Zina Garrison

Zina Garrison
Zina Garrison (2001)
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	November 16, 1963
Size:	164 cm
1st professional season:	1982
Resignation:	1997
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 4,430,958
singles
Career record:	587: 270
Career title:	14 WTA , 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	4 (November 20 1989)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	436: 231
Career title:	19 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	5 (May 23 1988)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963 in Houston ) is a former American tennis player .

She won three mixed titles at Grand Slam tournaments and the gold medal in women's doubles at the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988. In addition, she was in the 1990 singles final of Wimbledon .

Career

She started tennis at the age of ten, won her first tournament at twelve, and the national championships for 18-year-olds at 14. She secured the junior title at Wimbledon and the US Open in 1981 and was number 1 in their world rankings.

In 1982 Garrison became a professional player. Right at her first participation in the French Open she reached the quarter-finals, in which she failed at the eventual tournament winner Martina Navrátilová .

In 1983 she made it to the semi-finals of the Australian Open , she finished the year in 10th place in the world rankings .

In 1987 she reached the final in women's doubles at the Australian Open with Lori McNeil , together with Sherwood Stewart she won the mixed competition. The following year she won the mixed title at Wimbledon with him.

With Pam Shriver , she won the gold medal in women's doubles at the Olympic Games for the USA in 1988, and in the final they defeated Jana Novotná and Helena Suková in three sets. In the singles Garrison won the bronze medal after knocking out her doubles partner Pam Shriver in the quarterfinals.

In 1989 she defeated in the quarterfinals of the US Open Chris Evert , who then never competed on the women's tour again (she still had a few Fed Cup appearances). That year, Zina Garrison finished the season in fourth place in the world rankings.

The highlight of her career was her entry into the Wimbledon final in 1990, when she defeated the French Open winner Monica Seles in the quarter-finals and defending champion Steffi Graf in the semi-finals . In the final she was defeated by Martina Navrátilová. In mixed she was able to celebrate her third Grand Slam title together with Rick Leach .

In 1992 she reached the final of the Australian Open in women's doubles again with Mary Joe Fernandez .

In 1993 she founded the Zina Garrison Academy , with which she enables underprivileged children from her hometown of Houston to learn to play tennis.

Zina Garrison ended her professional career in 1996, in which she won 14 singles and 19 doubles. She also played a total of 27 games for the US Fed Cup team from 1984 to 1994 , where she celebrated 22 wins.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	4th November 1984	Zurich	WTA World Tour	Carpet (hall)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6: 1, 0: 6, 6: 2
2.	April 21, 1985	Amelia Island	WTA World Tour	sand	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 4, 6: 3
3.	3rd November 1985	Zurich	WTA World Tour	Carpet (hall)	Hana Mandlíková	6: 1, 6: 3
4th	November 2nd 1986	Indianapolis	WTA World Tour	Hard court	Melissa Gurney	6: 3, 6: 3
5.	January 11, 1987	Sydney	WTA World Tour	race	Pam Shriver	6: 2, 6: 4
6th	February 15, 1987	San Francisco	WTA World Tour	Carpet (hall)	Sylvia Hanika	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 3
7th	February 26, 1989	Oakland	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Larissa Savchenko	6: 1, 6: 1
8th.	July 23, 1989	Newport	WTA Tier IV	race	Pam Shriver	6-0, 6-1
9.	November 12, 1989	Chicago	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Larissa Savchenko	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 4
10.	June 17, 1990	Birmingham	WTA Tier IV	race	Helena Suková	6: 4, 6: 1
11.	February 23, 1992	Oklahoma	WTA Tier IV	Hard court (hall)	Lori McNeil	7: 5, 3: 6, 7: 6
12.	February 21, 1993	Oklahoma	WTA Tier III	Hard court (hall)	Patty Fendick	6: 2, 6: 2
13.	October 24, 1993	Budapest	WTA Tier III	Carpet (hall)	Sabine Appelmans	7: 5, 6: 2
14th	June 18, 1995	Birmingham	WTA Tier III	race	Lori McNeil	6: 3, 6: 3

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	4th August 1986	Montreal	WTA World Tour	Hard court	Gabriela Sabatini	Pam Shriver Helena Suková	7: 6, 5: 7, 6: 4
2.	November 1, 1986	Indianapolis	WTA World Tour	Hard court	Lori McNeil	Candy Reynolds Anne Smith	4: 5 task
3.	August 22, 1987	Toronto	WTA World Tour	Hard court	Lori McNeil	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 1, 6: 2
4th	3rd October 1987	New Orleans	WTA World Tour	Carpet (hall)	Lori McNeil	Mareen Louie-Harper Heather Ludloff	6: 3, 6: 3
5.	March 12, 1988	Boca Raton	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Katrina Adams	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 2, 6: 2
6th	April 16, 1988	Amelia Island	WTA Tier II	sand	Eva Pfaff	Katrina Adams Penny Barg	4: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6
7th	April 23, 1988	Houston	WTA Tier III	sand	Katrina Adams	Martina Navrátilová Lori McNeil	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
8th.	October 2nd, 1988	Seoul	Olympic games	Hard court	Pam Shriver	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	4: 6, 6: 2, [10: 8]
9.	November 27, 1988	Tokyo	Doubles Championships	Carpet (hall)	Katrina Adams	Gigi Fernández Robin White	7: 5, 7: 5
10.	4th February 1989	Tokyo	WTA Tier III	Carpet (hall)	Katrina Adams	Mary Joe Fernández Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6: 3, 3: 6, 7: 6
11.	April 29, 1989	Houston	WTA Tier III	sand	Katrina Adams	Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil	6: 3, 6: 4
12.	June 23, 1989	Eastbourne	WTA Tier II	race	Katrina Adams	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6: 3, task
13.	February 24, 1990	Washington	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Martina Navrátilová	Ann Henricksson Dinky van Rensburg	6: 0, 6: 3
14th	August 11, 1990	San Diego	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Patty Fendick	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	6: 4, 7: 6
15th	October 20, 1990	Filderstadt	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Mary Joe Fernández	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7: 5, 6: 3
16.	February 13, 1993	Chicago	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Katrina Adams	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	7: 6 7 , 6: 3
17th	February 20, 1993	Oklahoma	WTA Tier III	Hard court (hall)	Patty Fendick	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	6: 3, 6: 2
18th	October 9, 1993	Zurich	WTA Tier I	Carpet (hall)	Martina Navrátilová	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 3
19th	June 11, 1994	Birmingham	WTA Tier III	race	Larisa Neiland	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	6: 4, 6: 4

Mixed

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 24, 1987	Australian Open	Grand Slam	race	Sherwood Stewart	Andrew Castle Anne Hobbs	3: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 3
2.	3rd July 1988	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Sherwood Stewart	Kelly Jones Gretchen Magers	6: 1, 7: 6
3.	July 8, 1990	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Rick Leach	John Fitzgerald Elizabeth Smylie	7: 5, 6: 2

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	2	HF	2	VF	-	VF	2	VF	VF	AF	AF	3	1	3	-	34:13	HF
French Open	-	VF	1	AF	2	3	-	AF	3	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	15:12	VF
Wimbledon	-	AF	2	2	HF	2	-	VF	2	F.	VF	AF	AF	VF	AF	1	28:14	F.
US Open	1	AF	AF	3	VF	AF	AF	HF	HF	VF	AF	AF	3	AF	AF	1	46:16	HF

Double

competition	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	AF	AF	VF	VF	-	F.	HF	AF	1	2	F.	VF	VF	1	-	-	28:13	F.
French Open	AF	1	1	1	1	-	VF	VF	1	VF	1	AF	AF	VF	-	-	18:13	VF
Wimbledon	1	2	2	2	AF	-	HF	VF	HF	HF	VF	HF	1	AF	-	-	29:13	HF
US Open	1	AF	1	HF	VF	VF	2	AF	AF	HF	VF	-	-	AF	1	1	26:14	HF

Web links

Commons : Zina Garrison  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Zina Garrison (English)
• ITF profile Zina Garrison (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Zina Garrison (English)