Career record 568–337 Weight 54 kg Name Amanda Coetzer | Turned pro January, 1988 Role Tennis player Retired June 2004 Prize money $5,594,821 Height 1.58 m | |
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Plays Right-Handed (two-handed Backhand) Parents Suska Coetzer, Nico Coetzer People also search for Arnon Milchan, Alexandra Milchan, Brigitte Genmaire | ||
Tennis archive amanda coetzer vs martina hingis wta leipzig 1997
Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971) is a South African former professional tennis player.
Contents
- Tennis archive amanda coetzer vs martina hingis wta leipzig 1997
- Amanda coetzer defeat steffi graf 1997 melbourne australian open
- Personal life
- Career
- Grand Slam singles performance timeline
- Record against other top players
- References
Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004. She won her first top-level singles title in 1993 in Melbourne, and her second later that year in Tokyo.
Coetzer entered the top twenty on the women's world rankings in 1992 and remained there for most of the next ten years. She earned a reputation for regularly beating players who ranked higher than she, while climbing to her peak in 1997. So many upset wins at five-foot-two inspired her nickname, "The Little Assassin."
Amanda coetzer defeat steffi graf 1997 melbourne australian open
Personal life
Coetzer is the daughter of Nico and Suska Coetzer. She started playing tennis at the age of 6. During her playing career she resided primarily in Hilton Head, South Carolina and was coached by Gavin Hopper. She is married to the Hollywood film producer Arnon Milchan.
Career
At the Canadian Open 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 Australian Open in 1996, Coetzer became the first South African woman in the Open era to reach a Grand Slam semi-final, where she lost in three sets to Anke Huber.
1997 was the best season of Coetzer's career. In reaching the Australian Open semi-finals for the second consecutive year, she defeated World No. 1 Graf in the fourth round. She then beat Graf for a second time in the quarter-finals at Berlin, handing her worst-ever loss by defeating her 6–0, 6–1 in just 56 minutes. And then in the quarter-finals of the French Open she defeated Graf yet again to become one of just six players to beat Graf three times in one year, and one of only four to defeat her more than once in Grand Slam play. Coetzer lost in the French Open semi-finals to eventual-champion Iva Majoli. Later in the year 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.
Coetzer won the biggest title of her career in 1998 at Hilton Head (Tier 1 event).
In 1999 Coetzer became the only player ever to defeat Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport while they were ranked No. 1.
In 2000, Coetzer teamed-up with Wayne Ferreira to win the Hopman Cup for South Africa. She also played of South Africa's Fed Cup team for six years and represented South Africa in the Olympic Games three times.
In 2001, she qualified for her ninth consecutive year-end championship.
In 2002, she obtained an invite from the Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association to play The Hong Kong Ladies Challenge 2002.
During her career, Coetzer won nine top-level singles titles and nine doubles titles. Her final singles title was won in Acapulco in 2003. Her career prize-money earnings totalled US$5,594,821.
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Record against other top players
Coetzer's win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows: Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.