Mariaan de Swardt

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Mariaan de Swardt Tennis player
Nation: South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
Birthday: March 18, 1971
Size: 177 cm
1st professional season: 1988
Resignation: 2001
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 1,127,365
singles
Career record: 204: 136
Career title: 1 WTA , 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 28 (April 8 1996)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 1R (1995, 1996, 1999)
French Open 3R (1999)
Wimbledon AF (1995)
US Open 3R (1994)
Double
Career record: 196: 131
Career title: 4 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking: 11 (October 19 1998)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (1996, 1999)
French Open VF (1996)
Wimbledon F (1999)
US Open VF (1993)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  2
Australian Open S (1999)
French Open S (2000)
Wimbledon HF (1997)
US Open -
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mariaan de Swardt (born March 18, 1971 in Johannesburg ) is a former South African tennis player . In 2006 she received US citizenship .

Career

De Swardt played on the professional tour from 1988 to 2001. She preferred grass and hard courts for her game.

She won a total of one singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour as well as two Grand Slam mixed titles with doubles partner David Adams . In 1999 they won the final of the Australian Open against the pairing Serena Williams / Max Mirny and in 2000 that of the French Open against Rennae Stubbs and Todd Woodbridge in three sets.

As a member of the Olympic team of South Africa, De Swardt played at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and 1996 in Atlanta . From 1992 to 2000 she played 37 games for the South African Fed Cup team , of which she won 27.

Encounters with Steffi Graf

De Swardt caused a stir with her strong performance against Steffi Graf . In 1992 she lost to Graf Wimbledon 7: 5, 0: 6 and 5: 7. At the WTA tournament in Brighton in 1995 she was able to defeat the Germans 6: 2, 4: 6 and 6: 1. In 1999 she lost, again at Wimbledon, 6: 4, 3: 6 and 2: 6.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. August 16, 1998 United StatesUnited States Boston WTA Tier III Hard court AustriaAustria Barbara Schett 3: 6, 7: 6 4 , 7: 5

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. May 20, 1995 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bournemouth WTA Tier IV sand RomaniaRomania Ruxandra Dragomir AustraliaAustralia Kerry-Anne Guse Patricia Hy-Boulais
CanadaCanada  		6: 3, 7: 5
2. May 19, 1996 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cardiff WTA Tier IV sand United StatesUnited States Katrina Adams BelgiumBelgium Els Callens Laurence Courtois
BelgiumBelgium  		6-0, 6-4
3. June 20, 1998 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eastbourne WTA Tier II race Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jana Novotná SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natallja Swerawa
BelarusBelarus  		6: 1, 6: 3
4th January 16, 1999 AustraliaAustralia Hobart WTA Tier IVb Hard court UkraineUkraine Olena Tatarkova FranceFrance Alexia Dechaume Emilie Loit
FranceFrance  		6: 1, 6: 2

Mixed

No. date competition category Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. January 31, 1999 AustraliaAustralia Australian Open Grand Slam Hard court South AfricaSouth Africa David Adams United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Max Mirny
BelarusBelarus  		6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 6 5
2. June 11, 2000 FranceFrance Roland Garros Grand Slam sand South AfricaSouth Africa David Adams AustraliaAustralia Rennae Stubbs Todd Woodbridge
AustraliaAustralia  		6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3

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personal data
SURNAME Swardt, Mariaan de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannesburg , South Africa