| 1 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Tier IV | 21 April 1997 | Clay | 1R | Template:Flagicon Andrea Temesvári (WC) | No. 207 | 7–6, 6–2 | No. 12 |
| 2 | 2R | Template:Flagicon Marion Maruska | No. 89 | 6–0, 6–4 | |||||
| 3 | QF | Template:Flagicon Elena Wagner | No. 119 | 6–1, 6–7, 6–2 | |||||
| 4 | SF | Template:Flagicon Henrieta Nagyová (7) | No. 34 | 6–7, 6–1, 6–0 | |||||
| 5 | F | Template:Flagicon Sabine Appelmans (4) | No. 23 | 6–1, 6–3 | |||||
| 6 | Croatian Bol Ladies Open, Croatia | Tier IV | 28 April 1997 | Clay | 1R | Template:Flagicon Melanie Schnell (LL) | No. 160 | 6–1, 6–2 | No. 10 |
| 7 | 2R | Template:Flagicon Kristina Brandi | No. 89 | 2–6, 6–0, 6–3 | |||||
| 8 | QF | Template:Flagicon Sarah Pitkowski | No. 60 | 6–4, 7–6 | |||||
| – | SF | Template:Flagicon Mirjana Lučić (Q) | No. NR | 4–6, 3–6 |
Fourth 8–match singles winning streak (1998)
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| – | Lipton Championships, United States | Tier I | 16 March 1998 | Hard | 4R | Template:Flagicon Silvia Farina (29) | No. 31 | 7–6, 2–6, 1–6 | No. 5 |
| – | Family Circle Cup, United States | Tier I | 30 March 1998 | Clay | 1R | bye | No. 4 | ||
| 1 | 2R | Template:Flagicon Silvia Farina | No. 28 | 6–4, 6–3 | |||||
| 2 | 3R | Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual | No. 49 | 6–0, 6–4 | |||||
| 3 | QF | Template:Flagicon Andrea Glass (Q) | No. 94 | 4–6, 7–6 ret. | |||||
| 4 | SF | Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond (15) | No. 19 | 6–4, 6–1 | |||||
| 5 | F | Template:Flagicon Irina Spîrlea (9) | No. 12 | 6–3, 6–4 | |||||
| – | Amelia Island Championships, United States | Tier II | 6 April 1998 | Clay | 1R | bye | No. 4 | ||
| 6 | 2R | Template:Flagicon Magüi Serna | No. 41 | 6–3, 6–3 | |||||
| 7 | 3R | Template:Flagicon Ruxandra Dragomir (11) | No. 22 | 6–4, 6–7, 6–0 | |||||
| 8 | QF | Template:Flagicon Tara Snyder (WC) | No. 74 | 6–4, 6–4 | |||||
| – | SF | Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez (6) | No. 9 | 4–6, 0–6 | |||||
References
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