Belinda Jane Cordwell (born 21 September 1965) is a sports commentator and a former professional tennis player from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. A former top 20 player, her best result at Grand Slam tournaments was reaching the semifinals of the 1989 Australian Open. Cordwell remains the highest ever ranked New Zealand singles player, either male or female in the Open era.

Biography During her career, Cordwell won one WTA Tour singles title (Singapore) and two tour doubles titles (at Singapore & Tokyo). Cordwell reached her highest WTA ranking on 4 December 1989, when she became No. 17 in the world. Her most notable result was reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open in 1989, losing to Helena Suková. She represented New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics, losing in the first round to Great Britain's Sara Gomer. After retiring Cordwell has worked as a television tennis commentator for One Sport and Sky Sport.

Grand Slam tournament performance timelines

Singles Tournament1985198619871988198919901991Win % Australian OpenAA2R4RSFA1R9–4 French OpenA1RAAAAA0–1 WimbledonQ31R3R3RA1RQ24–4 US Open3RQ2Q31RA2RQ13–3Win–loss2–10–23–25–35–11–20–116–12

Doubles Tournament1985198619871988198919901991Win % Australian Open1RA2R2R3RA2R5–5 French OpenA1RAAAAA0–1 Wimbledon1R2R3R1RA1R1R3–6 US OpenA1R2R2RA2R1R3–5Win–loss0–21–34–32–32–11–21–311–17

WTA Tour finals Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Feb 1989Auckland Open, New ZealandHard Patty Fendick2–6, 0–6Win1–1Apr 1989Singapore OpenHard Akiko Kijimuta6–1, 6–0

Doubles (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Oct 1985Japan OpenHard Julie Richardson Laura Gildemeister Beth Herr6–4, 6–4Loss1–1Feb 1988Wellington Classic, New ZealandHard Julie Richardson Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington3–6, 3–6Loss1–2Apr 1988Taipei Championships, TaiwanCarpet (i) Julie Richardson Patty Fendick Ann Henricksson2–6, 6–2, 2–6Loss1–3Jun 1988Eastbourne International, EnglandGrass Dinky Van Rensburg Eva Pfaff Elizabeth Smylie4–6, 6–7Win2–3Apr 1989Singapore OpenHard Elizabeth Smylie Ann Henricksson Beth Herr6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–1

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Singles: 6 (5–1) ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 10 October 1983 ITF Newcastle, Australia Grass Deeann Hansel 6–1, 6–2Win 2–0 25 February 1985 ITF Tasmania, Australia Hard Rebecca Bryant 4–6, 6–3, 7–6Loss 2–1 11 March 1985 ITF Adelaide, Australia Hard Louise Field 3–6, 1–6Win 3–1 29 April 1985 ITF Canberra, Australia Grass Rebecca Bryant 6–2, 4–6, 6–4Win 4–1 16 March 1987 ITF Canberra, Australia Hard Amy Jönsson Raaholt 6–3, 6–2Win 5–1 30 March 1987 ITF Adelaide, Australia Hard Louise Field 6–0, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles: 17 (11–6) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 28 May 1984 ITF Flemington, United States Hard Julie Richardson Beverly Bowes Becky Callan 6–0, 6–1Win 2. 25 June 1984 ITF Chatham, United States Hard Julie Richardson Rebecca Bryant Aschara Maranon 6–2, 6–0Loss 3. 2 July 1984 ITF Detroit, United States Hard Rebecca Bryant Patty Fendick Linda Howell 4–6, 6–7Win 4. 9 July 1984 ITF West Palm Beach,United States Clay Julie Richardson Patty Fendick Linda Howell 7–6, 6–7, 6–3Win 5. 30 July 1984 ITF Delray Beach,United States Hard Julie Richardson Linda Gates Cynthia MacGregor 7–5, 6–0Loss 6. 8 October 1984 ITF Wyong, Australia Grass Colleen Carney Stina Almgren Helena Olsson 5–7, 5–7Win 7. 15 October 1984 ITF Newcastle, United States Grass Julie Richardson Amanda Tobin Annette Gulley 6–3, 6–2Win 8. 22 October 1984 ITF Sydney, Australia Clay Julie Richardson Jackie Masters Michelle Parun 6–0, 6–2Loss 9. 22 October 1984 ITF Sydney, Australia Grass Julie Richardson Diane Farrell Annette Gulley 3–6, 3–6Win 10. 11 March 1985 ITF Adelaide, Australia Hard Julie Richardson Louise Field Janine Thompson 6–2, 2–6, 6–2Loss 11. 30 September 1985 ITF Chiba, Japan Hard Julie Richardson Niege Dias Patricia Medrado 6–4, 4–6, 4–6Win 12. 6 October 1986 ITF Chiba, Japan Hard Michelle Jaggard-Lai Kumiko Okamoto Naoko Sato 6–2, 7–6(3)Loss 13. 3 November 1986 ITF Matsuyama, Japan Hard Wendy Wood Yayuk Basuki Suzanna Wibowo 6–0, 4–6, 2–6Win 14. 23 March 1987 ITF Melbourne, Australia Hard Louise Field Colleen Carney Anna-Karin Olsson 6–2, 3–6, 6–3Win 15. 30 March 1987 ITF Adelaide, Australia Hard Louise Field Colleen Carney Alison Scott 6–1, 1–6, 6–4Win 16. 8 August 1988 ITF York, United States Hard Kristine Kunce Allyson Ingram Jennifer Young 6–3, 6–1Loss 17. 25 September 1989 ITF Chiba, Japan Hard Julie Richardson Ei Iida Maya Kidowaki 6–7, 4–6

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