Olga Tsarbopoulou

Olga Tsarbopoulou
Full name Olga Tsarbopoulou
Country (sports)  Greece
Born (1968-06-19) 19 June 1968
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Prize money $45,363
Singles
Highest ranking No. 117 (29 August 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1988)
US Open 1R (1988)
Doubles
Highest ranking No. 218 (15 August 1988)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1988)

Olga Tsarbopoulou (born 19 June 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Greece.

Biography

Tsarbopoulou was 15 when she began competing for the Greece Fed Cup team in 1983.[1]

She was a bronze medalist in the singles event at the 1983 Mediterranean Games in Casablanca and partnered with Angeliki Kanellopoulou to win a women's doubles gold medal when Syria hosted the 1987 Mediterranean Games.

On the WTA Tour she had her best performances in 1987, when she was a quarter-finalist in Athens and made the round of 16 in Buenos Aires. She reached her career best ranking of 117 in the world in 1988, with main draw appearances that year at the Australian Open and US Open.

She was a member of the Greece contingent at the 1988 Summer Olympics, appearing in the singles draw, where she lost in the first round to Argentina's Mercedes Paz.[2]

Retiring in 1991, she finished her Fed Cup career having appeared in 18 ties.

ITF finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 2 July 1984 Carpi, Italy Clay Romania Daniela Moise 7-6 6-3
Runner-up 2. 6 April 1987 Caserta, Italy Clay Italy Laura Lapi 1-6, 3-6
Runner-up 3. 1 June 1987 Adria, Italy Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Karmen Skulj 6-3, 3-6, 3-6
Winner 4. 27 June 1988 Brindisi, Italy Clay Italy Stefania Dalla Valle 6-2 2-6 6-3

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 6 April 1987 Caserta, Italy Hard West Germany Heike Thoms Soviet Union Eugenia Maniokova
Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva		 3–6, 5–7

References

  1. ↑ "Tennis Results". United Press International. 18 July 1983. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Olga Tsarmbopoulou Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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