Sabrina Goleš (born 3 June 1965) is a former Yugoslav tennis player.
Biography Sabrina Goleš was ranked no. 3 among juniors in the world in 1983 (in the juniors, she won the Italian Open and Rolex Port Washington, reached the semifinals at Roland Garros and the Orange Bowl, and the quarterfinals at the US Open).
Goleš competed for SFR Yugoslavia at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, where she made it to the finals, losing 6–1, 3–6, 4–6 to Steffi Graf. The same year, Goleš was part of the Yugoslav team that reached the Federation Cup semifinals.
In 1987, Goleš won the WTA tournament in Paris and four titles in doubles. She also competed in 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul where she beat Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
Goleš has career wins over top 10 players Kathleen Horvath, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Bettina Bunge, Kathy Rinaldi, Lisa Bonder, Katerina Maleeva, Manuela Maleeva, Carling Bassett, Hana Mandlíková, Andrea Temesvári, Nathalie Tauziat, and Virginia Wade.
Goleš was the captain of the Fed Cup team of Yugoslavia and coached the Fed Cup team of Croatia from 1992 to 1994.
WTA Tour finals
Singles 4 (1–3) Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0 Olympic Games 0 ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Apr 1984 Taranto, Italy Clay Sandra Cecchini 3–6, 5–7Loss 0–2 Aug 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, US Hard Steffi Graf 6–1, 3–6, 4–6Loss 0–3 Nov 1986 San Juan, Puerto Rico Hard Raffaella Reggi 6–7, 6–4, 3–6Win 1–3 Oct 1987 Paris, France Clay Sandra Wasserman 7–5, 6–1
Doubles 8 (3–5) Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 2 Olympic Games 0Titles by surface Hard 0 Clay 2 Grass 0 Carpet 1 ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Nov 1985 Hilversum, Netherlands Carpet Sandra Cecchini Marcella Mesker Catherine Tanvier 2–6, 2–6Win 1–1 Apr 1986 Wild Dunes, US Clay Sandra Cecchini Laura Gildemeister Marcela Skuherská 4–6, 6–0, 6–3Loss 1–2 Oct 1987 Paris, France Clay Sandra Cecchini Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat 6–1, 3–6, 3–6Win 2–2 Aug 1988 Athens, Greece Clay Judith Wiesner Silke Frankl Sabine Hack 7–5, 6–0Loss 2–3 Aug 1988 Sofia, Bulgaria Hard Katerina Maleeva Conchita Martínez Barbara Paulus 6–1, 1–6, 4–6Win 3–3 May 1989 Taranto, Italy Clay Mercedes Paz Sophie Amiach Emmanuelle Derly 6–2, 6–2Loss 3–4 Jul 1989 Båstad, Sweden Clay Katerina Maleeva Mercedes Paz Tine Scheuer-Larsen 2–6, 5–7Loss 3–5 Apr 1990 Barcelona, Spain Clay Patricia Tarabini Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7–6, 2–6, 1–6
ITF Circuit finals $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Singles (1–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 28 March 1983 Taranto, Italy Clay Sandra Cecchini 7–6, 6–7, 3–6Loss 2. 4 April 1983 Caserta, Italy Clay Sandra Cecchini 6–2, 6–7, 2–6Win 3. 18 April 1983 Bari, Italy Clay Elizabeth Minter 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Doubles (0–2) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 1. 28 March 1983 Taranto, Italy Clay Renata Šašak Elizabeth Minter Bernadette Randall 5–7, 1–6Loss 2. 18 April 1983 Bari, Italy Clay Renata Šašak Elizabeth Minter Anne Minter 4–6, 2–6
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Career SR Australian OpenAAANHAAA1R0 / 1 French Open2R4R1R1R1R1R1R1R0 / 8 WimbledonA1R1R1R2R1R1RA0 / 6 US Open2R1R2R1R2R2R3RA0 / 7 SR0 / 20 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 20 / 22Year-end ranking1105554306459105203
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