Born in May, 1965, French tennis star Catherine Tanvier emerged in the mid eighties as one of the brightest young talents in the game. Peaking at number 20 in 1984, her elegant game lacked the power needed to dominate at the highest level, but she continued to play on the WTA tour for another decade, winning 6 doubles titles.
Czechoslovakia, ranked seventh with Petr Korda back, this time with his girlfriend Regina Rajchrtova, disposed of Germany's Carl Uwe-Steeb and Isabel Cueto, who won her opening singles as the first two rubbers were split in three-setters before a comfortable mixed doubles went to the Czechs.
France had yet another pairing for their third Hopman Cup, this time the classical Guy Forget and the colourful CatherineTanvier, both veterans of the circuit and they were too experienced for Holland's newcomers Michiel Schapers and Manon Bollegraf, winning the singles, but dropping the mixed in the dead rubber pro-set.
The entertaining French had a lot of fans cheering them on, especially with the claim by Tanvier that she would shave her head bald if they made the final to match the appearance of Forget, who did exactly that after he and his Swiss partner Jakob Hlasek had won the world ATP doubles crown.
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