Andrea Temesvári

Andrea Temesvári (born 26 April 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won the Italian Open at age sixteen, but injuries would later hamper her career.

Born in Budapest, Temesvári began playing tennis at age nine. She was coached by her father, Otto Temesvári, and Ferenc Polyak.

Career

She joined the WTA Tour in 1981, and was awarded Most Improved Player Award by WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. Temesvári reached a career-high of world No. 7 in 1983. After several injuries, she made a comeback after dropping out of top 25 for first time since 1983 in 1986. At the 1986 French Open, she won the doubles title with Martina Navratilova.

She returned to the tour 1989 after a 20-month layoff due to ankle and shoulder injuries. She had two operations on ankle in March and September 1987 and then arthroscopic surgery on right shoulder in April 1988. She played for the Hungary Fed Cup team from 1983 to 1986, 1989 to 1990, and 1992. She was also a member of the Hungarian Olympic team in 1996. She retired in 1997.

During her career she won a total of five singles titles and seven doubles titles.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 title

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1986	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 6–2

WTA career finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments WTA Tour Championships Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (0–0) Tier IV (0–1) Tier V (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, other (5–1)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (4–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1982	Hershey, U.S.	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Catherine Tanvier	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	May 1982	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Chris Evert-Lloyd	0–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	May 1983	Perugia, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bonnie Gadusek	6–1, 6–0
Win	3–1	Jul 1983	Hittfeld, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eva Pfaff	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–1	Aug 1983	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Zina Garrison	6–2, 6–2
Win	5–1	Jul 1985	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Zina Garrison	7–6(7–0), 6–3
Loss	5–2	Aug 1989	Mahwah, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (1–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–2) Tier III (1–0) Tier IV (2–0) Tier V (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, other (3–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (5–2) Carpet (2–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1984	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Andrea Leand	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Template:Flagicon Hana Mandlíková	6–1, 6–3
Win	2–0	Oct 1985	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Hana Mandlíková	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Template:Flagicon Helena Suková	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win	3–0	Mar 1986	Marco Island, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	Template:Flagicon Kathy Jordan Template:Flagicon Elise Burgin	7–5, 6–2
Loss	3–1	May 1986	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf Template:Flagicon Helena Suková	5–7, 2–6
Win	4–1	May 1986	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–1	Apr 1989	Tampa, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Brenda Schultz	Template:Flagicon Elise Burgin Template:Flagicon Rosalyn Fairbank	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss	5–2	Apr 1990	Amelia Island, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Regina Rajchrtová	Template:Flagicon Mercedes Paz Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	6–2	May 1993	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Shaun Stafford	Template:Flagicon Jill Hetherington Template:Flagicon Kathy Rinaldi	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–3	Feb 1994	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce	Template:Flagicon Sabine Appelmans Template:Flagicon Laurence Courtois	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–3	Jul 1995	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Silvia Farina Elia	Template:Flagicon Alexandra Fusai Template:Flagicon Wiltrud Probst	6–2, 6–2

ITF finals

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (3–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	12 April 1981	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gail Lovera	2–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	30 August 1981	Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sabina Simmonds	3–6, 5–7
Win	3.	6 September 1981	Bad Hersfeld, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Helga Lütten	4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win	4.	15 May 1994	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Template:Flagicon Barbara Mulej	6–4, 6–1
Win	5.	24 April 1995	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Template:Flagicon Lenka Němečková	6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles (4–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	10 June 1991	Érd, Hungary	Clay	Template:Flagicon Virág Csurgó	Template:Flagicon Petra Holubová Template:Flagicon Markéta Štusková	6–1, 7–5
Loss	2.	15 May 1994	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Template:Flagicon Virág Csurgó	Template:Flagicon Eva Melicharová Template:Flagicon Helena Vildová	2–6, 4–6
Win	3.	27 February 1995	Southampton, England	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Dominique Monami	Template:Flagicon Seda Noorlander Template:Flagicon Christína Papadáki	6–4, 6–2
Win	4.	2 September 1996	Bratislava, Slovakia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Denisa Krajčovičová	Template:Flagicon Petra Langrová Template:Flagicon Radka Zrubáková	0–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	5.	2 February 1997	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Denisa Krajčovičová	Template:Flagicon Aleksandra Olsza Template:Flagicon Elena Tatarkova	6–2, 6–3

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	3R	A	NH	A	A	3R	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	6–5
French Open	1R	3R	4R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	2R	3R	2R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	A	12–12
Wimbledon	A	3R	3R	4R	2R	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	2R	A	A	9–9
US Open	A	3R	3R	3R	2R	2R	A	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	A	A	10–11
GS win–loss	0–1	6–3	7–3	8–4	2–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	5–4	3–4	1–3	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–3	1–2	0–0	37–37
Year-end ranking	146	33	10	14	16	43	NR	NR	43	116	157	71	153	132	90	181	942

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