Brenda Schultz-McCarthy

Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Nation:	Netherlands
Birthday:	December 28, 1970
Size:	188 cm
1st professional season:	1986
Resignation:	2008
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 2,632,740
singles
Career record:	403: 293
Career title:	7 WTA , 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	9 (May 20 1996)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	238: 179
Career title:	9 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	7 (October 2 1995)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (born December 28, 1970 in Haarlem ) is a former Dutch tennis player . On April 8, 1995, Brenda Schultz married University of Cincinnati American football player Sean McCarthy.

Career

Schultz began playing tennis at the age of nine. In 1986 she played on the WTA Tour for the first time . In her career she won a total of 7 singles and 9 doubles titles at WTA tournaments. She reached her highest position in the WTA world rankings on May 20, 1996 with ninth place.

From 1988 to 2006 she played 33 games for the Dutch Fed Cup team , of which she was able to win 22 (double balance: 9: 2). After a longstanding injury, she ended her tennis career for the first time in 1999. In 2005 she made her comeback on the tour. In 2006 she was able to reach the quarter-finals again at the grass tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch .

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, she played doubles for the Netherlands and reached fourth place with her partner Manon Bollegraf .

In 2013, after a five-year break, she appeared again in two ITF tournaments in doubles, each alongside her compatriot Jainy Scheepens .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 24, 1991	Schenectady	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Alexia Dechaume	7: 6, 6: 2
2.	June 15, 1992	Birmingham	WTA Tier IV	race	Jenny Byrne	6: 2, 6: 2
3.	May 2, 1993	Tarent	WTA Tier IV	sand	Debbie Graham	7: 6, 6: 2
4th	February 19, 1995	Oklahoma City	WTA Tier III	Hard court (hall)	Jelena Lichowzewa	6: 1, 6: 2
5.	November 5, 1995	Quebec	WTA Tier III	Carpet (hall)	Dominique Monami	7: 6, 6: 2
6th	February 25, 1996	Oklahoma City	WTA Tier III	Hard court (hall)	Amanda Coetzer	6: 3, 6: 2
7th	October 26, 1997	Quebec	WTA Tier III	Carpet (hall)	Dominique Van Roost	6: 4, 6: 7, 7: 5

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	April 23, 1989	Tampa	WTA Tier IV	sand	Andrea Temesvári	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	7: 6, 6: 4
2.	May 2, 1993	Tarent	WTA Tier IV	sand	Debbie Graham	Petra Langrová Mercedes Paz	6-0, 6-4
3.	February 12, 1995	Chicago	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Gabriela Sabatini	Tami Whitlinger-Jones Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer	5: 7, 7: 6, 6: 4
4th	August 20, 1995	Toronto	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Gabriela Sabatini	Martina Hingis Iva Magoli	4: 6, 6: 0, 6: 3
5.	February 25, 1996	Oklahoma City	WTA Tier III	Hard court (hall)	Chanda Ruby	Katrina Adams Debbie Graham	6: 4, 6: 3
6th	March 16, 1996	Indian Wells	WTA Tier II	Hartzplatz	Chanda Ruby	Julie Halard-Decugis Nathalie Tauziat	6: 1, 6: 4
7th	May 5, 1996	Hamburg	WTA Tier II	sand	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
8th.	June 22, 1996	's-Hertogenbosch	WTA Tier III	race	Larisa Neiland	Kristie Boogert Helena Suková	6: 4, 7: 6
9.	October 27, 1996	Quebec	WTA Tier III	Carpet (hall)	Debbie Graham	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	6: 1, 6: 4

Web links

• WTA profile of Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (English)
• ITF profile Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (English)