HANA MANDLíKOVá

'Hana Mandlíková' (born 19 February 1962, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the U.S. Open. She was the runner-up at four Grand Slam singles events and won one Grand Slam women's doubles title, the U.S. Open in 1989 with Martina Navratilova. Beginning with the 1980 US Open and extending through Wimbledon in 1981, Mandlikova played in four consecutive Grand Slam singles finals.
Struggling with injuries and a lack of confidence, Mandlikova retired at the relatively early age of 28.

Contents

Personal life

Career

Junior

Open

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (4)

Runner-ups (4)

Singles titles (27)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

See also

External links

Personal life

Mandlíková is the daughter of Vilem Mandlik, who was an Olympic 100 m finalist for Czechoslovakia in 1956 and 1960.

Career

Junior

Mandlíková first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player. In 1978, the International Tennis Federation launched the world junior rankings, and Mandlíková became the first ever female World No. 1 junior player.

Open

Mandlíková captured her first Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open in 1980, defeating Wendy Turnbull in straight sets in the final. Her second came a year later at the French Open with a straight-sets final victory over Sylvia Hanika. Mandlíková was also runner-up at the U.S. Open in 1980 and 1982 and at Wimbledon in 1981, losing in all three finals to Chris Evert.
In 1983, Mandlíková led Czechoslovakia to the first of three consecutive Fed Cup titles.
In 1984, Mandlíková defeated Martina Navrátilová in three sets in the final at Oakland, California, ending Navrátilová's 54 match winning streak, one short of tying the modern record. Navrátilová then embarked on a 74 match winning streak, a record that still stands.
In 1985, Mandlíková won the singles title at the U.S. Open, defeating Navrátilová in three sets in the final.
In 1986, Mandlíková teamed with Turnbull to win the women's doubles title at the WTA Tour Championships. In doing so, they defeated the top two teams of the time, Navrátilová and Pam Shriver in the semifinals and Claudia Khode Kilsch and Helena Sukova in the final. Mandlíková and Turnbull were also runners-up to Navrátilová and Shriver at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 1986. Mandlíková also lost in the Wimbledon singles final that year to Navrátilová.
In 1987, Mandlíková won her fourth and final Grand Slam singles title when she beat Navrátilová in straight sets in the final of the Australian Open. Mandlíková and Navrátilová teamed in 1989 to win the U.S. Open women's doubles title.
Mandlíková assumed Australian citizenship in 1988. She retired from the professional tennis tour in 1990, having won 27 singles titles and 6 doubles titles. Her career-high singles ranking was World No. 3.
Since retiring from the tour, Mandlíková has become a successful tennis coach. She coached Jana Novotná for 9 years, during which time Novotná won Wimbledon and reached the World No. 2 ranking. Mandlíková has also captained the Czech Republic's Fed Cup team.
Mandlíková was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1994.

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (4)

'Year	'Championship	'Opponent in Final	'Score in Final
1980	Australian Open	Wendy Turnbull	6-0, 7-5
1981	French Open	Sylvia Hanika	6-2, 6-4
1985	U.S. Open	Martina Navrátilová	7-6, 1-6, 7-6
1987	Australian Open (2)	Martina Navrátilová	7-5, 7-6

Runner-ups (4)

'Year	'Championship	'Opponent in Final	'Score in Final
1980	U.S. Open	Chris Evert	5-7, 6-1, 6-1
1981	Wimbledon	Chris Evert	6-2, 6-2
1982	U.S. Open	Chris Evert	6-3, 6-1
1986	Wimbledon	Martina Navrátilová	7-6, 6-3

Singles titles (27)

★ 1978 - Milan, Adelaide

★ 1979 - Montreal [Futures], Kitzbuhel, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney

★ 1980 - 'Australian Open', Adelaide, Stockholm, Mahwah, Atlanta, Amsterdam

★ 1981 - 'French Open', Houston, Mahwah

★ 1984 - Oakland, Dallas, Boston, Houston, Washington DC

★ 1985 - 'US Open', US Indoors, Oakland

★ 1987 - 'Australian Open', Washington DC, Brisbane

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	Career SR
Australian Open	A	QF	'W'	QF	2R	2R	A	SF	NH	'W'	QF	4R	3R	'2 / 10'
French Open	2R	QF	SF	'W'	SF	QF	SF	QF	SF	2R	2R	1R	A	'1 / 12'
Wimbledon	A	4R	4R	F	2R	4R	SF	3R	F	A	3R	4R	2R	'0 / 11'
U.S. Open	3R	2R	F	QF	F	QF	QF	'W'	4R	4R	A	3R	A	'1 / 11'
SR	0 / 2	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 2	'4 / 44'

NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

See also

★ Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

External links

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★ International Tennis Hall of Fame profile