Mariaan de Swardt

Mariaan de Swardt
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Johannesburg, South Africa; Bluffton, South Carolina, U.S.; Houston, Texas, U.S.
Born	18 March 1971; Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2001
Plays	Right-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money	$1,127,365
Singles
Career record	204–136
Career titles	1 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	28 (8 April 1996)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (1995, 1996, 1999)
French Open	3R (1999)
Wimbledon	4R (1995)
US Open	3R (1994)
Doubles
Career record	196–131
Career titles	4 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	11 (19 October 1998)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1996, 1999)
French Open	QF (1996)
Wimbledon	F (1999)
US Open	QF (1996)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1999)
French Open	W (2000)

Mariaan de Swardt (born 18 March 1971) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who played as a professional from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996,[1] and was a member of the South Africa Fed Cup team in 1992 and 1994–1997. In 2006, De Swardt became a U.S. citizen.

De Swardt won two Grand Slam titles in mixed-doubles competition, the 1999 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open with partner David Adams.[2][3] She also holds four women's doubles titles and reached as high as world No. 11 in WTA women's doubles rankings. She has one WTA Tour singles title from 1998 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 28 in 1996.

Since retiring from tennis, she has been a commentator for Eurosport and South African television, and she has coached at professional, collegiate and recreational level with her base being at Atlanta, Georgia. She now resides in Houston, Texas, and is a teaching professional at the River Oaks Country Club. In 2004, she set up a non-profit charity, the Pet Care Fund, to help animals.[4]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1999	Wimbledon	Grass	Elena Tatarkova	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1999	Australian Open	Hard	David Adams	Max Mirnyi Serena Williams	6–4, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	2000	French Open	Clay	David Adams	Todd Woodbridge Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
Tour Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (1/0)
Tier IV & V (0/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 August 1998	Boston, United States	Hard	Barbara Schett	3–6, 7–6, 7–5

Doubles: 9 (4–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 April 1995	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Iva Majoli	Larisa Savchenko Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	1.	20 May 1995	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	Kerry-Anne Guse Patricia Hy	6–3, 6–5
Runner-up	2.	4 February 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Irina Spîrlea	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	6–7, 3–6
Winner	2.	19 May 1996	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Clay	Katrina Adams	Els Callens Laurence Courtois	6–0, 6–4
Winner	3.	20 June 1998	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Jana Novotná	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natalia Zvereva	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	16 August 1998	Boston, United States	Hard	Mary Joe Fernandez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	30 August 1998	New Haven, United States	Hard	Jana Novotná	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	5.	18 October 1998	Zürich, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Elena Tatarkova	Venus Williams Serena Williams	7–5, 1–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	16 January 1999	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Elena Tatarkova	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Émilie Loit	6–1, 6–2

ITF finals

Singles (9–2)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	1 December 1986	Vereeniging, South Africa	Hard	Marie-Christine Damas	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	11 January 1988	Vereeniging, South Africa	Hard	Linda Barnard	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	18 January 1988	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Elna Reinach	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	20 November 1989	Tel Aviv, Israel	Clay	Yael Segal	3–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	23 April 1990	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Petra Thorén	6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	28 May 1990	Francavilla, Italy	Clay	Zuzana Witzová	6–7, 7–6, 6–2
Winner	5.	4 June 1990	Mantua, Italy	Hard	Federica Bonsignori	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	6.	22 April 1991	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Ilana Berger	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	7.	6 May 1991	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Inés Gorrochategui	6–1, 6–2
Winner	8.	8 May 1994	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Michelle Jackson-Nobrega	6–3, 7–6
Winner	9.	2 August 1998	Salt Lake City, United States	Hard	Kristina Brandi	6–2, 6–2

Doubles (7–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	8 December 1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Linda Barnard	Valda Lake Katie Rickett	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	16 November 1987	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Rene Mentz	Barbara Gerken Beth Herr	6–7, 2–6
Winner	2.	14 December 1987	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Hard	Linda Barnard	Ralene Fourie Benita Haycock	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	4 January 1988	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Linda Barnard	Anne Grousbeck Vincenza Procacci	7–5, 6–2
Winner	4.	11 January 1988	Vereeniging, South Africa	Hard	Linda Barnard	Cora Linneman Margaret Redfearn	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	18 January 1988	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Linda Barnard	Elna Reinach Dianne Van Rensburg	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	6 May 1991	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Yael Segal	Eva Bes Virginia Ruano Pascual	3–6, 5–7
Winner	5.	8 May 1994	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Liezel Huber	Michelle Jackson-Nobrega Katarzyna Teodorowicz	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	4 August 1997	Salt Lake City, United States	Hard	Debbie Graham	Rachel McQuillan Nana Smith	7–6, 7–5
Winner	7.	2 August 1998	Salt Lake City, United States	Hard	Samantha Smith	Liezel Huber Karin Kschwendt	6–2, 6–2

Head-to-head records

References

Olympic results
"Kafelnikov captures Open title". BBC News. 31 January 1999.
Djata, Sundiata (2008). Blacks at the Net : Black Achievement in the History of Tennis (1 ed.). Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0815608981.
"Mariaan de Swardt Biography". Retrieved 9 November 2011.

External links

Mariaan de Swardt at the Women's Tennis Association
Mariaan de Swardt at the International Tennis Federation
Mariaan de Swardt at the Fed Cup

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[1] Olympic results

[2] "Kafelnikov captures Open title". BBC News. 31 January 1999.

[3] Djata, Sundiata (2008). Blacks at the Net : Black Achievement in the History of Tennis (1 ed.). Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0815608981.

[4] "Mariaan de Swardt Biography". Retrieved 9 November 2011.