Weight 50 kg Handed Right-handed Career titles 5 Height 1.60 m Retired 1988 | Career record 351–248 Role Tennis player Turned pro 1975 Prize money $933,926 Name Mima Jausovec Grand slams won (singles) 1 | |
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Plays Right-handed (One handed-backhand) | ||
Highest ranking No. 6 (22 March 1982) | ||
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Mima Jaušovec ([mìːˈma jaùːˈʃɔʋɛts]; born 20 July 1956) is a retired female tennis player from the former Yugoslavia. She is most notable for winning the 1977 French Open singles championship.
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Chris Evert wins record-tying 5th French Open, defeating Mima Jausovec in 1983.
Career
In singles she reached a career high of No. 6 in 1982. Jaušovec's only Grand Slam triumph came in the 1977 French Open singles championship. In 1978, she again reached the final but was defeated by Virginia Ruzici. In 1983, she reached her third French Open singles final, losing to Chris Evert. Jaušovec's other notable tournament championships include the 1978 German Open and the 1976 Italian Open.
Jaušovec teamed with Ruzici to win the women's doubles title at the 1978 French Open. They defeated Lesley Turner Bowrey and Gail Sherriff Lovera in the final. That same year, Jaušovec and Ruzici were the runners-up at Wimbledon, losing to Kerry Melville Reid and Wendy Turnbull.
Jaušovec has a number of notable victories at Grand Slam tournaments, including Martina Navratilova at 1974 Wimbledon Championships, Virginia Wade at 1976 US Open, Wendy Turnbull at 1978 Wimbledon Championships, Evonne Goolagong at 1980 Australian Open, Andrea Jaeger at 1981 Wimbledon Championships, and Sylvia Hanika at 1983 French Open.
Jaušovec active tennis career spanned 15 years, from 1973 through 1988. Today, she is the head coach of the Slovenian national female tennis team. She was an unsuccessful candidate of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia for the 2004 European Parliament election.
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.