Mariaan de Swardt

Mariaan de Swardt (born 18 March 1971) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa, who was active from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996, and was a member of the South Africa Fed Cup team in 1992 and from 1994 to 1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S. citizen.

De Swardt won two Grand Slam titles in mixed-doubles competition, the 1999 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open with partner David Adams. She also won four women's doubles titles and reached as high as world No. 11 in the doubles WTA rankings. She has one WTA Tour singles title from 1998 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 28 in 1996.

Since retiring from tennis, she has been a commentator for Eurosport and South African television, and has coached at professional, collegiate and recreational level with her base being at Atlanta, Georgia. She resides in Houston, Texas, and is a teaching professional at The Houstonian Club. In 2004, she set up a non-profit charity, the Pet Care Fund, to help animals.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1999	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Elena Tatarkova	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Corina Morariu	4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (titles)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1999	Australian Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon David Adams	Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi Template:Flagicon Serena Williams	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(5)
Win	2000	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon David Adams	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend (singles)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (1–0)
Tier IV & V (0–0)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1998	Boston Cup, US	Tier III	Hard	Template:Flagicon Barbara Schett	3–6, 7–6, 7–5

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1995	Barcelona, Spain	Tier II	Clay	Template:Flagicon Iva Majoli	Template:Flagicon Larisa Savchenko Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Win	1–1	May 1995	Bournemouth, UK	Tier IV/V	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ruxandra Dragomir	Template:Flagicon Kerry-Anne Guse Template:Flagicon Patricia Hy	6–3, 6–5
Loss	1–2	Feb 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Tier I	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Irina Spîrlea	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	6–7, 3–6
Win	2–2	May 1996	Welsh Open, UK	Tier IV/V	Clay	Template:Flagicon Katrina Adams	Template:Flagicon Els Callens Template:Flagicon Laurence Courtois	6–0, 6–4
Win	3–2	Jun 1998	Eastbourne, UK	Tier II	Grass	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná	Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Aug 1998	Boston, US	Tier III	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mary Joe Fernández	Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Aug 1998	Connecticut, US	Tier II	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná	Template:Flagicon Alexandra Fusai Template:Flagicon Nathalie Tauziat	1–6, 0–6
Loss	3–5	Oct 1998	Zurich, Switzerland	Tier I	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Elena Tatarkova	Template:Flagicon Venus Williams Template:Flagicon Serena Williams	7–5, 1–6, 3–6
Win	4–5	Jan 1999	Hobart, Australia	Tier IV/V	Hard	Template:Flagicon Elena Tatarkova	Template:Flagicon Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit	6–1, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (9–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	1 December 1986	ITF Vereeniging, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marie-Christine Damas	6–2, 6–4
Win	2.	11 January 1988	ITF Vereeniging	Hard	Template:Flagicon Linda Barnard	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	1.	18 January 1988	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Elna Reinach	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	20 November 1989	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	Clay	Template:Flagicon Yael Segal	3–6, 3–6
Win	3.	23 April 1990	ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Template:Flagicon Petra Thorén	6–1, 6–4
Win	4.	28 May 1990	ITF Francavilla, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Zuzana Witzová	6–7, 7–6, 6–2
Win	5.	4 June 1990	ITF Mantua, Italy	Hard	Template:Flagicon Federica Bonsignori	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win	6.	22 April 1991	ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ilana Berger	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win	7.	6 May 1991	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Template:Flagicon Inés Gorrochategui	6–1, 6–2
Win	8.	8 May 1994	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michelle Jackson-Nobrega	6–3, 7–6
Win	9.	2 August 1998	ITF Salt Lake City, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kristina Brandi	6–2, 6–2

Doubles (7–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Template:Dts	ITF Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Linda Barnard	Template:Flagicon Valda Lake Template:Flagicon Katie Rickett	6–4, 7–6
Loss	2.	Template:Dts	ITF Johannesburg	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rene Mentz	Template:Flagicon Barbara Gerken Template:Flagicon Beth Herr	6–7, 2–6
Win	3.	Template:Dts	ITF Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Linda Barnard	Template:Flagicon Ralene Fourie Template:Flagicon Benita Haycock	6–4, 6–2
Win	4.	Template:Dts	ITF Johannesburg	Hard	Template:Flagicon Linda Barnard	Template:Flagicon Anne Grousbeck Template:Flagicon Vincenza Procacci	7–5, 6–2
Win	5.	Template:Dts	ITF Vereeniging, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Linda Barnard	Template:Flagicon Cora Linneman Template:Flagicon Margaret Redfearn	6–2, 7–5
Loss	6.	Template:Dts	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Linda Barnard	Template:Flagicon Elna Reinach Template:Flagicon Dianne Van Rensburg	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	6 May 1991	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Template:Flagicon Yael Segal	Template:Flagicon Eva Bes Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual	3–6, 5–7
Win	8.	8 May 1994	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber	Template:Flagicon Michelle Jackson-Nobrega Template:Flagicon Katarzyna Teodorowicz	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	9.	4 August 1997	ITF Salt Lake City, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Debbie Graham	Template:Flagicon Rachel McQuillan Template:Flagicon Nana Smith	7–6, 7–5
Win	10.	2 August 1998	ITF Salt Lake City	Hard	Template:Flagicon Samantha Smith	Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber Template:Flagicon Karin Kschwendt	6–2, 6–2

Head-to-head records

• Anna Kournikova 0-1
• Martina Hingis 0-1
• Lindsay Davenport 0-2
• Venus Williams 0-1
• Steffi Graf 1–2
• Anke Huber 2–2
• Monica Seles 0-2
• Dominique Monami 2-1

External links

• Template:WTA
• Template:ITF
• Template:FedCup