Amanda Coetzer

Amanda Coetzer
Amanda Coetzer 2003
Nation:	South Africa
Birthday:	October 22, 1971
Size:	158 cm
1st professional season:	1988
Resignation:	2004
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 5,594,821
singles
Career record:	568: 337
Career title:	9 WTA , 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	3 (November 3 1997)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	269: 219
Career title:	9 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	15 (September 27 1993)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Amanda Coetzer [ aˈmanda ˈkuʦəɾ ] (born October 22, 1971 in Hoopstad ) is a former South African tennis player .

Career

Most tennis fans will remember Coetzer as Steffi Graf's “fear opponent” . In 1997 alone she was able to inflict three defeats on the German, including the highest defeat in the Brühler's career: 0: 6, 1: 6, Graf lost to the South African in the quarter-finals of the German Open in Berlin . In 1997, Coetzer also achieved her personal best in the WTA world rankings with third place .

She won nine singles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour in her career .

In 2000, she won the Hopman Cup for South Africa alongside Wayne Ferreira . In June 2004 she ended her professional career.

Amanda Coetzer is married to the Israeli billionaire and film producer Arnon Milchan .

Tournament victories

singles

No	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 16, 1993	Melbourne	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Naoko Sawamatsu	6: 2, 6: 3
2.	September 26, 1993	Tokyo	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Kimiko Date	6: 3, 6: 2
3.	May 15, 1994	Prague	WTA Tier IV	sand	Åsa Svensson	6: 1, 7: 6 14
4th	April 27, 1997	Budapest	WTA Tier IV	sand	Sabine Appelmans	6: 1, 6: 3
5.	October 26, 1997	Luxembourg	WTA Tier III	Carpet (hall)	Barbara Paulus	6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 5
6th	April 5, 1998	Hilton Head	WTA Tier I	sand	Irina Spîrlea	6: 3, 6: 4
7th	May 21, 2000	Antwerp	WTA Tier IVa	sand	Cristina Torrens Valero	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
8th.	March 4, 2001	Acapulco	WTA Tier III	sand	Jelena Dementjewa	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
9.	March 2, 2003	Acapulco	WTA Tier III	sand	Mariana Díaz-Oliva	7: 5, 6: 3

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	May 1992	Tarent	WTA Tier V	sand	Inés Gorrochategui	Rachel McQuillan Radka Zrubáková	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
2.	October 1992	San Juan	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Elna Reinach	Gigi Fernández Kathy Rinaldi	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 2
3.	May 1996	Prague	WTA Tier IV	sand	Linda Harvey-Wild	Kristie Boogert Laura Golarsa	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2
4th	April 1995	Amelia Island	WTA Tier II	sand	Inés Gorrochategui	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 2
5.	May 1995	Berlin	WTA Tier I	sand	Inés Gorrochategui	Larisa Neiland Gabriela Sabatini	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 2
6th	September 1996	Tokyo	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Mary Pierce	Park Sung-hee Wang Shi-ting	6: 3, 7: 6
7th	April 1997	Budapest	WTA Tier IV	sand	Alexandra Fusai	Eva Martincová Elena Wagner	6: 3, 6: 1
8th.	February 2001	Oklahoma City	WTA Tier III	Hard court (hall)	Lori McNeil	Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 0
9.	September 2001	Costa do Sauípe	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Lori McNeil	Nicole Arendt Patricia Tarabini	6: 7 8 , 6: 2, 6: 4

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	HF	HF	AF	AF	2	VF	AF	AF	2	HF
French Open	AF	1	2	3	2	AF	2	AF	HF	1	1	3	3	1	1	-	HF
Wimbledon	1	2	2	-	2	AF	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	-	AF
US Open	1	1	1	3	3	VF	1	VF	AF	VF	1	3	1	3	3	-	VF

Double

competition	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	1	AF	-	AF	1	AF	2	AF	-	VF	2	VF
French Open	1	-	1	2	HF	HF	1	2	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	HF
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	2	1	AF	2	2	AF	2	-	AF
US Open	-	-	-	1	F.	AF	1	2	2	1	2	AF	2	1	-	F.

Web links

Commons : Amanda Coetzer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Amanda Coetzer (English)
• ITF profile Amanda Coetzer (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Amanda Coetzer (English)