Carling Bassett-Seguso

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Carling Bassett-Seguso Tennis player
Carling Bassett-Seguso
Carling Bassett-Seguso, 1987
Nation: CanadaCanada Canada
Birthday: October 9, 1967
Size: 168 cm
1st professional season: 1983
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 643,347
singles
Career record: 168: 112
Career title: 1 WTA , 23 ITF
Highest ranking: 10 (October 1 1984)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open VF (1983)
French Open VF (1984, 1986)
Wimbledon AF (1983, 1986)
US Open HF (1984)
Double
Career record: 77:79
Career title: 1 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 51 (January 19 1987)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open VF (1984)
French Open AF (1987)
Wimbledon 2R (1983-1985, 1987)
US Open VF (1985)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Carling Bassett-Seguso (* 9. October 1967 as Carling Bassett in Toronto ) is a former Canadian tennis player .

Career

In the course of her tennis career she won two single and two double tournaments on the WTA Tour . From 1982 to 1987 she played 21 games for the Canadian Fed Cup team , of which she won 12. In addition, she tried her hand as a model and actress. In 1982 she starred in the tennis film Spring Fever on the side of Susan Anton and Jessica Walter .

In 1988 she took part in the Summer Olympics in Seoul . There she was eliminated in singles in the first round and in doubles in the quarterfinals.

In 2001 she was inducted into the Hall of Fame for Canadian Sports .

Personal

On September 26, 1987, she married the American tennis player Robert Seguso . You have five children. In a documentary, Bassett-Seguso spoke openly about her bulimic disease.

successes

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. 20th February 1984 United StatesUnited States Hershey WTA Carpet (hall) United StatesUnited States Sandy Collins 2: 6, 6: 0, 6: 4
2. May 24, 1987 FranceFrance Strasbourg WTA sand ItalyItaly Sandra Cecchini 6: 3, 6: 4

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. October 1984 United StatesUnited States Tampa WTA Hard court AustraliaAustralia Elizabeth Sayers United StatesUnited States Mary-Lou Piatek Wendy White
United StatesUnited States  		6: 4, 6: 3
2. November 1985 United StatesUnited States Tampa WTA Hard court ArgentinaArgentina Gabriela Sabatini United StatesUnited States Lisa Bonder Laura Gildemeister
PeruPeru  		6-0, 6-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Honored Member Stories. (No longer available online.) In: sportshall.ca. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014 ; accessed on May 14, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sportshall.ca
  2. ↑ SPORTS PEOPLE; A tennis wedding. In: nytimes.com. September 27, 1987, accessed May 14, 2016 .
  3. ↑ https://www.thestar.com/sports/tennis/2014/01/21/feel_this_moment_canadian_tennis_legend_advises_eugenie_bouchard.html
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_dW9miD3zk
personal data
SURNAME Bassett-Seguso, Carling
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Canada