Amanda Coetzer

Country	South Africa
Residence
Date of birth	October 22, 1971 (1971-10-22) (age 36)
Place of birth	Hoopstad, South Africa
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2¼ in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Turned Pro	1988
Retired	2004
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	$5,594,821
Singles
Career record:	568-337
Career titles:	9
Highest ranking:	No. 3 (November 3, 1997)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (1996, 1997)
French Open	SF (1997)
Wimbledon	4R (1994)
US Open	QF (1994, 1996, 1998)
Doubles
Career record:	269-219
Career titles:	9
Highest ranking:	No. 15 (September 27, 1993)
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Amanda Coetzer (born October 22, 1971 in Hoopstad, South Africa) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... Hoopstad is a small cattle and maize farming town in the Free State Province of South Africa. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ...

Coetzer turned professional in 1988. She won her first top-level singles title in 1993 in Melbourne, and her second later that year in Tokyo. Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ...

Coetzer entered the top-20 on the women's world rankings in 1992 and remained there for most of the next 10 years. She developed a reputation for regularly beating players who were higher ranked than her as she climbed to her career high ranking of World No. 3 in 1997. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

Career

At the Canadian Open in 1995, Coetzer defeated three players ranked in the world's top-5 – Steffi Graf (No. 1), Jana Novotna (No. 4) and Mary Pierce (No. 5) – before finally losing to Monica Seles in the final. The defeat of Graf ended a 32-match winning-streak for the German. The Canada Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... For the Austrian runner, see Stephanie Graf. ... Novotná at the 1998 US Open Jana Novotná (born October 2, 1968 in Brno, Czech Republic) is a former professional Czech tennis player. ... Mary Pierce (born on January 15, 1975, in Montreal, Canada) is a French-American womens professional tennis player on the WTA and one of the leading women in professional sports with multiple Grand Slam tennis championships to her name. ... Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is a former world No. ...

At the Australian Open in 1996, Coetzer became the first South African woman in the Open era to reach a Grand Slam semi-final, where she lost in three sets to Anke Huber. The Australian Open is held each January at Melbourne Park. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... In tennis, a singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam. ... Anke Huber (born December 4, 1974 in Bruchsal, Germany) is a former professional tennis player. ...

1997 was the best season of Coetzer's career. In reaching the Australian Open semi-finals for the second consecutive year, she defeated World No. 1 Graf in the fourth round. She then beat Graf for a second time in the quarter-finals at Berlin, handing her her worst-ever loss by defeating her 6–0, 6–1 in just 56 minutes. And then in the quarter-finals of the French Open she defeated Graf yet again to become one of just six players to beat Graf three times in one year, and one of only four to defeat her more than once in Grand Slam play. Coetzer lost in the French Open semi-finals to eventual-champion Iva Majoli. Later in the year in Leipzig, Coetzer beat Martina Hingis who by then had taken over the World No. 1 ranking. Coetzer won two singles titles that year in Budapest and Luxembourg. For the band, see 1997 (band). ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held over two weeks between mid May and early June in Paris, France, and is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar. ... Iva Majoli (born August 12, 1977) is a professional tennis player from Zagreb, Croatia. ... Leipzig ( ; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk from the Sorbian word for Tilia) is, with a population of over 506,000, the largest city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. ... Martina Hingis (pronounced: ) (born September 30, 1980 in KoÅ¡ice, Slovakia) is a former World No. ... For other uses, see Budapest (disambiguation). ...

Coetzer won the biggest title of her career in 1998 at Hilton Head (Tier 1 event). Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Hilton Head Island is a town located in Beaufort County, South Carolina. ...

In 1999 Coetzer became the only player ever to defeat Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport while they were ranked No. 1. For the Austrian runner, see Stephanie Graf. ... Martina Hingis (pronounced: ) (born September 30, 1980 in Košice, Slovakia) is a former World No. ... Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8, 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. ...

In 2000, Coetzer teamed-up with Wayne Ferreira to win the Hopman Cup for South Africa. She also played of South Africa's Fed Cup team for six years and represented South Africa in the Olympic Games three times. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Wayne Richard Ferreira (born September 15, 1971 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former tennis player from South Africa. ... The Hopman Cup is an annual international team tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early-January (sometimes commencing in late-December) each year. ... The Fed Cup (until 1995 Federation Cup) is the most important tennis tournament for female national teams, very similar to the mens Davis Cup. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ...

In 2001 she qualified for her ninth consecutive year-end championship. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

During her career, Coetzer won nine top-level singles titles and nine doubles titles. Her final singles title was won in Acapulco in 2003. Her career prize-money earnings totalled US$5,594,821. For other uses, see Acapulco (disambiguation). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Coetzer retired from the professional tour in 2004. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Personal life

Coetzer is the daughter of Nico and Suska Coetzer. She started playing tennis at the age of 6. She is currently dating the Hollywood film producer Arnon Milchan.^[1] Arnon Milchan (1945-) is movie producer and businessman. ...

Singles (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	March 13, 1988	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Marielle Rooimans	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2.	March 27, 1988	Ramat Hasharon, Israel	Hard	Marielle Rooimans	6–3, 6–1
3.	June 12, 1988	Modena, Italy	Clay	Michaela Frimmelová	7–5, 7–6
4.	July 11, 1988	Vaihingen, West Germany	Clay	Andrea Betzner	6–2, 6–3
5.	January 17, 1993	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Naoko Sawamatsu	6–2, 6–3
6.	September 26, 1993	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Kimiko Date	6–3, 6–2
7.	May 15, 1994	Prague, Czech Republic	Hard	Åsa Svensson	6–1, 7–6
8.	April 27, 1997	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Sabine Appelmans	6–1, 6–3
9.	October 26, 1997	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Carpet	Barbara Paulus	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
10.	April 5, 1998	Hilton Head, USA	Clay	Irina Spîrlea	6–3, 6–4
11.	May 21, 2000	Antwerp, Belgium	Clay	Cristina Torrens Valero	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
12.	March 4, 2001	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Elena Dementieva	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
13.	March 2, 2003	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Mariana Díaz-Oliva	7–5, 6–3

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References

External links

• Amanda Coetzer profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Amanda Coetzer at Who's Who