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Elna Reinach

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Country (sports)
  
South Africa

Australian Open
  
3R (1987)

Retired
  
1995

Career titles
  
1 WTA, 5 ITF

Turned pro
  
1983

Career record
  
248–196

Role
  
Tennis player

Prize money
  
$ 1,096,356

Name
  
Elna Reinach


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Born
  
2 December 1968 (age 55) Pretoria, South Africa (
1968-12-02
)

Highest ranking
  
No. 26 (13 February 1989)

Eva Pfaff vs Elna Reinach, Filderstadt #1, 1988


Elna Reinach (born 2 December 1968) is a South African former pro tennis player.

With Patrick Galbraith, she won the US Open mixed doubles championship in 1994. She played in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she lost in the first round to Jennifer Capriati. Reinach was runner-up at the French Open with Danie Visser in 1993. Her brother, Fanie, coached her and their sister, Monica, as well as Lori McNeil, Lindsay Davenport, and Laura Gildemeister. After retiring in 1995, she had a daughter named Lané Reinach who is now attending Angelo State University to become a vet, and another daughter named Liezel.

References

Elna Reinach Wikipedia