Career titles 5 Weight 61 kg Name Andrea Temesvari Turned pro 1981 | Prize money $1,162,635 Role Tennis player Spouse Visontai Csongor Career record 241–210 Height 1.82 m Retired 1997 | |
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Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Children Timea Visontai, Mark Visontai, Milan Visontai | ||
Andrea Temesvari
Eva Pfaff vs Andrea Temesvari, Hittfeld, 1983
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.
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Personal
Temesvári was born in Budapest, Hungary. She began playing tennis at age nine. She was coached by her father, Otto Temesvári, and Ferenc Polyak.
Career
Temesvári joined the WTA Tour in 1981. She received the Most Improved Player Award by WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. She reached a 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 women's doubles title with Martina Navratilova.
She returned to the tour at start of 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 Hungarian 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.
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