Rosalyn Fairbank

Rosalyn Fairbank
Nation:	South Africa South Africa
Birthday:	November 2, 1960
1st professional season:	1979
Resignation:	1997
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,639,135
singles
Career record:	383: 320
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	15 (April 16 1990)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	417: 260
Career title:	19th
Highest ranking:	12 (December 21 1986)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Rosalyn Doris Fairbank-Nideffer (born November 2, 1960 in Durban ) is a former South African tennis player .

Career

Rosalyn Fairbank played her first Grand Slam tournament in 1979 and her last in 1997. In her professional career, she won one singles and 19 doubles titles on the WTA Tour .

Her greatest successes include her two triumphs in women's doubles at the French Open : in 1981 she won with Tanya Harford and 1983 with Candy Reynolds . In 1983 she also reached the final of the US Open , in which she was defeated on the side of Reynolds Martina Navrátilová and Pam Shriver . With the Australian Mark Edmondson she was also in the final of the mixed competition of Roland Garros in 1986 .

Grand Slam successes

Double

title

year	competition	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1981	French Open	Tanya Harford	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	6: 1, 6: 3
1983	French Open (2)	Candy Reynolds	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 2

Final participation

year	competition	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1983	US Open	Candy Reynolds	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	6: 7, 6: 1, 6: 3

Mixed

Final participation

year	competition	partner	Final opponent	Result
1986	French Open	Mark Edmondson	Ken Flat Kathy Jordan	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3

Web links

• WTA profile Rosalyn Fairbank (English)
• ITF profile Rosalyn Fairbank (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Rosalyn Fairbank (English)
• Rosalyn Fairbank at www.tennis-player.com