Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen

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Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen Tennis player
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: September 14, 1968
1st professional season: 1987
Resignation: 1998
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 724,792
singles
Career record: 183: 144
Career title: 1 WTA , 0 ITF
Highest ranking: 29 (January 2 1995)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (1994)
French Open 2R (1993, 1994)
Wimbledon 3R (1994)
US Open AF (1994)
Double
Career record: 98: 108
Career title: 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 38 (January 9 1995)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (1992, 1993, 1997)
French Open VF (1994)
Wimbledon VF (1997)
US Open AF (1994)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (1992)
French Open AF (1998)
Wimbledon 2R (1997)
US Open VF (1992)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen (born September 14, 1968 in St. Cloud , Minnesota ) is a former American tennis player .

Career

She was coached by her brother as a junior and in high school , and won the Minnesota singles tennis championships three times in a row.

In her professional career, she won a single title on the WTA Tour and a double title on the ITF Women's Circuit . In 1998 she ended her tennis career.

In 2008 Helgeson-Nielsen was inducted into the Peperdine Athletic Hall of Fame and in 2009 into the USTA Northern Hall of Fame.

Helgeson-Nielsen lives in Alpine , California . She has been married to Todd Nielsen since September 1994, has three children and works as a part-time teacher.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. February 6, 1994 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland WTA Tier IV Hard court ArgentinaArgentina Inés Gorrochategui 7: 6, 6: 3

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. September 28, 1997 United StatesUnited States Newport Beach ITF $ 25,000 Hard court Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Janet Lee United StatesUnited States Amanda Augustus Amy Jensen
AustraliaAustralia  		6: 3, 6: 3

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Career
Australian Open 1 1 3 AF 1 - 1 2 AF
French Open 1 2 2 2 - - - 1 2
Wimbledon 1 2 1 3 - - 2 1 3
US Open 1 2 3 AF - - - - AF

Double

competition 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Career
Australian Open - 2 2 1 1 - 2 1 2
French Open AF 1 2 VF - - AF 1 VF
Wimbledon 1 1 1 2 - - VF AF VF
US Open 1 1 2 AF - - 1 1 AF

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Northern.usta.com: Six Inducted In USTA Northern Hall of Fame
  2. ↑ latimes.com: This Ginger Is Ailing After Big 1994 Season
personal data
SURNAME Helgeson-Nielsen, Ginger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Cloud, Minnesota , United States